Guitar/bass tab Widget
Guitar tab Widget
Sunday, March 20, 2005 by paul holmes | Discussion: Requests
I was wondering if someone outt here could make a widget(or at least help me) for DesktopX that could search for Guitar/Bass tabs easily. I noticed that there was already a widget for searching lyrics on DesktopX that you typed in the song and or artists name to bring up the lyrics of the song. It was very neat but I dont sing so I dont need it. If you cant make the widget, could you tell me how the lyrics one worked and if I could change the script to make it look at Guitar/Bass tabs?
thomassen
Reply #2 Monday, March 28, 2005 6:29 AM
Reply #2 Monday, March 28, 2005 6:29 AM
Thanks for that link wwww123. My brother an I was looking for tab in the past, but never found any good site. This one looks interesting.
paul holmes: What most of these lyrics and other widgets that fetch info from the internet does is open the html file from whatever site may hold your information, then it extract the data you want. It's usually done by searching for a string that you know allways willbe infront of the info you need. This method require you to have a look at the HTML source your self and figure out what you need to look for. The problem is that if the website should change slightly it'll break your object.
Some object have it easier if they also make the website data availible in XML format. Blogs often do this. But I don't think you'll find a website that have tabs in XML format so you would have to go for the HTML.
paul holmes: What most of these lyrics and other widgets that fetch info from the internet does is open the html file from whatever site may hold your information, then it extract the data you want. It's usually done by searching for a string that you know allways willbe infront of the info you need. This method require you to have a look at the HTML source your self and figure out what you need to look for. The problem is that if the website should change slightly it'll break your object.
Some object have it easier if they also make the website data availible in XML format. Blogs often do this. But I don't think you'll find a website that have tabs in XML format so you would have to go for the HTML.
CerebroJD
Reply #3 Monday, March 28, 2005 10:59 AM
Reply #3 Monday, March 28, 2005 10:59 AM
www.ultimate-guitar.com has great HTML for snagging tab out of! I have to learn a bit more, but I might able to manage something.... 
MarkMcQ
Reply #4 Monday, March 28, 2005 12:18 PM
Reply #4 Monday, March 28, 2005 12:18 PM
I used to use Ultimate-Guitar.com too, although I use http://www.911tabs.com/ these days. Their engine searches all tab sites in one go, so you can almost always find what you need.
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Reply #1 Sunday, March 27, 2005 4:01 PM
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