australian weather

Thursday, November 24, 2005 by kidwizz | Discussion: DesktopX

can someone please make us australians a weather object

thankz in advanced
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Hankers
Reply #1 Thursday, November 24, 2005 8:14 AM
Any of the weather objects will work for australia. You just need to change the location code to the correct one for your area. There may not be a code for your city but weather.com should have one close by.

When you search for a city in weather.com the code will appear in the address bar.

http://www.weather.com/outlook/travel/businesstraveler/local/ASXX0089?from=search_city <----- using this as an example for Perth, Australia the code in the address bar is ASXX0089. Just find the code for your location and change the weather object.

Hope this helps.

Silent_mannam
Reply #2 Thursday, December 29, 2005 2:45 AM
Hiya,

While I wasnt looking for the Australian one, I did try the above tip for Calgary, Canada. The Weather widget still does not show the curent weather here. It seems to be stuck on the current one (Mexico).

Any thoughts??

Sventekoz
Reply #3 Thursday, December 29, 2005 3:13 AM
You might be behind a firewall or proxy server that requires authentication. Do you need to enter a uderID and password to access the web? If so, then very few of the weather widgets will work. It's a pity, because I gather it's fairly easy to write code to do this.

Silent_mannam
Reply #4 Thursday, December 29, 2005 3:22 AM
Thanks for such a quick reply.

I am not behind a firewall currently. I do use a Router. The funny thing, and I've tried this with a few of the widgets, it's that it wont allow me to change the value in the field for the weather. I've gotten the code from weather.com, but, to no avail. Could it be the router?

I did use Konfabulator weather widget, and it worked no problem. This one though..grumble..

Captain Goodvibes
Reply #5 Thursday, December 29, 2005 4:29 AM
Did a search try these as i dont have objectdock.

Sydney - ASXX0112
Newcastle - ASXX0083
Gosford - ASXX0049
Hobart - ASXX0057
Cairns - ASXX0020
Brisbane - ASXX0016
Melbourne - ASXX0075
Perth - ASXX0089
Adelaide - ASXX0001
Darwin - ASXX0032

Hankers
Reply #6 Thursday, December 29, 2005 9:01 AM
Which weather widget are you using? Some widgets you just enter the City and Country and it will change others require the weather code. For Calgary, Canada it would be CAXX0054.

Hope this helps you.

Silent_mannam
Reply #7 Thursday, December 29, 2005 12:08 PM
I have absolutely no clue why it's not working. I did use the above code (CAXX0054), but, it seems to do nothing. I am currently using Picturesque widget for the weather, and it just keeps defaulting to Greece.

I may (After work) unplug the router and see if that affects it at all. I am at a lost.

And, I really want it to work!

Thanks for the help.

Hankers
Reply #8 Thursday, December 29, 2005 12:18 PM
I downloaded the Picturesque widget and used the CAXX0054 (00 being the number zero) and it worked fine and displayed the weather for Calgary Alberta, Canada.

Silent_mannam
Reply #9 Thursday, December 29, 2005 11:57 PM
Well, I disconnected the router, turned off the XP firewall, my AVG virus scanner.. you name it, I was naked to the internet and it still wont change the location of the weather.

I have no clue as to what I am doign wrong, or what is preventing it from changing.

Thanks for all your help though..

yrag
Reply #10 Friday, December 30, 2005 12:07 AM
Close the widget and clean out C:\Documents and Settings\User\Local Settings\Application Data\Stardock\DesktopX. Restart widget and input code.

Silent_mannam
Reply #11 Friday, December 30, 2005 1:32 AM
I dont have that folder/directory. And, yah, I can see the hidden files.

Man, this is driving me crazy.

Mannam

yrag
Reply #12 Friday, December 30, 2005 1:40 AM
Do you have DX installed?

Silent_mannam
Reply #13 Friday, December 30, 2005 2:00 AM
yup

yrag
Reply #14 Friday, December 30, 2005 2:07 AM
Well, if you don't have that folder then you need to re-install DX. When you load any widget, it creates the cache folder for each widget. Don't load DX, just the widget and see if it works.

_Martin_
Reply #15 Friday, December 30, 2005 5:14 AM
Close the widget and clean out C:\Documents and Settings\User\Local Settings\Application Data\Stardock\DesktopX.


To be clear User in the above directory structure is actually your username
e.g. for me: C:\Documents and Settings\Martin\Local Settings\Application Data\Stardock\DesktopX

All my weather are designed to accept a city,country combo.

To find locations drill down from here: Link

Sventekoz
Reply #16 Friday, December 30, 2005 6:27 AM
What's the actual widget you're using?

Silent_mannam
Reply #17 Friday, December 30, 2005 12:11 PM
I am using Picturesque, though, I have tried a few others. I did uninstall Desktop X (beta), and reinstall, and that directory did not appear.

So, obviously, that is probably the issue. No directory = problem. Now, I am unsure what to do.

Btw, thanks again for everyone trying to figure this out. It's nice to see a supportive community.

Bichur
Reply #18 Friday, December 30, 2005 5:44 PM
are you installing to the default locations?

at what point in the path do you not have that folder/directory?

do you have your folder options marked to show 'hidden' - open a folder like 'my documents' - then in the menu - tools, folder options, 'view' tab, under 'hidden files and folders'

Silent_mannam
Reply #19 Friday, December 30, 2005 10:38 PM
Ok.

I do have the directory now. Should I clear everything out of the star dock directory? I did delete just the pictureque directory, but, the same problem occurs. It seems to be always stuck on the Greece.

THis is rather annoying. And, I am not a complete tool with computers.

Mannam

Silent_mannam
Reply #20 Friday, December 30, 2005 10:57 PM
Ya know, if someone is adventerous, you can contact me at [email protected] via msn.

Mannam

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