[ANN] Xearth-ACF vbeta 2

[REM]

Susan Bugher <[email protected]> wrote:

I downloaded it, unzipped it, double-clicked on the .exe
Nice display, the quick refresh works (using the tray icon), but. . .
I can only close it by rebooting (Win98FE)
the desktop turns black - Xearth remains. . .

Where did I go wrong?

It was me that did something. I left mine running and did not notice
this. I'll backtrack and see what happened here.

 

[Susan Bugher]

It was me that did something. I left mine running and did not notice
this. I'll backtrack and see what happened here.

as Roger said - call it a "feature" => problem solved.

I used Cousin Stanley's list and your coordinate info to create a web
page. I added a grid column (10 degree "squares") to group "neighbors"
near each other. If/when either of you have revisions or additions I'll
update the page.

http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/acf/acfWhere.php

Susan

 

[Gabriele Neukam]

On that special day, Roger Johansson, ([email protected]) said...

So I tried it again now, the old version of xearth, and it still works
the same, it disappears completely, restoring automatically the black
colored background. And I am pretty sure that it restored the earlier
wallpaper too, when I used a wallpaper, when closing xearth.

It does, I have another old version, which shows this behaviour, too. I
can't say why I knew that this background is only a remainder, but not
the program itself. Maybe it is because I know my machine quite well, so
I could tell the difference.


Gabriele Neukam

(e-mail address removed)

 

[REM]

as Roger said - call it a "feature" => problem solved.

It was a registry read that I hadn't seen before. I commented it out
before zipping in b2. It's uncommented now and the program closes as
it should. I'm looking it over for other errors. I should upload a new
one today.

I used Cousin Stanley's list and your coordinate info to create a web
page. I added a grid column (10 degree "squares") to group "neighbors"
near each other. If/when either of you have revisions or additions I'll
update the page.

http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/acf/acfWhere.php

Way cool!

I did discover another entry that needs a minus:

..000.50 57.01 1.15 UK; Hampshire Harvey Van Sickle

Should be:

..000.50 57.01 -1.15 UK; Hampshire Harvey Van Sickle

I was having troubles on the meridan <G>.

 

[REM]

Should be:

.000.50 57.01 -1.15 UK; Hampshire Harvey Van Sickle

Also:

62.0 16.00 Roger Johansson

 

[Gabriele Neukam]

On that special day, REM, ([email protected]) said...

Also:

62.0 16.00 Roger Johansson

Me is still not included.


Longitude: 9.1025 / 9° 6' 9''
Latitude: 49.2406 / 49° 14' 26''

according to stadt-daten.de/urbanlog.net


Gabriele Neukam

(e-mail address removed)

 

[REM]

Gabriele Neukam <[email protected]> wrote:

Me is still not included.

Latitude: 49.2406 / 49° 14' 26''
Longitude: 9.1025 / 9° 6' 9''

Thanks Gabriele!

 

[REM]

Susan Bugher <[email protected]> wrote:

I downloaded it, unzipped it, double-clicked on the .exe
Nice display, the quick refresh works (using the tray icon), but. . .
I can only close it by rebooting (Win98FE)
the desktop turns black - Xearth remains. . .

Sorry for the delay. Here is a version that works correctly:

http://woundedmoon.org/xearth/Xearth-ACF-v1.zip

Source code:

http://woundedmoon.org/xearth/Xearth-ACF-v1-source.zip

There are still 10-15 people I did not catch in the acf_where thread.
I have added everyone else I had a location for. Holler if you'd like
to be listed in the next release!

 

[Susan Bugher]

Sorry for the delay. Here is a version that works correctly:

http://woundedmoon.org/xearth/Xearth-ACF-v1.zip

YES!!! beautiful.

my icons are now in an interesting arrangement - there's a large
circular hole in the middle of the desktop for Xearth.

Source code:

http://woundedmoon.org/xearth/Xearth-ACF-v1-source.zip

Susan

 

[REM]

I discovered an error that might corrupt the marker files. It should
be fixed now.

The program now uses 11 marker files.

Page:
http://woundedmoon.org/xearth/

Program:
http://woundedmoon.org/xearth/Xearth-ACF-v11.zip

Source files - Visual C++ 6.0 and some C:
http://woundedmoon.org/xearth/Xearth-ACF-source-v11.zip

Marker files - 125 ACFer's loaded in 11 files.
http://woundedmoon.org/xearth/Marker-INI-v11.zip


A nice page Susan created to help, or to provide the data for other
projects:

http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/acf/acfWhere.php

 

[Susan Bugher]

A nice page Susan created to help, or to provide the data for other
projects:

http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/acf/acfWhere.php

I couldn't read the fine print on Xearth. . .

REM has graciously "volunteered" to take over the upkeep on the web
page. Thanks REM!!! His arm *will* recover eventually. . .

(REM, I suggest you add the http://woundedmoon.org/xearth/ URL to the
acfWhere web page.)

FYI - if anyone wants to download the table on the web page for their
earth project the data file (.csv file) is named acfWhere.txt - the URL is:

http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/acf/acfWhere.txt

Susan

 

[REM]

Susan Bugher <[email protected]> wrote:

I couldn't read the fine print on Xearth. . .

Has anyone else had problems in reading the location markers?

I have a large LED monitor to assist my sad eyesight.