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I upgraded from Version 1.8.2 to 1.8.8 with the patch, and my weathercore no longer works, see pic.
Left is V1.8.2 all OK, right in V1.8.8 weathercore not working, any ideas or suggections ?

After opening the widget in designer, changing nothing, and then closing, it now look like this

had to restore from package backup to fix.

The format for core binding in recent releases have changed. ${param} has become the default. But the old %format appears not supported. And some other binding parameters has also changed in the recent release.

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Yes the %format is not supported from the v1.84....
Even when you open an old widget you will see that the % codes are converted to {}

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I am having the same trouble.

In my opinion the problem are not the old variables (because they get converted but the error still occurs).

To proof that, I created a complete new testing widget with all available AccWeather.Core data (at least up to day2).

All variables are in the format ${xxx} and I still get value "0" for all temperature data, while all other non-temperature* are correct. // * except speed related data and pressure

After some testings I found out, that, after restarting XWidget, everything looks fine again... until... the next reboot.

If XWidget is not started with Windows and run manually afterwards instead, everything is working properly too.

More testing:
If I set the Temp Unit to Fahrenheit I can let XWidget start with Windows (XP), all temp values get filled with the correct (Fahrenheit) values.
But, if I switch my Temp Unit to "Celsius" (using menu with "!SetCelcius"), then all values (which could be converted, like temperatures, pressure and speeds) will be filled with "0" (which can be fixed again with restarting XWidget).

I can reproduce this behaviour as often as I like, it's always the same.
Reloading only the widget does not help anything. And the files in die Cache folder show all the proper values (both units) for those "zero" values.

So it seems, the trouble is somehow related to Temp Unit "Celsius" and XWidget reading/interpreting the file (when started/initialised on Windows startup)
(btw: Changing the other settings "Language" and "WindSpeed Unit" does not have any negative effect for me on all combinations I have tried, only "Temp Unit: Celsius".).

On my system, XWidget is starting slightly before the network icon appears in the tray, maybe you know if this (network) could have some influence on that issue.
When I disable the network connection and reboot, I don't get zero filled Celsius values (but I guess, in that case XWidget does not execute all functions).

I hope the error can be found and fixed soon.

With kind regards

P. S.:

${updateTime} is missing the leading zero in minutes. It's now shown as 14:5 instead of expected 14:05 and as it was before (e. g. version 1.84 ).

${dayText1} gives as result 10-30 and
${moonPhaseDesc1} is giving moonPhaseDesc1. Are those values correct?

Is it possible to access other AccuWeather data (e. g. "CloudCover") that Xwidget does not offer but that are already in the cached data files?

P. P. S.: And not to forget: Many, many thanks for the new version! Except for the above descripted issue, the new AccuWeather.Core is simply wonderful and a big jump.
 

hi,jackiDi. thanks to your feedback. i have told Tony about this.

Guys sounds crazy but I have not all these problems with the designer or the accuweather core...!
All my old widgets works fine and the Windows still recognizes the old file format..
(maybe because the prev was a patched version for Android support and the files remained in the folder/registry?)
I installed over the prev version and all works (for now) except this little character bug on the city selection window:

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Would someone please mind checking some of the old widgets that have a update now event using !UpdateWeather for the accweathercore, does it still work. As the update now does not work on all the accweather widgets I have, only the first time when they load.
Thanks

Hi, Jimking, please try this patch , I had try to fix this problem : http://xwidget.com/download_patch.php

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I think that the refresh works for me but the problem is that very often the weather widgets just stop working...
I don't know if is because of accuweather's server issue...

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Confirm that the bug is fixed..

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Hi, meme, please try this patch , I had try to fix this problem : http://xwidget.com/download_patch.php

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!UpdateWeather still works for me.
But there is some change: In the previous release(s), the value "%UpdateTime" was showing (more or less) the time of when you used the function !UpdateWeather. Now (v1.88) it seems to be the time when the data on Accuweather was last updated (intervall of 10 minutes?). (And - as mentioned above - the leading "0" in "minutes" is missing (which looks horrible) )

I can confirm too, the strange characters in the "Change Location" dialog are gone.

I don't know...I have the impression that the weather update very often stuck on "updating...."

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Tony weather update still not working for me even after patch.
Setting page shows timer spinning "updated 31 min ago", but update does not proceed when requested.

hi,meme. something changed in the latest version. the refresh time means the time accuweather.com updates its data, not the time you press refresh button any longer.

Thank you qiancang, jimking, Tony, jackiDi and digigamer for you help with this problem
The cause of my AccWeatherCore failing to update was this line of code

In previous versions it worked OK but now once executed prevents any more updates from occurring. Is this a bug?
Once removed everything works OK. !UpdateWeather from a button press now works.

Yeap! Is better and more easy to use buttom or right click "binding cores" codes for these simple operations than a script!

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I've installed the patch but still the Current Temperature and Current Real Feel are 0ºC or 32ºF. Any solution?

Which widget you're using and which patch you installed?

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Jimking, I'm using the xwidget 1.8.8, the patch given by Tony in this thread and any weather widget, for instance Tiny Weather (http://www.deviantart.com/art/Tiny-Weat ... -289065446)

So the widget doesn't work at all?
Have you installed the patch that Tony posted below my comment? (close completely the program and then replace/overwrite all the files in the program files xwidget folder with the patched. Then run it again).
http://xwidget.com/download_patch.php

I tested and the widget works fine on my pc...

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Yes, I installed the patch for a second time just in case and the widget still shows no temperature. I'm trying this other widget (http://www.deviantart.com/art/HTC-Weath ... -288352643) and same result. I'm using a w7 32bit.

I use Windows7 x32 too...
Have you tried to replace the binding cores maually (put them again) in the Designer..?
Using prev version of XWidget the widget worked?

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I've just created a weather widget from the scratch and have the same problem. Using the 1.8 version the weather widget worked fine, after updating to 1.8.8 it ceased to.

Really strange flibio..! Ok, let's do a little trick. I'm curious if will work after this:

1)Make a backup of this folder:
My Docs-> xwidget-> Widgets (is the folder where the installed widgets are saved).
2) Uninstall XWidget and delete ALL the remaining folders (in program files and my Docs-xwidget)
3) Use a registry clean program like CCleaner to clean the registry and reboot your pc
4) Install XWidget's last version again:
http://xwidget.com/
DO NOT RUN IT.
5) Copy/paste this folder (extract it first) and OVERWRITE (and all the files inside) the XWidget folder in the Program files
http://hugefiles.net/ufdaf0pxkxjk
6) Copy the old folder with your widgets (My Docs-> xwidget-> Widgets)
7) Run the program and test

Tell me if works now.
If you still have problem I don't know...

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I'm using the portable version. Anyway, I tried what you said but still doesn't work.

Tony, where could I find the 1.8 portable version? I prefer that. Thanks.

Use the normal installed .exe version not the portable..! The folder that I sent you is MY program's folder and all work ok! So the same thing had to happen to you too! I don't know what the other users here can tell you but I think that something wrong with your pc man, registry or firewall. It's not make sense!
If you have troubles just go back to the prev version. An "old" working version is always better than a new version that doesn't work.

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I'm using the portable version 1.88 of XWidget too (Win7x64) and the weather widget works very well.
The portable version is available here. http://xwidget.com/

Unfortunately the translation into German is not entirely correct (upper case and lower case). I could correct this if wished.

I also changed to the portable version after using the install version, I made the mistake of moving all my widgets from the install versions default location eg. user/.... to the portabe version folder location. I found most widget work fine in either loaction but the weather widgets worked in the original location but not in the portable version loaction. I no that probably dosent make sense but it was diffently the case. Moved them back to the original location and they work OK.

Thanks meme, that should be the problem. But, how do you "tell" xwidget portable that the widget folder is located now on My Documents rather than on AppData? I've been looking into various ini files and I didn't find anything.

For Tony: This is a bug to be fixed, why the weather widgets doesn't work on AppData?

Thank you all.

I did not have to do anything, it found them anyway, I dont know if that was because I had previously had the installed version, which is now uninstalled, the portable version still finds them in the My docs folder OK.

Sometimes the weather widgets not work and show all the values 0oC/F...
Seems that when I restart the program the problem is fixed but surely this is not normal....

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Pity! Ver.1.881 - and still not fixed. Weather goes crazy: zero current temp data and strange language changes in wind direction data. And no refresh/update. Restarting widget buying a couple of hours working properly. But then everything's starting over. One question: WHEN?

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any news for weather bug? and for me the same things wrong data many times shows zero and mainly i can't find my city.in the previous xwidget i found my city and everything was ok now only big cities...i am from greece

The same problem to me. 1.8.8.11111
W7 x64... so sad!

i have xp and xwidget.1.8.8.1111-portable:
and everything works fine.

maybe it's a win7 problem

did you test with ekerweather widget (the one comes with xwidget)?
did you check the tags to be correct in designer?

The bug depends on the program hamid, not the widgets or the tags..
As I said the "Restart" of XWidget resolves the issue..

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but i have the same version and this never happens for me

OK, I think I see what the problem is, at least in w7. I don't know why I didn't think of it before. I just ran xwidget as administrator and now it works. The think I don't know whether I'm now in the jimking's situation ("restarting resolves the issue" -- never happened to me) or its completely resolved; still working, though.
Jimking, were you running xwidget as administrator, too?

Regards and merry christmas

Hello flibio. From the benning, on my laptop with Win7 x32 Ultimate, XWidget runs with the Autostart option without changing any admin privileges. The issue with the weather update appears only in this last version..

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Mmm, I run xwidget from a link, not with the autostart option enabled. Have you tried this? I've been executing xwidget since this morning with admin privileges and the temperature never has been 0º. Notwithstanding this, I think tony should check what's the matter with this odd situation, but meanwhile you could run xwidget as admin in order to make work the weather core.

Regards

Would be nice if it were that easy but ... your solution does not work for me.
I use windows 7 x64.

In that case I have no idea what the problem can be. Let's hope tony could figure it out.

i use previous version and everything ok...i will wait for the next release maybe it will be fixed

some question about when it happens:
1. does it happen always or only sometimes?
2. does it happen at the start or at the middle?

something to try:
3. by restarting xwidget; does it fix the problem?
4. by reloading widget (RightClick>Window>Reload); does it fix the problem?
5. by opening it in editor and save it and then restarting xwidget; does it fix the problem?
6. by using tags in code (as "${}"); does it fix the problem?
7. by using tags in code (as "%..."); does it fix the problem?

i have added my own made widget below that have tags in code
you can use it to test "%..." tags in code:


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i have a question for tony:
why some of the cores at the start, have tags filled with zero? shouldn't it be null or empty at the start? (i have tested pop3mailcore and accuweathercore and have this problem)
so i have to always skip first values of tags (when updating for the first time) in the code

i was wrong:
they doesn't filled with zero at start,
they filled with zero while updating for the first time.

so now the question is why the tags are filled with zero while updating
shouldn't it be null or empty?
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some question about when it happens:
1. does it happen always or only sometimes?
"always" is a bit ambiguous, but I'd say yes, always.


2. does it happen at the start or at the middle?
not understand the question


something to try:
3. by restarting xwidget; does it fix the problem?
In my case, does not always work "restart" I have to "exit" and then start again xwidget.
Anyway, when I reboot xwidget I can get weather update. And thus I do every time I want to see the weather update: I reset xwidget.


4. by reloading widget (RightClick>Window>Reload); does it fix the problem?
Nop

5. by opening it in editor and save it and then restarting xwidget; does it fix the problem?
I have not tried, but restarting xw the problem is resolved. In fact, momentarily resolved ..

6. by using tags in code (as "${}"); does it fix the problem?
I do not understand. In fact "core binding" it used: $ {curTemp}, $ {cityName}, $ {curWeatherIconNum}, etc.

7. by using tags in code (as "%..."); does it fix the problem?
As experienced in other widget, when you change "$ {}" to "% ..." xwidget automatically leave it again: "$ {}"
But I can be mistaken about this.

does it working correctly at the start of widget and after some time change to zero?
or
at the start it will show zero and after some time it will work correct?


you mean when rebooting xwidget it doesn't show zero temp or you mean something else?
is your problem "updating weather doesn't work" or "it's showing zero temperature"?


it will change "%..." to ${} for tags in the designer (gui)
but if you use "%..." in the script code, it doesn't change them to ${}

do you use my widget that i posted before?
it has "%..." tags in script code,
so you don't have to write code for testing it, just use it and post the result


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and some other questions:
1. are you using install version or portable version?
2. did you have install version or portable version before using this version?
3. did you run the xwidget as admin (RightClick on xwidget.exe>select run as admin) or just using a admin account?

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YES,
This is what happens. Actually not always switch to zero, sometimes it just does not update the information.

I think I've clarified in the previous answer.

OK, Interesting, I did not know.

I'll test.

and some other questions:
1. are you using install version or portable version? Instal version
2. did you have install version or portable version before using this version? Instal version
3. did you run the xwidget as admin (RightClick on xwidget.exe>select run as admin) or just using a admin account? yes, but did not solve the problem.
Bye Hamid!

The same result. No works (fails to update weather data, or switch to zero)

i have used only portable version; so i don't know if any problem with install version
the only thing that i can recommend is to try portable version too
to do this:

1. backup your xwidget AppData folder (that your widgets and themes are inside of it)
2. uninstall installed version of xwidget
3. remove any remaining of xwidget in installed folder
4. copy portable version to your desire directory
5. copy your recent backup of AppData to the new xwidget portable folder
6. test a weather widget