This Windows 95 Weather program gets current weather reports from
Internet Weather sources. It will simultaneously display current
weather for up to six cities that you choose, or the day by day
and extended forecast for whichever city you select. The first
city on the list has it's current weather and temperature
displayed in the Tray on the Taskbar, like this:
Following are descriptions of the screens from the program.
Below is the startup screen, where I selected current weather
reports for all the cities the program can display
simultaneously. This is what you see if you have the Cur
(Current) button selected for any city. If the temperature is
80+, it is in red, 32- in blue. The Spl(Special Weather
Statement) option button is enabled, and colored red, and your
speaker will "Ding" if a special weather report is
available, as it is in the example for Denver.
Next is the screen you get if you click the Ext (Extended) forecast button for one of the cities.
This is the screen you see if there is a special weather report available:
This screen shows the full text of the report, gotten with the Txt (Text) button
The last screen is from the Options button, and is how you select which cities you want the forecast for. All the cities I can get reports for are included. If you know of others, you can add them to the program's list.
Files needed for WWWeather are in three groups:
1. WWWeather version 2.0 and its files.
2. OCXs needed by the program.
3. VB4 32 bit RunTime Library.
Group 1 files go where you choose, but all in same directory. Group 2 and 3 files go in \windows\system.
Update, 4/1/2000 Again the webserver I get this data form, the Weather Underground, has stopped supporting the gopher protocols and only has http data available. I will have to rewrite this program for it to work properly, and I don't do Visual Basic anymore, only C++, so it will be sometime this summer while I am on vacation before the rewrite. Email me to encourage me to do it sooner!
The complete zip (Group 1, Version 2.0, Group 2, and Group 3, also the original WebWeather program) is available here, on my I-Drive, dated 2/6/97, Download WebWeather.zip. If you downloaded the complete zip before, or you have all of the group 2 and 3 files, and you only need the current release executables, the Group 1 files only are available here, Updated 2/6/97, uses gopher server for faster response, adds special weather reports and colored temperatures.
The complete zip also includes a setup program that will register all the ocxs and dlls, and install the program in a directory of your choice.
If you like the program, or find bugs, or have suggestions for improvement, please Email me.
Enjoy the weather!