Weather Monitor 1.0.0
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by www.neolics.com

Notes
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This program is by no means a finished product - it may still be a little rough around the edges, but it is useable and may be handy for some people. It is currently hard-coded for UK locations, the default location is London.


Requirements
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Microsoft Chart Control (MSCHART.OCX)
Microsoft Internet Transfer Control 6.0 (SP6 - MSINET.OCX)
Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 runtime files


Quick Instructions
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1) Run the weather.exe file
2) Click somewhere near the bottom of the Weather Monitor window (below the yellow semi-circle) - the menu should appear
3) Click on 'Update current data' to update the current temperature, humidity and sun details.
4) Repeat step 2) to bring up the menu.
5) Click on 'Update forecast'. This will update the 3 mini-forecasts across the top of the Weather Monitor window. If you click on any of them, you will be able to see the full details for that day's forecast.

By default, the current details are updated every 5 minutes. This can be changed by changing the value in the settings.txt file, between the "<minutes>" and "</minutes>" tags.

To change the location:

1) Open your web browser and go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather.
2) Type in your "town, city, country name, or a UK postcode" in to the box provided, and click on go.
3) If multiple locations are listed, choose the one that you want.
4) You should now see a 5 day forecast for the location you picked - the URL/address in your browser should look something like: "http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?id=1769".
5) Make a note of the number after the "id=" bit of the address.
6) In the settings.txt file, change the number between the "<loc>" and "</loc>" tags to match the number you noted in step 5).
7) Run the Weather Monitor.

Sun's movement
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The semi-circle in the middle of the Weather Monitor window represents the position of the sun between sunrise and sunset (the red vertical line being the current position). Clicking on this image will display the time to and from the sunset and sunrise (respectively) for the current day.

Graphs
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1) Run the weather.exe file (assuming it isn't already running).
2) Click somewhere near the bottom of the Weather Monitor window (below the yellow semi-circle) - the menu should appear.
3) Click on 'Show graph window'.
4) The Weather Monitor graph window should then appear. From here you can choose:
   - different time periods over which to view the data
   - temperature, humidity or both
   - whether the graph should be in 2D or 3D
5) If you click on capture, the current graph is saved as a JPEG file in the Weather Monitor folder.


System Tray
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When you close the Weather Monitor window, it will automatically move to the Windows System tray (in the bottom right-hand corner, next to the clock). This means it can run in the background and continue to record and log weather data. To close the Weather Monitor completely you must select the 'Exit' option from the menu.