Is there a file to capture that holds the structure of the clientraw.txt file?

Software Weather Display for Windows
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At the Saratoga site there is a link to scripts, then WD Parser at the bottom that links to (if you don’t give it a file address) a display of the four files that WD can generate, including the clientraw.txt file, showing a nice grid of field number, label, and example of values that are to appear in that position in the space delimited file.

http://discourse.weather-watch.com/t/26717

Being a bit old fashioned, I like to print stuff out, study it and make notes with a pencil alongside some of the areas of interest.

I cannot seem to print that out. Maybe I’ve set something wrong. Is there an accompanying text or doc file that will allow me to save that great grid and print it?

Thanks.
Dale

Oh, I did check the universal.txt file in the installation directory of WD, but only found a few values, nothing as extensive as this link gives.

I guess I could type it all out by hand, but that seems extreme. I just am not making the right connection. Maybe not enough coffee?

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I forgot to say the most important part…

I only need the clientraw.txt, not the additional files. When I go to print this (from within FireFox) I get a 96 page prediction, and not to waste toner and paper, I stopped at that point. I’m looking for just the first grid, not the extra (which must have taken forever to format and enter, so that’s great) but I wish not to waste paper nor toner.

Sorry, I was thinking that all the time I was typing and forgot to clarify before printing.

In Adobe PDF programs usually you an set the page range to print, but apparently the browser print function doesn’t have that flexability.
Dale

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clientrawdescription.txt lists all the fields.

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clientrawdescription.txt in wdisplay directory gives a listing, slightly confusing because the clientraw.txt file example shown doesn’t match the values in the description.

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I don’t use FF but in Chrome you can print only the pages you want. Right click, select Print, page down thru the print preview until you reach the end of what you want, remember how many pages you scrolled thru. Click the arrow to the right of the “Pages” box and select “Custom” and enter the pages you want, e.g. 1-12. I would be surprised if FF doesn’t have similar functionality.

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Thanks, everyone.
I did start Chrome and indeed it does allow the range of pages to print to be specified.

I’ll start FF again and see if they just didn’t display as I was expecting, or if it is a real deficiency.

I am usually the deficient one…

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No, the current FF I have loaded and it just steps through the pages in preview, rather than open a more extensive menu of selections.

So weird that all browsers aren’t at least this functional in their implementation.

On the other hand, I notice that FF will update the summary.gif that WD puts on my web page with just hitting the Reload button.

In Chrome, I cannot get that to update until I hit Ctrl and F5, which is a pain. Some standard functionality might be nicer.

Is there any code that one can put in their web page or index.php file that forces a refresh of cached images? that would be cool.

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If by refresh you mean so that when you/anyone opens the page they get the latest image, then maybe, but without a link to your page it’s hard to know if it will work for you. Anyway try coding it like this:

 add

?<?php echo rand(); ?>

after the image url, simple example:

<td><center><img src="summary.gif?<?php echo rand(); ?>"></center></td>

(Must be a .php page)

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Niko,
Thanks for the info. I’ll see if I can get it to do what I want.

And yes, that is what I meant is that anyone who goes to the URL that they will get the most up to date for information even if they’ve had been there before and have cached and didn’t depend upon loading the local files they had from before.
Dale