Quantcast
Channel: Rainmeter Forums
Viewing all articles
Browse latest Browse all 1678

General Discussion • Re: Train Tracking

$
0
0
Sorry I do apologise I had to quickly type this whiles in work.

It isn't a skin request I am looking for, it some info on how to make one. I never really played with any language other than C# hence the reason I am looking for some help. The region/area I am looking to make one for is Wales/England.

Thank you.
No problem, thanks for the clarification. Well, before even starting to make your skin, you should find a "source" where you get that train data from. Usually, that's a site, since even if you had a local static "database" with train departures and arrivals, the "live" part regarding delays or train location can only be retrieved from some frequently updated online source.

I saw some UK sites providing such data, but you should search for these yourself, since being from there you know better than me if the provided info is comprehensive, properly updated, and overall correct. Such a site should be able to be parsed by a WebParser measure:
https://docs.rainmeter.net/manual/measures/webparser/
meaning that the info you're looking for should be visible in the HTML code when you right click on the page and choose to view the page source (CTRL+F to search some of the desired field values should make it clear).

So, once you have one or two such sites that we can use, then we can talk about the code for such a skin and how to approach this. ;-)

P.S. My bad, didn't make the connection between your nickname and your location. :oops:

Statistics: Posted by Yincognito — Yesterday, 8:05 pm



Viewing all articles
Browse latest Browse all 1678

Trending Articles