SBSH PocketWeather Updated [11.09.2008]

[rainfreak]

SBSH PocketWeather has been updated again, to version 2.1.0. Here is a list of the latest updates in this version:

Ver 2.1.0, 11/09/2008

• Layout Scripting
  • Layout scripts - fixed "NOT" operator handling - now works properly.
  • Layout scripts - ";DEBUGEX" option now outputs line numbers too.
  • Layout scripts - improved recovery from bad skin layout file - as well as detection/reporting
  • Layout scripts - fixed forecast recursion with horizontal spacing of 0 - was defaulting to automatic horizontal spacing
  • fixed ";CURRENT" with no options resulting in subsequent objects being off-screen
  • fixed "#HIGHLOW" displaying blank if either the high or low temperature was missing
  • fixed ";subview" with touch area being applied in wrong order, resulting in any touch areas in subview being overridden
  • update - increased number of UserText variables from 3 to 10
• PW Options
  • "PWS" (PocketWeather Settings configuration) and "PWL" (PocketWeather Location configuration) files are now associated with PW Options, so launching either a .pws or .pwl will automatically import the file into PocketWeather (after user confirmation).
  • Improved scheduled update handling using the Windows Mobile System Scheduler to improve reliability
  • Fixed device KeepAlive to improve keeping the device awake during key update processes.
  • Added "Fully Awake" option for scheduled updates.
  • Google has changed the way its satellite maps are access. PocketWeather has been updated to now access the Google Terrain maps.
  • Fixed Import of GPS settings
• Today Screen (PPC/Classic/Professional only)
  • Improved Today screen rendering handling
  • PPC Today screen now supports "gestures" to change Locations, viz. swiping left or down changes to next Location; swiping right or up changes to previous Location. Note that when PW is used as a tab within PocketBreeze, a left or right long swipe will change PB views - PocketWeather responds to short swipes.
  • WindArrows - changed low and medium WindArrow colors (colours) to be green (low/light - < 10mpg) and yellow (medium < 30mpg) respectively.
  • Added Locking layout script for specific location
  • If icons reside on external memory card, and the card is missing/removed/not ready, was previously resetting icons back to default. Now temporarily resets and does not store updated icons.
• WeatherConsole
  • Improved startup response and speed.
  • METAR Map view how displays a Blue Cross to indicate the current GPS position. Note that this only occurs when within range, and GPS is enabled.
• Updating
  • Weather Alerts - on occasions when multiple alerts for a single location are triggered, PW now breaks these up into smaller individual alerts so that they can be read easier...
  • TimeZone Updates - the handling of TimeZones has been rewritten to make use of built-in timezone updating support in the Windows Mobile devices - changes in daylight saving time should now happen automatically and reliably. This requires that the appropriate Windows Mobile Daylight Saving Time patch be installed - see here. Note that with RC1, existing locations already configured in PocketWeather will not automatically be updated, so you will need to manually go into each location, modify the location name and back again to ensure its configuration is suitably updated. We hope to make this automatic for the next RC.
  • Improved response to changes in device's network connectivity
  • Weather Feeds - fixed handling of weather feed templates that only provide day of weeks - was failing on Saturday/Sunday wrap-around
  • Weather Feeds - Added mad wind speed checking in METAR - if wind is in excess of 150 knots, PW reports and ignores
  • Earthquakes - increased maximum number of earthquakes stored from 50 to 200.
  • update - increased number of userText from 3 to 10
  • fix - weather templates were not always recording userText and userAlert messages
  • update - locations now automatically updated with appropriate timezone id (an internal configuration)
• General
  • Languages - added Thai (finally) and Norwegian.
  • for the home location, when you go to Heavens-Above site (using the menu), it uses your real location (including GPS if at Home Location) - so more accurate satellite predictions...
  • Changed PW logo to use PNG file instead of BMP file to save space. Now PW Today screen startup displays logo.
  • Fixed issue with external memory card causing graphics resource files to become locked and unusable, resulting in blank displays. This issue was typically seen on devices where PocketWeather was installed on external memory (etc SD) cards. When the device is "off" (in standbye mode, screen off), the device automatically powers down everything to save power, and resets access to the external memory card. Now because PocketWeather is making use of images store on the memory card, when the device is turned back on, the operating system resets any file handles to the memory card, thereby breaking access to the images. But a side effect was that PocketWeather's image store/DLL would become locked into memory until every PocketWeather component reset its access to the image store/DLL - until then, no images could be access. This fix enables PocketWeather to recover from this situation without requiring a soft-reset.
  • WeatherTemplate editor - was missing visibility and visibility units output
  • WeatherTemplate editor - application can now be resized
  • Download statistics - "Today" now changes at midnight local time
  • A lot of other improvements, bug fixes and other enhancements have been included which cannot be listed here.

You can get it here: http://www.sbsh.net/products/windows.../pocketweather

[Painter_]

I really like the new GPS function. Weather forcast for were you are.

[rainfreak]

Yeah, that is a cool feature that I remember seeing a lot of people asking for about a month ago.