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Jan 21, 2010 11:09 AM|LINK

Hi,

I have crated simple asp.net weather control that shows current weather conditions for given location. You can see examples here:

To use this control follow these steps:

Download control:
http://manicweather.codeplex.com/
Download icons:
http://manicweather.codeplex.com/
Include dll file in your web application (add reference).
Include "Icons" folder in your web application (copy -> paste in project).
Register to weather.com to get PartnerID and Key.
Get location ID from weather.com. You can use search like this (for New York):
http://xoap.weather.com/search/search?where=new york
Insert control in page and setup control properties (Location, PartnerID, Key, Units ...).

Here is a sample code:

<%@ Page Language="vb" AutoEventWireup="false" CodeBehind="Default.aspx.vb" Inherits="Manic.Services.Test.CurrentConditions" %>


<%@ Register Assembly="Manic.Services.Weather" Namespace="Manic.Services.Weather.Controls" TagPrefix="manic" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
    <title>Test</title>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="frmMain" runat="server">
    <div class="weather-frame">
        <manic:CurrentConditions ID="mcc1" runat="server" Location="USNY0996" PartnerID="XXX" Key="XXX" Units="Metric" IconFolder="../Icons" MoonIconType="Gif" CssClass="weather-box" />
    </div>
    </form>
</body>
</html>

Here is a sample css:

/*Weather container*/
.weather-frame { border: solid 1px #999; width: 230px; overflow: hidden; }
/*Weather control*/
.weather-box { width: 220px; background-color: #FFF !important; padding: 5px; font-family: Verdana, Sans-Serif; font-size: 11px; }
.weather-location { background-color: #F0F0F0; padding: 0.25em; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; }
.weather-icon { float: left; text-align: center; width: 110px; }
.weather-icon img { width: 93px; height: 93px; }
.weather-main-content { float: left; text-align: center; width: 110px; padding: 15px 0; }
.weather-temperature { text-align: center; font-size: 2.5em; }
.weather-description { text-align: center; font-weight: bold; }
.weather-detail-content { }
.weather-detail-label { text-align: left; width: 50%; }
.weather-detail-data { text-align: right; width: 50%; }
.weather-detail-data-row td { background-color: #F9F9F9; padding: 0.25em; line-height: 1.5em; }
.weather-detail-data-altrow td { background-color: #F3F3F3; padding: 0.25em; line-height: 1.5em; }
.weather-separator { clear: both; }
.weather-presure-icon { vertical-align: middle; }
.weather-uvindex-icon { vertical-align: middle; }
.weather-moon { float: left; margin-top: 5px; padding: 2px; border: solid 1px #CCC; background-color: #F6F6F6; width: 152px; }
.weather-moon-icon { }
.weather-moon-icon img { width: 52px; height: 52px; }
.weather-moon-data { padding: 5px; }
.weather-channel { float: right; margin-top: 5px; padding: 3px; width: 52px; }
.weather-updatetime { background-color: #F3F3F3; padding: 0.25em; font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 5px; text-align: center; }
.weather-error { background-color: #FF0000; padding: 5px; color: #FFF; }

Edited by ManicStudio on Jan 24, 2010 11:37 AM
Edited by ManicStudio on Jan 24, 2010 01:43 PM

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Jan 21, 2010 02:43 PM|LINK

Location="USNYXXXX"

Edited by marking on Jan 21, 2010 03:40 PM
Edited by marking on Jan 21, 2010 03:41 PM

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Re: ASP.net Weather Control

Jan 21, 2010 03:49 PM|LINK

I have added new control to library for forecast. You can see example here:
http://services.4ants.ba/weather/samples/forecast/

Here is the sample code:

<manic:Forecast ID="mfc1" runat="server" Location="USNY0996" PartnerID="XXX" Key="XXX" Units="Metric" Length="3" IconFolder="../Icons" CssClass="weather-forecast-box" />

Length property refers to number of days to show. Default is 3.

Here is the sample css:
http://services.4ants.ba/weather/samples/app_themes/standard/style.css

Edited by ManicStudio on Jan 21, 2010 03:50 PM
Edited by ManicStudio on Jan 24, 2010 11:38 AM

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Re: ASP.net Weather Control

Jan 24, 2010 09:24 AM|LINK

Please publish your control at http://www.CodePlex.Com

That way you readily publish:

The control
Sample code
Documentation

Also it helps if you make clear what licence you are publishing your code under. I recommend LGPL.

Click "Mark as Answer" on the post that helped you.
This earns you a point and marks your thread as Resolved so we will all know you have been helped.
FAQ on the correct forum http://forums.asp.net/p/1337412/2699239.aspx#2699239

Edited by TATWORTH on Jan 24, 2010 09:29 AM

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Jan 24, 2010 10:27 AM|LINK

OK, I have removed download from my site and I will publish it to codeplex today.

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Jan 24, 2010 10:43 AM|LINK

ManicStudio
OK, I have removed download from my site and I will publish it to codeplex today.

Good idea! If your control suddenly becomes very popular then, Codeplex can handle all the traffic and it will not count against any monthly download limit on your site.

Have you decided on a licence yet?

When you publish it, please specify which version of Visual Studio you used and which version of the framework you targetted.

Have a look at my flagship project http://commondata.codeplex.com, for some of the detail that can be shown.

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Marked as answer by Qin Dian Tang - MSFT on Jan 26, 2010 11:59 PM

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Jan 24, 2010 11:25 AM|LINK

A thought for the future; I suggest you provide code in both VB.NET and C#.

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Re: ASP.net Weather Control

Jan 24, 2010 12:00 PM|LINK

Ok, here it is:

http://manicweather.codeplex.com/

I will polish my source code in the future releases. Please test my control and report any problems that you encounter.

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Jan 24, 2010 12:49 PM|LINK

ManicStudio
Ok, here it is:

Excellent!

For future releases, I would suggest that you use Zip instead of RAR to pack up the files as Windows XP and above can unpack it without additional software being installed.

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Jan 24, 2010 01:44 PM|LINK

I will. Thanks.

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