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  • #21
  • Aug 24, 2011 12:13pm Aug 24, 2011 12:13pm
@forexhard - I forgot to ask, but this request didn't make sense to me:

"Third would be a refresh button -- or again, a customizable window for how often you would like the indi to refresh."

The app is constantly 'sniffing' the events table and checking your clock, so i'm not sure what you mean by a refresh button as there's nothing to manually refresh.
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  • #22
  • Aug 24, 2011 12:26pm Aug 24, 2011 12:26pm
I was just being extra cautious when I saw that it was deleting my preferences before. If it already self-refreshes, then please ignore the request.

I don't know how to provide you with sound examples. But something more like a doorbell, or a telephone ring, or a robotic beep or ping, would be perfect.
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  • #23
  • Aug 24, 2011 12:39pm Aug 24, 2011 12:39pm
Quoting FiatFap
@stevetwo - it already does that; if you want to ignore the news, you press [mute], then as it removes the event, it resets automatically to sound the next event so you don't forget. Have i misunderstood your request?
FiatFap, I tried using the "Mute" button as you stated, but then when I unclicked it, it went right back to the sound again without resetting. Maybe I did something wrong. I'll test it, again, today.

Thanks.
  • #24
  • Aug 24, 2011 12:59pm Aug 24, 2011 12:59pm
Quoting stevetwo
FiatFap, I tried using the "Mute" button as you stated, but then when I unclicked it, it went right back to the sound again without resetting. Maybe I did something wrong. I'll test it, again, today.

Thanks.
Sorry for any confusion, the mute just mutes the alarm, but it's still active. So when you unmute, it plays the alarm as usual.

Do you want a button that deletes the upcoming event (and the alarm that's playing) and gets ready for the next event?
Politics is the womb in which war develops.
  • #25
  • Aug 24, 2011 1:07pm Aug 24, 2011 1:07pm
Quoting FiatFap
Sorry for any confusion, the mute just mutes the alarm, but it's still active. So when you unmute, it plays the alarm as usual.

Do you want a button that deletes the upcoming event (and the alarm that's playing) and gets ready for the next event?
A button like that would be great. Thank you, FiatFap.
  • #26
  • Aug 25, 2011 12:04pm Aug 25, 2011 12:04pm
Very nice application, works well.

Just an idea - can we have a digital clock on the top panel, saves having to look elsewhere & confirms your timezone ?
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  • #27
  • Aug 25, 2011 4:10pm Aug 25, 2011 4:10pm
Quoting Shabs19
Very nice application, works well.

Just an idea - can we have a digital clock on the top panel, saves having to look elsewhere & confirms your timezone ?
There is a time object in .NET that uses [DateTime.UtcNow], but this just pulls your system time.

So for your request, i'd have to retrieve a server time from a website by screen scraping a <div> tag from here for example, or create a PHP page on my own server and extrapolate the time that way.

All of the above would be necessary based on the assumption that your computer time is incorrect in the first place.

So I'd prefer not to facilitate this request as it's easier for users to ensure their own PC time is correct and then the app just adds the timezone hours chosen to the news event time.

I could add a clock, but it would just be replicating your system time. FF has a time on their settings page as it just pulls it from their server, so is independent of a users machine time.

hth.
Politics is the womb in which war develops.
  • #28
  • Aug 26, 2011 3:59am Aug 26, 2011 3:59am
Doesn't work here:
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  • #29
  • Aug 26, 2011 5:48am Aug 26, 2011 5:48am
Quoting jagui
Doesn't work here:
There's still an issue with regional settings by the look of your error message.

Can you let me know which language is selected in the drop down in control panel -> Regional and Language Settings, or you could use this app i did.

Thanks for the bug report.
Politics is the womb in which war develops.
  • #30
  • Aug 26, 2011 7:18am Aug 26, 2011 7:18am
firts of all i have to thank you for your amazing work, but i cant make it work properly, when i launch the app a lot of msg come out and i dont know that seems to be the problem.

thank you and take care.
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  • #31
  • Edited 7:54am Aug 26, 2011 7:37am | Edited 7:54am
Quoting rohule
firts of all i have to thank you for your amazing work, but i cant make it work properly, when i launch the app a lot of msg come out and i dont know that seems to be the problem.

thank you and take care.
Can you let me know which language is selected in the drop down in control panel -> Regional and Language Settings. I think i've found the error from the previous bug posted by jagui, so i'll work on an update release in next few days.

Also, how did you get that OpenUsersBrowser error? Did you click the News Sites button at the bottom?

Does the app work okay, besides these two errors?

Edit: The error occurs because your regional setting is using 7:12am instead of 07:12. I'll fix this bug for next release.
Politics is the womb in which war develops.
  • #32
  • Aug 26, 2011 8:12am Aug 26, 2011 8:12am
Quoting FiatFap
Can you let me know which language is selected in the drop down in control panel -> Regional and Language Settings. I think i've found the error from the previous bug posted by jagui, so i'll work on an update release in next few days.

Also, how did you get that OpenUsersBrowser error? Did you click the News Sites button at the bottom?

Does the app work okay, besides these two errors?

Edit: The error occurs because your regional setting is using 7:12am instead of 07:12. I'll fix this bug for next release.

thank you for your reply,

i get that openuserbrowser by clicking in the uper left button (fx news alert)
and the app work okay besides those two erros.

thank you!
passion and discipline
  • #33
  • Aug 26, 2011 10:39am Aug 26, 2011 10:39am
Quoting FiatFap
There's still an issue with regional settings by the look of your error message.

Can you let me know which language is selected in the drop down in control panel -> Regional and Language Settings, or you could use this app i did.

Thanks for the bug report.
Italian.
  • #34
  • Aug 26, 2011 8:17pm Aug 26, 2011 8:17pm
I just downloaded it and it worked well on windows 7. Thumbs up!! thanks.I think the GUI can be improved upon though.
  • #35
  • Aug 27, 2011 6:54am Aug 27, 2011 6:54am
Quoting oyebisi
I just downloaded it and it worked well on windows 7. Thumbs up!! thanks.I think the GUI can be improved upon though.
What kind of GUI improvements would you like to see?
Politics is the womb in which war develops.
  • #36
  • Edited 6:01am Aug 28, 2011 5:21am | Edited 6:01am
* UPDATE *

 

  1. Added currency pair filter
  2. Select different alarm sounds
  3. Delete upcoming event
  4. Reload events table
  5. LED changes colour based on the days volatility

Bugs

 

  1. Hopefully fixed the datetime bug by forcing users system time to 24h format
  2. Added Process.Start() as back-up if webbrowser fails - i.e let Windows find its own bloody process if it throws a hissy fit
  3. Removed slider as it was too clunky


Download latest version at FX News Alert site, or your current app will prompt for download.

Let me know of any bugs or feature requests.

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  • #37
  • Aug 28, 2011 5:46am Aug 28, 2011 5:46am
I am getting an error when starting the fx alert.
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  • #38
  • Aug 28, 2011 5:54am Aug 28, 2011 5:54am
The fx alert loads after deleting the error panel about 10 times.

The feature for currency symbols should allow me to remove currencies that I do not have interest in, similar to the filter that is in the forex factory calendar. Is that possible ?
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  • #39
  • Aug 28, 2011 5:56am Aug 28, 2011 5:56am
Quoting Shabs19
I am getting an error when starting the fx alert.
See attached jpg
Since i compiled it last night, they updated the news feed

I also got the same error this morning as i overlooked this scenario in my haste.

I've fixed the bug. Can you download from fx news site and try again please.
Politics is the womb in which war develops.
  • #40
  • Aug 28, 2011 6:02am Aug 28, 2011 6:02am
Seems to be Ok now,
What is the delete button for ?
How do you add your own sound file ?
Enable currency symbols to be deselectable ?
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