[Solved] Using a URL for an imagename

[Seahorse]

I'm experimenting with a skin that could use images from the internet and whilst the RegExp happily pulls it, the image meter remains blank. Take the example below for instance:

http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTQwMzQ5Njk1MF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNjIxNzIxNw@@._V1._SY30_SX23_.jpg

Now, is this because I'm trying to do something Rainmeter can't or is is something related to with the massive filename; the two @ look a bit suspicious to me for instance. I don't want to code any more of the skin if this part doesn't work at all, as it defeats the object of the skin.

[jsmorley]

Works fine for me...

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[Rainmeter]
Update=1000
DynamicWindowSize=1

[MeasureImage]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=WebParser
URL=http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTQwMzQ5Njk1MF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNjIxNzIxNw@@._V1._SY30_SX23_.jpg
Download=1

[MeterImage]
Meter=Image
MeasureName=MeasureImage

[Mordasius]

http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTQwMzQ5Njk1MF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNjIxNzIxNw@@._V1._SY30_SX23_.jpg

Works fine for me too. Maybe you need to check your Image Meter.

[Seahorse]

I'm capturing the image URL in the main Webparser, yours is separate, does that make a difference as I'm using 15 stringindexes and feeding the image URL via a measure & StringIndex, oh, and capturing three image URLs in the main WebParser.

So I have this:

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[MeasureTop3]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=WebParser
UpdateRate=1800
Url=http://www.imdb.com/boxoffice/?region=uk
RegExp="(?siU).*Weekend.*src="(.*)".*href="(.*)">(.*)</a>.*163;(.*)</td>.*163;(.*)

</td>.*src="(.*)".*href="(.*)">(.*)</a>.*163;(.*)</td>.*163;(.*)</td>.*src="(.*)".*href="(.*)">(.*)

</a>.*163;(.*)</td>.*163;(.*)</td>"
Download=1

this:

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[MeasurePosterURLFilm1]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=Plugins\WebParser.dll
URL=[MeasureTop3]
Substitute=" ":","
StringIndex=1

leading to this:

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[MeterPosterFilm1]
Meter=Image
MeasureName=MeasurePosterURLFilm1
X=10
Y=60
W=190
H=90

So am I getting something wrong here, or do I need to break out the image URL RegExp "captures" from the main one?

parse is fine:

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[smurfier]

I believe Download=1 would go onto the measure that returns the image url which is [MeasurePosterURLFilm1], not the parent measure.

[jsmorley]

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[Rainmeter]
Update=1000
DynamicWindowSize=1

[MeasureTop3]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=WebParser
UpdateRate=1800
Url=http://www.imdb.com/boxoffice/?region=uk
RegExp="(?siU).*Weekend.*src="(.*)".*href="(.*)">(.*)</a>.*163;(.*)</td>.*163;(.*)</td>.*src="(.*)".*href="(.*)">(.*)</a>.*163;(.*)</td>.*163;(.*)</td>.*src="(.*)".*href="(.*)">(.*)</a>.*163;(.*)</td>.*163;(.*)</td>"

[MeasureImage1]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=WebParser
URL=[MeasureTop3]
StringIndex=1
Download=1

[MeasureImage2]
Measure=Plugin
Plugin=WebParser
URL=[MeasureTop3]
StringIndex=6
Download=1

[MeterImage1]
Meter=Image
MeasureName=MeasureImage1
Y=R

[MeterImage2]
Meter=Image
MeasureName=MeasureImage2
Y=R

[Seahorse]

Result! Many thanks.

[Mordasius]

I'm sure I'm missing something here, so if you can't post the entire skin, perhaps you could drop us a screen-shot of the About-Rainmeter-Measures for your skin so we can see what is going on....

Oops too late.. problem solved by smurfier and jsmorley

[Seahorse]

Just realised I made a mental note earlier to append the missing http:\\ etc in front of the URL. You know where that is leading...Doh!

Just titivating for now...

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