Coding a Live Currency Update skin

[ronald911]

I just got a great idea! I plan and I WILL need Rainmeter pro's to help me (my coding sucks). I have thought why not make a skin that updates the Exchange rate live and convert it to your own Currency:
EG:
"Lets say my local Currency is ZAR (South African Rand).

I want the rainmeter skin to show me the value of the foreign currency in ZAR eg: 1 USD = 6.87 ZAR"

The user should be able to decide and be able to add about 5 different currencies.

Lets hope we can get started on this project

[jsmorley]

I just got a great idea! I plan and I WILL need Rainmeter pro's to help me (my coding sucks). I have thought why not make a skin that updates the Exchange rate live and convert it to your own Currency:
EG:
"Lets say my local Currency is ZAR (South African Rand).

I want the rainmeter skin to show me the value of the foreign currency in ZAR eg: 1 USD = 6.87 ZAR"

The user should be able to decide and be able to add about 5 different currencies.

Lets hope we can get started on this project

We generally don't do "requests", just provide help when you get stuck. So, how much are you paying per hour?

[ronald911]

Well, it's actually more of a community thing I sure there are more than just me that would be interested in this kind of stuff.

Hence all the 'open source' .ini files. Not a request at all. Just thought someone could help me get going on this project!

[Chewtoy]

http://rainmeter.net/cms/Rainmeter101-Tutorial4
http://rainmeter.net/cms/Tips-WebParserPrimer
http://rainmeter.net/cms/Plugins-WebParser_beta

Find the value you are going to parse and get going!

[ronald911]

http://rainmeter.net/cms/Rainmeter101-Tutorial4
http://rainmeter.net/cms/Tips-WebParserPrimer
http://rainmeter.net/cms/Plugins-WebParser_beta

Find the value you are going to parse and get going!

Thanks man!

[ronald911]

I found RSS Feeds for currencies (don't know how active they are at the moment).
http://www.royalexchangehouse.com/rss_currencyexchangerates.html

[ronald911]

Oh yes.. This is exactly what I'm going to use!
http://www.xe.com/currency/zar-south-african-rand

[Chewtoy]

Yeah that will work.
Here's a snippet of what you should look at (just to make sure you find it).

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 <td valign="bottom" height="35" align="center">1 ZAR =<br/>

		        Inverse:</td>

						<td valign="bottom" align="center">
								<a onclick="return showTip('USD,ZAR,1,1');" href="/currencycharts?from=ZAR&to=USD" id="USDZAR11">0.14507</a>
								<br/>
								<a onclick="return showTip('ZAR,USD,1,1');" href="/currencycharts?from=USD&to=ZAR" id="ZARUSD11">6.89338</a>
						</td>
						<td valign="bottom" align="center">

								<a onclick="return showTip('EUR,ZAR,1,2');" href="/currencycharts?from=ZAR&to=EUR" id="EURZAR12">0.10906</a>
								<br/>
								<a onclick="return showTip('ZAR,EUR,1,2');" href="/currencycharts?from=EUR&to=ZAR" id="ZAREUR12">9.16895</a>
						</td>
						<td valign="bottom" align="center">
								<a onclick="return showTip('GBP,ZAR,1,3');" href="/currencycharts?from=ZAR&to=GBP" id="GBPZAR13">0.09234</a>
								<br/>

								<a onclick="return showTip('ZAR,GBP,1,3');" href="/currencycharts?from=GBP&to=ZAR" id="ZARGBP13">10.8298</a>
						</td>
						<td valign="bottom" align="center">
								<a onclick="return showTip('JPY,ZAR,1,4');" href="/currencycharts?from=ZAR&to=JPY" id="JPYZAR14">12.0143</a>
								<br/>
								<a onclick="return showTip('ZAR,JPY,1,4');" href="/currencycharts?from=JPY&to=ZAR" id="ZARJPY14">0.08323</a>
						</td>

						<td valign="bottom" align="center">
								<a onclick="return showTip('CAD,ZAR,1,5');" href="/currencycharts?from=ZAR&to=CAD" id="CADZAR15">0.14592</a>
								<br/>
								<a onclick="return showTip('ZAR,CAD,1,5');" href="/currencycharts?from=CAD&to=ZAR" id="ZARCAD15">6.85329</a>
						</td>
						<td valign="bottom" align="center">
								<a onclick="return showTip('AUD,ZAR,1,6');" href="/currencycharts?from=ZAR&to=AUD" id="AUDZAR16">0.14685</a>

								<br/>
								<a onclick="return showTip('ZAR,AUD,1,6');" href="/currencycharts?from=AUD&to=ZAR" id="ZARAUD16">6.80986</a>
						</td>
						<td valign="bottom" align="center">
								<a onclick="return showTip('CHF,ZAR,1,7');" href="/currencycharts?from=ZAR&to=CHF" id="CHFZAR17">0.14192</a>
								<br/>
								<a onclick="return showTip('ZAR,CHF,1,7');" href="/currencycharts?from=CHF&to=ZAR" id="ZARCHF17">7.04634</a>

						</td>
						<td valign="bottom" align="center">
								<a onclick="return showTip('CNY,ZAR,1,8');" href="/currencycharts?from=ZAR&to=CNY" id="CNYZAR18">0.96458</a>
								<br/>
								<a onclick="return showTip('ZAR,CNY,1,8');" href="/currencycharts?from=CNY&to=ZAR" id="ZARCNY18">1.03672</a>
						</td>
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	<h2>ZAR Facts </h2>
	<p><strong>ISO 4217 Code:</strong> ZAR</p>
  	<p><strong>Inflation:</strong> 3.2%</p>

  	<p><strong>Minor Unit:</strong><br/>			1/100 = Cent<br/>
</p>
    <p><strong>Symbol:</strong> R <strong>Cent:</strong> c</p>
  	
  	<p><strong>Coins:</strong><br/>				Freq Used: 
			5c,
			
			10c,
			
			20c,
			
			R1,
			
			R2,
			
			R5

<br/>
</p>
  	<p><strong>Banknotes:</strong><br/>				Freq Used: 
			R10,
			
			R20,
			
			R50,
			
			R100,
			
			R200
<br/>
</p>
  	
  	<p><strong>Central Bank</strong><br/>    South African Reserve Bank<br/>
    Website:<br/>
    <a href="http://www.reservebank.co.za" target="_blank">www.reservebank.co.za</a>

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