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ftuiz
Posts: 2
Joined: May 20th, 2011, 8:25 am

need help on WebParser Primer

Post by ftuiz »

I'm new to rain meter skinning

i was following this guide http://rainmeter.net/cms/Tips-WebParserPrimer

but i have a problem displaying the ip address i only get a blank value,

when i check the debug log i see the ip

DEBUG: (00:06:06.743) WebParser: Finished URL: http://www.geobytes.com/IpLocator.htm?GetLocation
DEBUG: (00:06:06.743) WebParser: [MeasureIPAddress] (Index 0) <h3>IP Address to locate:<input type="text" name="ipaddress" size="15" value="203.##.###.###">
DEBUG: (00:06:06.743) WebParser: [MeasureIPAddress] (Index 1) 203.##.###.###
my skin

[MeasureIPAddress]
Measure=Plugin
plugin=Plugins\WebParser.dll
UpdateRate=1800
Url="http://www.geobytes.com/IpLocator.htm?GetLocation"
RegExp="(?siU)<h3>IP Address to locate:<input type="text" name="ipaddress" size="15" value="(.*)">.*"
StringIndex=1
Debug=1


[MeterIPAddress]
MeasureName=MeasureIPAddress
Meter=String
X=2
Y=2
FontColor=255,255,255,255
FontSize=12
StringAlign=LEFT
FontFace=Tahoma
Antialias=1
Text="IP Address: %1" --note i tired Prefix="IP Address: " this too but i only get the IP address text

i dont know where im wrong,the ip is not getting displayed
ftuiz
Posts: 2
Joined: May 20th, 2011, 8:25 am

Re: need help on WebParser Primer

Post by ftuiz »

found the answer

[Rainmeter]
;Update=1000
DynamicWindowSize=1

i dont know what it does but that made the ip visible