Idea For External Web Based Travel Program

**ccsnet** · 07-01-2004, 07:01 PM

Sorry for all the bad grammer in advance - been a long day and I'm off to bed ...

I'll make it simple ( cos I am ).. in the UK I know of two web pages you can go straght two... would it not be good if you could access them on the move - espcialy as the two I am thinking of would word great in a touch screen enviroment.

Both are free and do not require any logons although a seprate host page would be advisable and easy to make.. any way I digress.

As both of them are shock wave IE is only required as such.. so if some one could produce a programe where by you can run an external prog and display certain pages and may be even cycle though one or two then we could have an easy travel logon ( and not just for the UK ).

You would need a refresh button to force it to check for new info but also a stop dial button just in case like me you pay expensive dial up charges ( GPRS or not ).

I spose it could be further enhanced later ( may be the vew depends on start up vairables ) to do simple control web browsing for touch screens ?

Any way - though I'd off that one up to you lot

T

PS: Confused hope you don't mind me borrwing your screen dump

Scuse the quality.. its just to give an idea as to what I am saying above

**felix99** · 07-01-2004, 07:54 PM

looks great

**ccsnet** · 07-02-2004, 06:11 AM

Originally Posted by felix99

looks great

Need some one to pick it up really - I'm not a programer so I can't create any thing... Looked at VB6 did my head in... just not my thing.

T

**stevieg** · 07-02-2004, 06:43 AM

I'll have a look

**Enforcer** · 07-02-2004, 07:19 AM

what are these two websites?

**stevieg** · 07-02-2004, 08:04 AM

Originally Posted by Enforcer

what are these two websites?

http://www.getmethere.co.uk/temp/trafficapp.html
http://www.vauxhall.co.uk/trafficnet...etMay2003d.dcr

I've got somewhere, should hopefully have an app in the next hour, just got to get the dial/disconnect buttons code done, the web bits work

**Enforcer** · 07-02-2004, 08:22 AM

nice, shame your can't zoom in more on the traffic master one.

I did actually contact Trafficmaster to see if they could or would be doing a product that would plug into a PC and provide traffic updates, but they said they have no plans for it. which is a shame, coz I think if you could get one of their devices plugged in and with your GPS it would give some great info.

**stevieg** · 07-02-2004, 08:37 AM

Originally Posted by Enforcer

nice, shame your can't zoom in more on the traffic master one.

I did actually contact Trafficmaster to see if they could or would be doing a product that would plug into a PC and provide traffic updates, but they said they have no plans for it. which is a shame, coz I think if you could get one of their devices plugged in and with your GPS it would give some great info.

Yeah that is a pity. It would be quite easy however to make the vauxhall trafficmaster app move with your location using the 'click on map' part - basically the reverse of how I programmed the UK meet web site where you click on the map where you are - that is possible.

The app is finished, be posting again in 5

**stevieg** · 07-02-2004, 08:53 AM

Hiya,

Been busy this lunch time...

At the moment only connects to the two sites terran suggested, but it adjusts accordingly to make sure they look OK on screen.

The connect/disconnect buttons are to be used with your default internet connection. I couldn't test these as my machine at work is on a lan

so anyone with a dial-up connection handy, please test.

Oh almost forget..

Download from Link

Includes full VB source and icons etc - the gif files are need for the app, to use fun the EXE

**Enforcer** · 07-02-2004, 08:58 AM

Update on the traffic master bit

http://www.trafficmaster.co.uk/page.cfm?key=tnav

they have a device and service that does the satNav traffic routing vehicle tracking, but it's quite expensive.