Thread: Movie Listings... Coming to an RR near you!

Originally Posted by Enforcer

OK, I'm trying this out, but I don't seem to be getting anything.

ir it just sits there saying "Getting movie listings"

now in RR's debug file I have

so it seems to be picking out the cinemas (used johns zip code from his screenshot as my post code won't work ), but it doesn't seem to create that txt file that it is supposed to be putting the info in. Further move, when I created that file manually in then got deleted.

I am running no other plugins.

Any ideas (apart my suspicion that it is something to do with hardcoded paths or drives maybe?)

Ooooooooooops, my bad, was still using an older version of RoadRunner (12-Apr-2007) than this requires.

Originally Posted by Sonicxtacy02

i'm workin hard on the navigate feature but i may need some help. The problem is i cant find a good source of free data for the address-to-coordinates conversion. Right now i'm using http://geocoder.us because its free, requires no registration, and its a straight forward site i dont have to spend a lot of cpu's parsing. The drawback to using this site is that it uses tiger data which isnt updated nearly enough! This means some of the theaters you wont be able to navigate to uses that source. If anyone can find a free, no-registration site with updated data please by all means let me know.


The second part of the navigation issue (and frankily the one i'm stumped the most on) is sending the mouse clicks /keys to iguidance. I'm trying my absolute best not to have to use autoit to do this but i havent found ANYTHING in vb that sends mouse clicks to external application controls. I could whip up a support script in autoit in about 10 mins but i've spent the last day and a half searching for methods for this. Does anyone have insight on this matter or should i just go ahead and succumb to autoit for that last step.

Apart from the link I gave you in the other thread I can't help.

However if you want to navigate to using FreeDrive (well my version anyway) I can help you.

Also when you can get around to modifying for the UK yahoo movie listings I can help with getting GPS cords for a UK postcode

Originally Posted by Enforcer

Apart from the link I gave you in the other thread I can't help.

However if you want to navigate to using FreeDrive (well my version anyway) I can help you.

Also when you can get around to modifying for the UK yahoo movie listings I can help with getting GPS cords for a UK postcode

once canada has been tested i'll move on to the neighbors across the pond

Another observation.


It loses the zip code next time you start RoadRunner

Originally Posted by Enforcer

Another observation.


It loses the zip code next time you start RoadRunner

it does this on purpose actually. I set it up so that it reads first from the CURRENTZIP label, and if that label isnt populated it requires you to enter a zip code to whatever destination u want.

ok here's another vid.. this time showing the NAVIGATION feature. I used auto it(yea i know i cheated) and it works as its supposed to. First part of the video shows if my plugin can successfully find the lat and lon of the movie theater to navigate, the second part shows if the theater cant be found.

The video also shows new stuff like the theater address label, and the numosk reloading the list when the enter button is pressed. Also of note is the larger theater list by default and extended movie information. So much stuff i probably forgot some things but anyways here it is.

Can we have a variable that contains either a 0 if Theatres are listed and a 1 if it is films being listed?

I want to have the label for the switch lists button to be either Theatres or Films.

Also when you switch lists to the movies playing, the theatre label loses it's value, can it be set to keep it.


Oh and the theater label keeps it's value when you go to movieinfo screen.

Another thing (you starting to dislike me aren't you?) Now Playing comes up while it's trying to get the movie list, that should only change if it succeeds.


And the poster art does not seem to be showing, I have the following line in the skin

I,647,054,132,123,"FILE;$MOVIETIMESPOSTER$:A"

and there seems to be art for some films in the poster art folder


Oh yeah current look in the upcoming iDrive Night Red (movieinfo stars need doing properly when I can get to photoshop)

As requested Sonic..MOVIETIMESERROR

If you need changes made, let me know.

Originally Posted by Enforcer

Can we have a variable that contains either a 0 if Theatres are listed and a 1 if it is films being listed?

I want to have the label for the switch lists button to be either Theatres or Films.

can do.. thats no prob

Also when you switch lists to the movies playing, the theatre label loses it's value, can it be set to keep it.

Can do as well

Oh and the theater label keeps it's value when you go to movieinfo screen.

i want the theater label to keep its value in the event that people wish to display the theater name and theater address on the info screen

Another thing (you starting to dislike me aren't you?) Now Playing comes up while it's trying to get the movie list, that should only change if it succeeds.

i have yet to add the fail-safes to the buttons. I was gonna get that done as a part of the final build

And the poster art does not seem to be showing, I have the following line in the skin

I,647,054,132,123,"FILE;$MOVIETIMESPOSTER$:A"

and there seems to be art for some films in the poster art folder

hmmm this one is tricky.. if you open up the poster art folder and see the art for the movie you just got information on the variable should be populated. i will check to see whats goin on with the SETVAR;movietimesposter

Oh yeah current look in the upcoming iDrive Night Red (movieinfo stars need doing properly when I can get to photoshop)

nice lookin skin as always.. it makes me happy that i wont be the only one using this thing lol. If you find anything else please let me know I'd like as much feedback as possible