Thread: Milage plugin - trip meter and fuel consumption

Hi Festy, just a quick suggestion.. there has been one or two reports of the plugin freezing up while waiting for RR's path. I haven't seen your code, but you should probably add a time-limit of how long it can wait for RR's path after it's requested, something like:

ComSend "REQUEST;milage;RRPATH"
While RRPATH <> ""
doevents/sleep
wend

should probably be changed to one of those:

1:
ComSend "REQUEST;milage;RRPATH"
t = timer
While RRPATH <> "" and timer - t < 5
doevents/sleep
if timer < t then t = timer
wend

2: (With Latest RR BETA)
Dim SDK as object
Set SDK = CreateObject("RoadRunner.SDK")
RRPATH = SDK.GetInfo("RRPATH")
Set SDK = Nothing

3: You may also consider saving/loading whatever you need to save/load in RR's path into the Dll's folder instead (using App.path). I like this approach since if the user places it into RR's folder, it's the same and when the user makes a folder to keep things organized, then he can get rid of the whole folder if he has no more use for it.

I'm sorry if I may seem controlling or somehing, it's not my intention at all, those are just suggestions.. I do appreciate the work you've been putting out with the plugins you made so far.

festy have you taken guino's advice on this one? i'm having the freeze problem on all my setups and i have no idea why.

I don’t know if its just me but I went to the next older one and it worked fine

Try and see

Originally Posted by Sonicxtacy02

festy have you taken guino's advice on this one? i'm having the freeze problem on all my setups and i have no idea why.

And I thought I was alone with this problem...

I love the looks of the plugin and I would need something like this for work since I drive around and have demonstrations everywhere, my boss wants me to report the different distances every week so this would make my life so much simpler...

Originally Posted by Chuck

I don’t know if its just me but I went to the next older one and it worked fine

Try and see

I downloaded the version that u had attached and replaced the old milage.dll file but RR still freezes when I try to load it...

Code:

2006-10-11 22:58:16: Executing: LOAD;tripp.skin
2006-10-11 22:58:18: SDK command: SETLABEL;CUSTOMFREEFONE;OFF@OFF@1@1@
2006-10-11 22:58:19: Enter Exec: True, tripp.skin, "SETLABEL;CUSTOMFREEFONE;OFF@OFF@1@1@", False
2006-10-11 22:58:19: Queued: "SETLABEL;CUSTOMFREEFONE;OFF@OFF@1@1@"
2006-10-11 22:58:19: SDK command: SETLABEL;CUSTOMFREEFONE;OFF|OFF@0@0@
2006-10-11 22:58:19: Enter Exec: True, tripp.skin, "SETLABEL;CUSTOMFREEFONE;OFF|OFF@0@0@", False
2006-10-11 22:58:19: Queued: "SETLABEL;CUSTOMFREEFONE;OFF|OFF@0@0@"
2006-10-11 22:58:19: Enter Exec: True, tripp.skin, , False
2006-10-11 22:58:20: SDK command: REQUEST;milage;RRPATH

Nevermind about all the freefone lines, it's just since I tried it in CRD's skin and didnt have my phone connected... it seems to be some error in that last part

Code:

Request;milage;RRPATH

I dont know if I messed up but all I need to change in the skin is to add this to the bottom menu.skin file, right:

Code:

X,Milage

Originally Posted by festy

Sorry guys, I've been a bit busy lately but checked it out this morning.
The problem with the Milage plugin wasn't hanging while waiting for RRPATH (that was just the last thing it did that caused a log entry), it was because I added a feature for someone that required a seperate ini, and didn't realise it would lock up if that ini wasn't found
Of course it wasn;t happening for me, becasue I had the extra file.

All sorted now, and as per Guino's suggestion, all associated files are now moved to the dir that the plugin is in.

Ahh... well then I can understand why u didnt get the same errors as I did... I tried downloading that new .dll file and replaced the old one in my skin folder... but I still got the same problem... Should they all be put in a new folder somewhere now... thinking of that last part u wrote

[edit]
Well I made a new folder in the RR folder named Milage, downloaded a new version of the plugin, replaced the dll... cleaned out my registry and then registered the dll again and guess what... it seems to work...

Now I just need someone to make a skin for freedom for it... finally I can throw away pen and paper for typing down every mile I go for work... love it!

does this allow for manual entry of start and finish odometer readings? i should be keeping a log of all work trips but i dont currently have gps... or is this going to give me a very good reason to buy a gps unit on the weekend?

tim.