bembowe

I believe SD is now designed to automatically register the dlls while installing the mod. so I'll try to install the mod first. if you get dll errors when running the digimod, then register the dlls.

Mazdaspeed

Does this work with Postal Codes for us up in Canada? or is this another mod that's useless to us?

bembowe

unfortunately, I only designed it for US zipcodes.

strohj

can you give me some good examples of canadian post codes? that way I can see if I can make it work for canada as well..

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This page shows you where they should be:

http://www.canadapost.ca/personal/to...in/range-e.asp

strohj

from what I have seen so far.. I cant mod his digital mod to work for canada...

the Original programmer needs to update his GasPriceDLL.dll .. since his code is locked in there to find the prices

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bembowe

the GasPriceDLL access the following website to retrieve the gas price information.

http://www.automotive.com/gas-prices/. The dll basically parses the information from this website. There is no way of retrieving this information anyway else. not according to my knowledge anyways.

Now for those in canada. is there a website you can use to view gas price information. or is there one that provides a service to get this data say via xml. if so, my code can be convert to read information from that site.

strohj

can you try using gasbuddytogo.com ? you can search via zipcode/postal code on it but it only returns the prices.. it doesnt say which grade of fuel...

maybe you can just add a check.. if it doesnt find anything from the original site.. then it should check gasbuddytogo.com ... that way you have the best information available in your area

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Mazdaspeed

http://www.ottawagasprices.com/ is a local site that we use here in Ottawa to get the latest gas prices.

strohj

we are looking for a site where we can give it just the zip/postal code and it returns a listing of local gas prices...

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SCarGo

Is it possible to just input "CityName" and then it would go to "CityName"GasPrices.com and retrieve the local prices for you, like entering a city name for local weather. I realize there are cities with the same name but the weather sites seem to sort this out.

bembowe

at the moment, I really made it simple. but inputting a city name is definitely doable. I do have a few request for this project such as finding gas prices for canada and europe. Only thing I dont have at the moment is time to delve into them. hopefully once i get time, i come up with phase 2 of this project

DAE51D

Is anyone else noticing that the Gas prices seem to be about $1 off?

http://www.automotive.com/gas-prices...ing/index.html everything is like $3.20, but in my SD, I see them as more like $2.20. I am at work and don't have a screen shot, but I absolutely remember them as around the $2 area. I've not seen gas that cheap in years.

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DAE51D

Granted, the last updated is a couple weeks ago, but gas hasn't fluctuated THAT radically since then.



http://www.automotive.com/gas-prices...ond/index.html
or if you prefer the zipcode version (both are the same that I can tell)
http://www.automotive.com/gas-prices...html?zip=98052


update: 03/06/08 12:41pm
Just FYI, I re-re-re-verified this today by purposely refreshing the screen (I was under the impression it did that automatically if there was an internet connection and when you then load the plugin -- turns out, not so much. you have to manually push the button). Anyways, the prices were all basically the same as that screenshot, so I didn't bother with another one.

I find it peculiar that *I* am the only one to notice this?


one more thing, the "miles" text under the price is virutally impossible to see. In fact, I didn't even notice it until I took the screen shot and saw it blown up in photoshop! could you please make the color something that stands out more. I appreciate the "subtlety" of it, but in a 800x600 7" screen, in sunlight, you just can't see it.

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bembowe

i'll look into the issue, when i get a chance.