Windows Desktop/Sidebar Gadget with Recording Schedule

[cncb]

Reddwarf....give the attached a try and report back your findings.....

Assuming this will provide "English-formatted" dates make sure you revert back to the original gadget in the first post and don't use the modified one I posted.

[Reddwarf]

Still no luck with the original or modified gadget, but better in IE.

[UncleJohnsBand]

Still no luck with the original or modified gadget, but better in IE.

If IE is now displaying correctly then the gadget should be able render it correctly as well since the gadget is using the same data you are seeing in IE.

[UncleJohnsBand]

Please try the attached modified gadget. I'm pretty sure it is due to the different date representation for your locale that the RSS uses. Ideally I would create my own "feed" for the gadget to use instead of all the string parsing done to use the existing RSS feed but that probably won't be anytime soon.

One thing I could look into would be to provide an html data response rather than RSS.....I think I can do it since I am generating html for the css based screens....i.e. look at manage2.aspx and switch to table rather than tree view....what you see is all done via CSS telling the browser how to display those rows......I could probably create an html response that would have the data you are showing on the schedule....the gadget would then just need to have a CSS file associated with the page you display to tell the window how to display the info. You would not need to parse anything...your coding would be to build the css to display the info that way you want to present it.

Below is an example....it is one row of what the browser receives in regards to html. The CSS files in the manage screen page make it appear as it does.......if you are in IE then you can hit your F12 key to bring up the developer panel and then use the Disable menu option and select css.....you can see how the page renders without any css being applied at all....

Of course the returned data would be customized for the gadget and not exactly what is below since some of the stuff isn't usable from the gadget.....

Code:

<div class="listingRow">
<div class="listings" style="width:15%">
<div class="listingPending">Pending</div>
<input name="item7873" type="checkbox" value="7873"> Delete Me <div class="quality" title="Quality">Quality: Best</div><br/>
<div class="butCancel" title="Cancel"><a href="" onclick="goCancel('Manage2.aspx?cancel=7873');return false;" class="cellItem">Cancel</div></a></div>
<div class="listings" style="margin-left: 15%; width:15%">
<div class="cellItem"><div class="airDate">Tuesday, October 18, 2011</div><br><div class="airTime">8:00 PM - 8:30 PM</div></div><br/><br/></div>
<div class="listings" style="margin-left: 30%; width:10%">
<div class="cellItem"><div class="channelNum">510</div><div class="channelName">71.1622WHTMDT</div></div></div>
<div class="listings" style="margin-left: 40%; width:60%">
<div class="cellItem">
<div class="info"><div class="new_show" title="New episode">New</div><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&search=Last+Man+Standing" target="_blank" title="Wikipedia link" class="wiki">Wiki</a><a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3Awww.tv.com+Last+Man+Standing+Grandparents+Day&btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky" target="_blank" title="TV.com link" class="tvcom">TV.com</a><a href="http://www.netflix.com/Search?dtl=1&type=title&v1=Last+Man+Standing" target="_blank" title="Netflix link" class="netflix">Netflix</a><a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3Awww.imdb.com+Last+Man+Standing+Grandparents+Day&btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky" target="_blank" title="IMDB link" class="imdb">IMDB</a></div></br>
<div class="showTitle" title="When Mike's behavior at Grandparents Day gets his grandson kicked out of preschool, he is forced to take the child to work with him; Vanessa tries to look more youthful." ><a href="Details2.aspx?id=2835538&rid=7873" onclick="EditPop5(this.href,'Add2');return false;">Last Man Standing<div class="showSubtitle" title="When Mike's behavior at Grandparents Day gets his grandson kicked out of preschool, he is forced to take the child to work with him; Vanessa tries to look more youthful.">Grandparents Day</div></a></div>
<div class="showText">When Mike's behavior at Grandparents Day gets his grandson kicked out of preschool, he is forced to take the child to work with him; Vanessa tries to look more youthful.<br><br> Rated: TV-PG<br>Genre: Sitcom<br> Original Air Date: 2011-10-18<br>(<a href="Credits2.aspx?id=2835538" onclick="EditPop2(this.href,'Add1');return false;">Credits</a>)</div>
</div></div>
</div>

[cncb]

One thing I could look into would be to provide an html data response rather than RSS.....

Thanks for the offer, but I think XML or JSON with all the properties of all the scheduled recordings would be best since what is displayed for each recording can then be customized (as it is already setup to do).

[UncleJohnsBand]

Thanks for the offer, but I think XML or JSON with all the properties of all the scheduled recordings would be best since what is displayed for each recording can then be customized (as it is already setup to do).

Not a problem....RSS is XML and I was trying to address your issue about parsing "Ideally I would create my own "feed" for the gadget to use instead of all the string parsing"......there is also a full web service already available which will return an XML document with the info in a serialized class structure.....it is secured so you would have to figure out how to log in from the gadget using the encryption format that is necessary.....I may be able to make a public web service available for this specific purpose.

Below is a single pending epgevent returned via the web service.....

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<webServiceManage xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
  <webServiceManageListing>
    <webServiceEPGEvent>
      <webServiceEPGEventObjects>
        <webServiceEPGEventObject>
          <OID>2834333</OID>
          <UniqueId>EP014198720005</UniqueId>
          <ChannelOid>7166</ChannelOid>
          <StartTime>2011-10-18T00:30:00Z</StartTime>
          <EndTime>2011-10-18T01:00:00Z</EndTime>
          <Title>2 Broke Girls</Title>
          <Subtitle>And the '90s Horse Party</Subtitle>
          <Desc>Max and Caroline throw a 1990s-theme party at the diner to raise funds for their cupcake business; Caroline is horrified when her affluent ex-boyfriend visits.</Desc>
          <Rating>TV-14</Rating>
          <HasSchedule>true</HasSchedule>
          <ScheduleIsRecurring>true</ScheduleIsRecurring>
        </webServiceEPGEventObject>
        <webServiceScheduleObject>
          <OID>7864</OID>
          <ChannelOid>7166</ChannelOid>
          <Priority>0</Priority>
          <Name>2 Broke Girls</Name>
          <Quality>Best</Quality>
          <Type>Multiple</Type>
          <Day>Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday</Day>
          <StartTime>2011-10-18T00:30:00Z</StartTime>
          <EndTime>2011-10-18T01:00:00Z</EndTime>
          <Status>Pending</Status>
          <FailuerReason />
          <PrePadding>0</PrePadding>
          <PostPadding>0</PostPadding>
          <MaxRecordings>0</MaxRecordings>
          <DownloadURL />
        </webServiceScheduleObject>
        <webServiceRecurringObject>
          <OID>120</OID>
          <ChannelOid>7166</ChannelOid>
          <Priority>0</Priority>
          <Name>2 Broke Girls</Name>
          <Quality>Best</Quality>
          <Day>Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday</Day>
          <Rules>&lt;Rules&gt;
  &lt;EPGTitle&gt;2 Broke Girls&lt;/EPGTitle&gt;
  &lt;ChannelOID&gt;7166&lt;/ChannelOID&gt;
  &lt;ChannelName&gt;72.1624-WHPDT&lt;/ChannelName&gt;
  &lt;StartTime&gt;2011-09-20T01:31:00.0000000Z&lt;/StartTime&gt;
  &lt;EndTime&gt;2011-09-20T02:00:00.0000000Z&lt;/EndTime&gt;
  &lt;PrePadding&gt;0&lt;/PrePadding&gt;
  &lt;PostPadding&gt;0&lt;/PostPadding&gt;
  &lt;Quality&gt;3&lt;/Quality&gt;
  &lt;Keep&gt;0&lt;/Keep&gt;
&lt;/Rules&gt;
</Rules>
          <StartTime>2011-09-20T01:31:00Z</StartTime>
          <EndTime>2011-09-20T02:00:00Z</EndTime>
          <Type>Recurring</Type>
          <PrePadding>0</PrePadding>
          <PostPadding>0</PostPadding>
          <MaxRecordings>0</MaxRecordings>
          <allChannels>false</allChannels>
        </webServiceRecurringObject>
        <webServiceReturn>
          <Error>false</Error>
          <Message />
        </webServiceReturn>
      </webServiceEPGEventObjects>
    </webServiceEPGEvent>
  </webServiceManageListing>
</webServiceManage>

[Reddwarf]

Evolution!!! One of natures' great processes and one of the best qualities of the cooperating members of npvr forums

[cncb]

Not a problem....RSS is XML and I was trying to address your issue about parsing

I know and I'm using the XML document. I was referring to the parsing of the strings within each element to get at the data: e.g. the 'Description' element which contains most of the properties separated by colons and breaks instead of in separate elements.

I may be able to make a public web service available for this specific purpose.

That would be great if you could make something public that lists the in-progress and pending recordings along with all their properties. Thanks.

[UncleJohnsBand]

That would be great if you could make something public that lists the in-progress and pending recordings along with all their properties. Thanks.

I'll see what I can work up.

[UncleJohnsBand]

Ok...here you go...see what you can get going with it......just load the patch to the web\appcode directory.

If you invoke a Post to

Code:

http://your-url:your-port/public/services/manageservice.asmx/getGadgetFeed

should return an XML document with all pending and in-progress events sorted by status, date, channel and then title. Of course you can also access it via SOAP call as well.....

Attached is a sample returned xml document.

I can also set this up to take in a parameter to limit the number of returned results. Let me know if you would like that as well....works the same way....just allows you to say only bring back the first x results.

Cheers

UJB