Need to pass State and City (parameters) into the uweather program.

We know the |UC is State and City (BBS user information codes)

Mystic -cfg
Under Editors/Menu Editor/default/main/(W) Weather/
Command (Sub-menu)
Can I choose DD (execute external program) from the menu option and data be: /mystic/scripts/xq-uweather/wu.sh summary |UC

Meaning, will it resolve correctly?
For example I need:
/mystic/scripts/xq-uweather/wu.sh summary ohio dayton
Need to pass 3 parameters

If that won't work, how come I can't do this in MPL:

MenuCmd('DD',Patch+'wu.sh summary |UC');

It does not resolve to ohio dayton (for example), it show up as "|UC"!

Odd to me since I see tons of color codes and other stuff with | (pipes) working correctly within MPL.

I've been looking for examples of MPL programs passing user information codes/parameters. Not having much luck here.

Thanks,
Terry

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Hello,

On Thu Dec 28 2017 21:35:56 GMT, Terry Rankin -> All wrote:

If that won't work, how come I can't do this in MPL:

MenuCmd('DD',Patch+'wu.sh summary |UC');

It does not resolve to ohio dayton (for example), it show up as "|UC"!

I'm no MPL guru or anything, but have you tried taking the |UC out of quotes:

MenuCmd('DD',Patch+'wu.sh summary'+|UC);

And if that doesn't work, maybe there's an MPL function that you're supposed to
use specifically when trying to print out MCI codes?

Regards,
Nick

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On Friday, December 29, 2017 at 9:55:16 AM UTC-5, Nicholas Boel wrote:

Hello,

On Thu Dec 28 2017 21:35:56 GMT, Terry Rankin -> All wrote:

If that won't work, how come I can't do this in MPL:

MenuCmd('DD',Patch+'wu.sh summary |UC');

It does not resolve to ohio dayton (for example), it show up as "|UC"!

I'm no MPL guru or anything, but have you tried taking the |UC out of quotes:

MenuCmd('DD',Patch+'wu.sh summary'+|UC);

And if that doesn't work, maybe there's an MPL function that you're supposed

to

use specifically when trying to print out MCI codes?

Regards,
Nick

Just tried. Won't even compile. :(

Makes me think the MenuCmd doesn't like these user info codes...

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Need to pass State and City (parameters) into the uweather program.

These are not part of the door command line codes, but I could probably add this in for you.

If that won't work, how come I can't do this in MPL:

MenuCmd('DD',Patch+'wu.sh summary |UC');

You have to convert it with MCI2STR. It'd be like this:

MenuCmd('DD', Patch + 'wu.sh summary ' + mci2str('UC'));

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On Saturday, December 30, 2017 at 12:35:28 AM UTC-5, g00r00 wrote:

Need to pass State and City (parameters) into the uweather program.

These are not part of the door command line codes, but I could probably add this in for you.

If that won't work, how come I can't do this in MPL:

MenuCmd('DD',Patch+'wu.sh summary |UC');

You have to convert it with MCI2STR. It'd be like this:

MenuCmd('DD', Patch + 'wu.sh summary ' + mci2str('UC'));

You absolutely ROCK my friend! :)

Works perfectly!!!

You those who have this weather app (XQ-UWEATHER.ZIP), all you have to do is: modify wu.sh (Right under the apikey entry, modify state and city):
state=$2
city=$3

and modify all the MenuCmd lines in xq-uweather.mps to add + mci2str('UC')
Note the first MenuCmd line will change...
From:
MenuCmd('DD', Patch + 'wu.sh');
To:
MenuCmd('DD', Patch + 'wu.sh dummy ' + mci2str('UC'));

The first part of the program doesn't use the first parameter...hence the 'dummy'.

Thanks again!
Terry

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On Saturday, December 30, 2017 at 1:53:59 PM UTC-5, Terry Rankin wrote:

On Saturday, December 30, 2017 at 12:35:28 AM UTC-5, g00r00 wrote:

Need to pass State and City (parameters) into the uweather program.

These are not part of the door command line codes, but I could probably add this in for you.

If that won't work, how come I can't do this in MPL:

MenuCmd('DD',Patch+'wu.sh summary |UC');

You have to convert it with MCI2STR. It'd be like this:

MenuCmd('DD', Patch + 'wu.sh summary ' + mci2str('UC'));

You absolutely ROCK my friend! :)

Works perfectly!!!

You those who have this weather app (XQ-UWEATHER.ZIP), all you have to do is: modify wu.sh (Right under the apikey entry, modify state and city):
state=$2
city=$3

and modify all the MenuCmd lines in xq-uweather.mps to add + mci2str('UC') Note the first MenuCmd line will change...
From:
MenuCmd('DD', Patch + 'wu.sh');
To:
MenuCmd('DD', Patch + 'wu.sh dummy ' + mci2str('UC'));

The first part of the program doesn't use the first parameter...hence the

'dummy'.

Thanks again!
Terry

Of course this will only work if your account location is "state city". Meaning
no comma or slash or any other variation. Probably could add a couple more lines of code to groom out any unwanted characters.

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On Saturday, December 30, 2017 at 1:58:20 PM UTC-5, Terry Rankin wrote:

On Saturday, December 30, 2017 at 1:53:59 PM UTC-5, Terry Rankin wrote:

On Saturday, December 30, 2017 at 12:35:28 AM UTC-5, g00r00 wrote:

Need to pass State and City (parameters) into the uweather program.

These are not part of the door command line codes, but I could probably

add

this in for you.

If that won't work, how come I can't do this in MPL:

MenuCmd('DD',Patch+'wu.sh summary |UC');

You have to convert it with MCI2STR. It'd be like this:

MenuCmd('DD', Patch + 'wu.sh summary ' + mci2str('UC'));

You absolutely ROCK my friend! :)

Works perfectly!!!

You those who have this weather app (XQ-UWEATHER.ZIP), all you have to do

is:

modify wu.sh (Right under the apikey entry, modify state and city):
state=$2
city=$3

and modify all the MenuCmd lines in xq-uweather.mps to add + mci2str('UC') Note the first MenuCmd line will change...
From:
MenuCmd('DD', Patch + 'wu.sh');
To:
MenuCmd('DD', Patch + 'wu.sh dummy ' + mci2str('UC'));

The first part of the program doesn't use the first parameter...hence the

'dummy'.

Thanks again!
Terry

Of course this will only work if your account location is "state city".

Meaning no comma or slash or any other variation. Probably could add a couple more lines of code to groom out any unwanted characters.

Ok..last thing. In wu.sh, there is some condition logic (If/else statements) that check if the json data already exists or older than 7200 seconds (2 hours)...get rid of that logic to query/refresh every time the script is executed. Underground Weather
API developers license is up to 10 times per minute...should be ok here. :)

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You absolutely ROCK my friend! :)

Works perfectly!!!

Great! Glad to hear you have it working!

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