Hello,
I have B10 and XP Pro SP2 and all patches.
If I set the tray icon to transparent, it is not readable. Can’t describe it well, but the digits are jagged/blurred.
So, I use a color for the background, but that of course does not match the XP toolbar.
Change the font settings till you find ones that look better.
I use Courier New/9/Bold/slightly off white on a color background but they look good with a transparent one also. White is the hardest color to work with, not sure why, so my color is set at 248/248/248.
hth
Ed</font id=“blue”></font id=“size2”>
http://ghammer.net/iconcap.jpg
There is a pic of what I mean.
As you can see, other tools are able to put numbers in the tooltray without the oddness.
I tried many combinations of font/type/color and none are good, though some a readable.
In that your System Tray is shaded light to dark, top to bottom, I suggest you try a background with the Temp icon rather than using transparency. My font color is 248/248/248 and my background color is 132/7/99 with a Hue/Sat/Lum of 211/216/65. BTW those values for my font color are 160/0/233.
As for “other tools are able to put numbers in the tooltray” I don’t see any other numbers in the graphic other than the temperature. Which btw seems to be a little cool for this time of the year. [:)] It’s 73 here.
Ed</font id=“blue”></font id=“size2”>
quote:
[i]Originally posted by EdP[/i]
In that your System Tray is shaded light to dark, top to bottom, I suggest you try a background with the Temp icon rather than using transparency. My font color is 248/248/248 and my background color is 132/7/99 with a Hue/Sat/Lum of 211/216/65. BTW those values for my font color are 160/0/233.As for “other tools are able to put numbers in the tooltray” I don’t see any other numbers in the graphic other than the temperature. Which btw seems to be a little cool for this time of the year. [:)] It’s 73 here.
Ed</font id=“blue”></font id=“size2”>
Right now that is what I have, but it is not blended into the tooltray. The background is definately visible. Though the font shows up ok.
You are looking at the 58 which is the CPU temp from SpeedFan. The blob looking thing to the left of that is the Weather Watcher temp, which should read 97.
Bottom line, the transparent setting is broken. It needs visited.
quote:[:0] Oh! [:I] [u]Now[/u] I see what you mean.
You are looking at the 58 which is the CPU temp from SpeedFan.
Mine doesn’t look like that when I use transparency.</font id=“size2”>
Ed</font id=“blue”></font id=“size2”>
ghammer, please post what you have in the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\VB and VBA Program Settings\Weather Watcher\TrayIcon
ghammer do you have any screen enhancers running or have been run?
I have been playing with EyeRelief and ClearTweak on my LCD screen and they had a major impact on the WW temp icon. Other things things on the desktop and in windows vary from better to no effect. But the WW effect is definitely negative. In addition to the icon display the new Tooltip is mostly off the screen. All I see is the icon in it. And it’s far enough away to prevent me from dragging it back.
Anyways, thought this might pertain to your problem.
Ed</font id=“blue”></font id=“size2”>
I have recently acquired an LCD monitor, and have found the WW temp icon to be extremely sensitive to monitor font changes. If I change the monitor’s DPI setting from Normal size to say 110% of Normal the numbers get very distorted and that’s on a colored background not transparent. The digits for the time adjust ok.
Not sure how or why but something needs to be looked at sometime.
Ed</font id=“blue”></font id=“size2”>
Sorry to be a month in replying! Geez, get married and it takes up all your time…
Anyway, no, I have no screen enhancers, have not changed the font size or DPI. In fact, double checked to make sure that they are at defaults.
That registry key is a little large, but here it is:
(Default) (value not set)
BackColor 13804191
FlashIcon False
FontBold True
FontItalic False
FontName Arial
FontSize 9
ForeColor 0
HideDigit False
LeftDoubleClickAction Open Weather Watcher Options
LeftSingleClickAction Open Weather Watcher
MakeTrans False
ShowDegree False
ShowFeels False
ShowTenthsPlace False
TrayIconToDisplay Display temperature icon
i’m having the same problem.
jamie