WDL 2.04 Loading Data

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Good afternoon

I am using the latest version 2.04 and I have it working quite well except occasionally it will take forever to get done loading data. Other times it just pops right up just fine. I have tried everything to try to see why it is doing this. It looks like it is downloading a lot of data for some reason as the modem lights are very busy during this time. I am using DSL with Windows XP and 512 RAM and 3.2G processor. Other folks that have viewed my site have told me that they are having the same problem. Does anyone have any idea where I could look to find this problem? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Also I am using the 10.17r version of Weather Display.

Thanks

Norm http://www.gmavt.net/~ncn/

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Is the data hosted on the same XP box or are you hosting it elsewhere.

If it is elsewhere, you might be having network issues getting to the hosting site.

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Hello and thanks for answering my post.

I am uploading to a host server elsewhere. I guess I should give them a call and see if they have any ideas.

Thanks very much.

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Since the flash script is actually talking to your webserver to get the data, any network issues or webserver issues would effect the updates.

Using something that can do ping tests (like Pingplotter) or other similar tools can often show you where the problem is.

Server load on the webserver might be the problem as well.

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OK, thanks very much. I think I will try that before I call them.

I am really pleased with the software and the help I have received from this forum.

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One other thing you could try that I’ve seen happen before - if it takes a long while to load the data, quickly have a look at the clientraw file directly in your web browser. I’ve seen it happen where, for some reason, the clientraw file is empty and then comes good later. Never got to the bottom of it, and I’ve only seen it happen once or twice intermittently with a couple of users, but I assume it’s a web hosting issue.

Julian

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Thanks very much. I will look at that.

Best regards

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Strange, it was really slow when I tried it earlier, but now it’s very fast to load.