Re: Xap Desktop

[Kevin Hawkins <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Darren,

This we're hearing as a frequent cry and in a fit of drunkenness and
bravado one dark night a couple of weeks back I offered to write such a
thing .... Needless to say I got a half way and stalled. I will revisit
this in the next few days and see what I can come up with.

Kevin

PS  If you've managed to change your desktop background and can forecast
the weather then you have fully exploited everything xAP has to offer
anyway haven't you  - big ;-) - Plus you've got great career prospects
in an after the news slot on the BBC.   xAP is maturing very nicely
currently and the support from the major HA apps and commerical products
is encouraging - I know it's still a bit of an 'enthusiasts' thing to
get to grips with though and we're trying bit by bit to change that.
What I would recommend  is that we do welcome any '"xAP
wannabe's" ,
with even the most basic questions on the xAP Automation group - and
we'll get you rolling - after all there are another dozen people who
will learn from such posts so please ask away.....

Kevin

Darren Thrower wrote:

>Can anyone point me in the direction of a sort of idiots guide to
installing
>and using xAP?
>
>I've been downloading all-sorts and getting no where!
>The best I've done is managed to change my desktop background and see
what
>the weather's like (using xAP Desktop and Weather respectively)
>
>I'm not a developer (best I can do is writing simply websites) but
would
>like to get tv listings, callers phone numbers & webcam/cctv images
like on
>http://www.mi4.biz/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=45
>
>Thanks
>
>Darren
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
>Martin Wonders
>Sent: 14 September 2005 15:39
>To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
>Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Xap Desktop
>
>Thanks Kevin,
>
>Tried the viewer and watcher apps and couldn't get it going.
>However the problem is now solved and I think it is a windows issue. I
had a
>wireless network configured and
>Connected and also a separate wired network. I had Xap setup for the
wired
>network but it seems
>that the wireless network was causing problems, it's now disabled and
xap is
>working fine.
>
>Cheers
>
>Martin
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
>Kevin Hawkins
>Sent: 14 September 2005 11:53
>To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Xap Desktop
>
>Hi Martin,
>
>    Given you have several (more than one) xAP application running on
your
>PC you must have a xAP hub launched as the very first xAP application -
I
>always recommend using xAP Viewer as a hub to start with so you can
>familiarise youself with xAP - (Viewer shows everything that happens).
When
>correctly launched and operating as a hub it will say xFX Hub in its
title
>bar.  Later you can replace this with a background
>(service) hub.
>    Yes there are potential issues with firewalls if they are enabled
as all
>of those apps recover data from the internet to display and communicate
with
>each other via IP if they are on different PC's.
>However you can just 'allow' the apps in the firewall config , or some
>firewalls prompt at launch.  I am around this afternoon all day and
monitor
>the xAP Automation Yahoo groups so if you don't have any success I can
help
>you there. xAP Desktop is one of the more complex xAP applications to
cut
>your teeth on but worth the time.
>
>  Kevin
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Martin Wonders wrote:
>
>
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I've just downloaded Xap desktop and can't get anything to work,
tried
>>news,weather,TV, the screens pop up but no info.
>>Are there any issues with firewalls etc?
>>
>>Cheers
>>
>>Martin
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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