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esudl

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Dec 10, 2007
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FootballMonitor 0.39

The Bad news:
I have discontinued this piece of software, after moving away from Windows Mobile.
The Good news:
  • The sourcecode is attached below. It is C#.NET.
  • I believe the fix for the current version is very simple


I have created a Football (Soccer) Monitoring Service which alerts you when a team is playing and on score updates.

Configurable for teams, and frequency of update. Works with lots of major leagues round the world.

Still early days, but I hope other people will find this useful.

Obviously it requires an internet connection to get it's data, so my advice is not to use if you don't want to get charged!

Change Log
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0.39
Hopefully fixed the OutOfMemory issue
Worked on timezone issue giving incorrect matches on day
Allow for using custom backgrounds & font colour
Made font size slightly larger
Handles certain screen sizes better
Added "display" scrollbar to some screens
Jumps to latest matches in Fixtures/Results
Improved "WM Notification" display


0.38
Re-written in .NET 3.5
-Tweeking graphics
-Smoothing scrolling
Fixed problems with loading tables

0.37
Trying to fix graphics problems
Fixed displaying of non-ansi characters
Allowed override of Vibration Led - For i900

0.36
Fixed a few bugs in software
Increased redraw speed of some items

0.35
Changed many graphics for Config App
Added Notification if Save Required
Added Results/Fixtures for some leagues
Option to checks for newer version on startup
Shows Red/Yellow cards (doesn't alert when they change yet)
Hopefully fixed Vibrate on
Allowing for other languages through editing of texts.txt file

0.34
Added Finger Friendly scrolling on most windows
Made vibrate longer to see if it helps it to work.

0.33
Changed method of choosing teams/competitions
Slightly changed graphics
Changed Drawing of League Table

0.32
Fixed problem with Startup on non-english roms
Fixed problem with caching of tomorrows fixtures

0.31
Fixed issue with DateTime
Made Close button bigger on update screen.
Minor tweaks.

0.30
Added Leagues - Primitive at the moment
Fixed another DateTime Parse Issue

0.28
Fixed DateTime Parse Issue
Reduced File Size

0.27
Fixed DST issue
Minor tweaks

0.26
Fixed error in service

0.25
Added Wait on Startup
Added Start/Fulltime popup configuration
Fixed 1 timezone issue
Saving Tomorrows Matches
Move Sound/Vibration later, when window available
Attempted to fix issue if phone is suspended during processing
Few changes here and there

0.24
Added Notification Type selection
Added Saving & Monitoring Competitions
Added Vibration
Sound files included
Removed Connect Error

0.23
Added some slightly better graphics
Made so multiple notifications for the same match do not appear
Using "Find" feature to select teams to add
Changed Format of the score
 

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Meeko1981

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Sep 1, 2008
20
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Dunfermline
Been trying out this app for a few days and it is working very nicely. Very prompt updates for live games.

My only criticisms would be :

Interface looks dated (but appreciate that the app is at an early stage of development). Maybe use the Manila SDK to improve visuals?
Performance of phones suffers slightly when serivce is running. Not unbareable but scrolling in HTC Sense is slightly jerky.
Would be good to be able to choose specific Leagues/Competitions rather than just teams.
Populating the list of teams you wish to follow can take a bit of time scrolling through the list of available teams.
An error message appears when clicking on the '>' button on the results page (will post up the full message when I get home this evening)


PS. I'm running the app on an HTC HD2.
 

esudl

Senior Member
Dec 10, 2007
167
4
Been trying out this app for a few days and it is working very nicely. Very prompt updates for live games.

My only criticisms would be :

Interface looks dated (but appreciate that the app is at an early stage of development). Maybe use the Manila SDK to improve visuals?
Performance of phones suffers slightly when serivce is running. Not unbareable but scrolling in HTC Sense is slightly jerky.
Would be good to be able to choose specific Leagues/Competitions rather than just teams.
Populating the list of teams you wish to follow can take a bit of time scrolling through the list of available teams.
An error message appears when clicking on the '>' button on the results page (will post up the full message when I get home this evening)


PS. I'm running the app on an HTC HD2.

Thanks for your information, have you tried version 0.2, the error message should be fixed?

I will look at the leagues/competitions idea.

I haven't seen the Manila SDK, I will look into it. My priority was getting it working first, then looking nice later. I was thinking of looking at this very soon.
 

Meeko1981

Member
Sep 1, 2008
20
0
Dunfermline
Thanks for your information, have you tried version 0.2, the error message should be fixed?

I will look at the leagues/competitions idea.

I haven't seen the Manila SDK, I will look into it. My priority was getting it working first, then looking nice later. I was thinking of looking at this very soon.

Yeah mate, just upgraded to v0.2 and the error message thing is solved. Cheers.

Thats cool about the interface - I figured you were going for functionality over form at the moment since it is early in development.

I've got a few ideas for the interface that would basically utilise drop-down menus for selecting Competitions/Teams. I'll quickly draft something up in Photoshop at the weekend if your interested?

Graeme
 

HRQ.SLV

Senior Member
Apr 11, 2008
379
35
Vila do Conde
I'm a football fan and i just love to see software released to help us keep track of our favorite teams!

To every one that loves football i also recomend "Team Stats".

Cheers!
 

keith43

Senior Member
Jan 20, 2010
62
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I have had this a few days! Great app.

But I select lower league teams, Swindon and I didnt get any updates of the score, although I was glad as they lost.

I have Liverpool and Everton and they both worked.

So not sure why the lower leagues arent working.
 

esudl

Senior Member
Dec 10, 2007
167
4
I have had this a few days! Great app.

But I select lower league teams, Swindon and I didnt get any updates of the score, although I was glad as they lost.

I have Liverpool and Everton and they both worked.

So not sure why the lower leagues arent working.

Sorry about that Keith, tell you what, next time they play can you change the log-level to 2 and, if you have the same problem, can you send me the log file from inside the directory?

I presume you're talking about Tuesdays match?
 

keith43

Senior Member
Jan 20, 2010
62
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Sorry about that Keith, tell you what, next time they play can you change the log-level to 2 and, if you have the same problem, can you send me the log file from inside the directory?

I presume you're talking about Tuesdays match?

Cheers, I will set it to two and post if pm you if it doesnt work. Still a great app though! Yeah it was the Tuesday.
 

mirogal

Member
Jan 28, 2008
33
4
This is great application. Just it's made for UK time zone.
I'm living in central Europe, and all times are shift by 1 hour.
Because of this, live notifications doesn't work.
When app. is waking up at shifted time, it's give me a message "No match today" (or something like that).
Could you please make it "Timezone independent"? Just read the zone from system and shift all match times.

Thanx

Anyway, good work.
 

esudl

Senior Member
Dec 10, 2007
167
4
This is great application. Just it's made for UK time zone.
I'm living in central Europe, and all times are shift by 1 hour.
Because of this, live notifications doesn't work.
When app. is waking up at shifted time, it's give me a message "No match today" (or something like that).
Could you please make it "Timezone independent"? Just read the zone from system and shift all match times.

Thanx

Anyway, good work.

Strange, I thought I made it so it already did this, it takes the time, and converts to local time. Can you check in the log file, there will probably be a line saying something like "SLEEP", then a time. Can you check whether the time for a local match you know starts at a certain time, is incorrect?

Anyone else seeing this problem?
 

esudl

Senior Member
Dec 10, 2007
167
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One to keep an eye on.

Which Leageus are covered?

It should cover all the major leagues round the world. And by major I mean basically any professional leagues. Here is a list of the leagues which have matches for today, Friday 12th:

Argentina: Primera División
Austria: T-Mobile Bundesliga
Austria: ADEG Erste Liga
Austria: Regionalliga East
Bulgaria: A Grupa
Chile: Primera División
Croatia: 1. HNL
Czech Republic: Division 2
England: League Two
England: Blue Square South
France: Ligue 2
France: National
Germany: Bundesliga
Germany: 2. Bundesliga
Germany: Regionalliga North
Germany: Regionalliga South
Germany: Regionalliga West
Hungary: Soproni Liga
Ireland: Eircom Premier
Ireland: Eircom 1. Division
Israel: Leumit League
Italy: Serie A
Italy: Serie B
Netherlands: Eredivisie
Netherlands: Eerste Divisie
North & Central America: CONCACAF Champions League
Paraguay: Primera Division
Poland: Ekstraklasa
Poland: Division 2
Portugal: Liga Sagres
Romania: Liga I
Russia: Premier League
Singapore: S-League
South America: Copa Libertadores
Spain: Segunda Division
Turkey: Superliga
Wales: Premier

So fairly comprehensive! Tomorrow's list will be huge!
 

devis

Senior Member
Aug 2, 2005
448
20
San Francisco
A few questions:

Can the score update be disabled? Due to being 8-9 timezones away, when the games are playing I'm working. I set my DVR to record and watch when I get home.
Can the app notify of upcoming matches up to 2-3 days in advance?
And the above mentioned time zone dependent... It would be great!!!

Thanks!
YNWA
 

keith43

Senior Member
Jan 20, 2010
62
0
Sorry about that Keith, tell you what, next time they play can you change the log-level to 2 and, if you have the same problem, can you send me the log file from inside the directory?

I presume you're talking about Tuesdays match?

It looks promising. I have got the message about them playing today! well Saturday, which I suppose is today..... :eek:

I did add a couple more teams, I then turned my phone off then on and got another messages saying all the teams selected are playing today, so maybe it needs a restart to make it work?
 

esudl

Senior Member
Dec 10, 2007
167
4
A few questions:

Can the score update be disabled? Due to being 8-9 timezones away, when the games are playing I'm working. I set my DVR to record and watch when I get home.
Can the app notify of upcoming matches up to 2-3 days in advance?
And the above mentioned time zone dependent... It would be great!!!

Thanks!
YNWA

1) The score update can be disabled, which would only give you the result when the match has finished. Otherwise, what would be the point in actually running the app, to know when the next match is?
2) Currently, no it cannot notify of matches that far in advance. The information it gets to build this data does not have more than 1 day.
3) Yeah, the time zone thing should be fixed now in version 0.21
 

esudl

Senior Member
Dec 10, 2007
167
4
It looks promising. I have got the message about them playing today! well Saturday, which I suppose is today..... :eek:

I did add a couple more teams, I then turned my phone off then on and got another messages saying all the teams selected are playing today, so maybe it needs a restart to make it work?

Ah, yes, the service needs a restart after you've added more teams, I have made a note to prompt on add.
 

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    sorry, i have left Windows Mobile

    Hi, I've moved on to Android, and I can't keep up with the development of this.

    Does anyone who has. NET want to take over, or maybe I can make it open source so you can all make changes?

    Let me know.

    Sorry I can't keep up with it.

    Thomas
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    FootballMonitor 0.39

    The Bad news:
    I have discontinued this piece of software, after moving away from Windows Mobile.
    The Good news:
    • The sourcecode is attached below. It is C#.NET.
    • I believe the fix for the current version is very simple


    I have created a Football (Soccer) Monitoring Service which alerts you when a team is playing and on score updates.

    Configurable for teams, and frequency of update. Works with lots of major leagues round the world.

    Still early days, but I hope other people will find this useful.

    Obviously it requires an internet connection to get it's data, so my advice is not to use if you don't want to get charged!

    Change Log
    ---------------------------------
    0.39
    Hopefully fixed the OutOfMemory issue
    Worked on timezone issue giving incorrect matches on day
    Allow for using custom backgrounds & font colour
    Made font size slightly larger
    Handles certain screen sizes better
    Added "display" scrollbar to some screens
    Jumps to latest matches in Fixtures/Results
    Improved "WM Notification" display


    0.38
    Re-written in .NET 3.5
    -Tweeking graphics
    -Smoothing scrolling
    Fixed problems with loading tables

    0.37
    Trying to fix graphics problems
    Fixed displaying of non-ansi characters
    Allowed override of Vibration Led - For i900

    0.36
    Fixed a few bugs in software
    Increased redraw speed of some items

    0.35
    Changed many graphics for Config App
    Added Notification if Save Required
    Added Results/Fixtures for some leagues
    Option to checks for newer version on startup
    Shows Red/Yellow cards (doesn't alert when they change yet)
    Hopefully fixed Vibrate on
    Allowing for other languages through editing of texts.txt file

    0.34
    Added Finger Friendly scrolling on most windows
    Made vibrate longer to see if it helps it to work.

    0.33
    Changed method of choosing teams/competitions
    Slightly changed graphics
    Changed Drawing of League Table

    0.32
    Fixed problem with Startup on non-english roms
    Fixed problem with caching of tomorrows fixtures

    0.31
    Fixed issue with DateTime
    Made Close button bigger on update screen.
    Minor tweaks.

    0.30
    Added Leagues - Primitive at the moment
    Fixed another DateTime Parse Issue

    0.28
    Fixed DateTime Parse Issue
    Reduced File Size

    0.27
    Fixed DST issue
    Minor tweaks

    0.26
    Fixed error in service

    0.25
    Added Wait on Startup
    Added Start/Fulltime popup configuration
    Fixed 1 timezone issue
    Saving Tomorrows Matches
    Move Sound/Vibration later, when window available
    Attempted to fix issue if phone is suspended during processing
    Few changes here and there

    0.24
    Added Notification Type selection
    Added Saving & Monitoring Competitions
    Added Vibration
    Sound files included
    Removed Connect Error

    0.23
    Added some slightly better graphics
    Made so multiple notifications for the same match do not appear
    Using "Find" feature to select teams to add
    Changed Format of the score
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    from all important posts we can notify that this great soft isn't working properly for now.

    so now we only can :
    - wait for esudl to release a patch, a fix or a new version
    - no to shout to him he has to do it
    - be patient

    everything else will be really pointless.

    Point Final
    Punktschluss
    Endpoint
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    hi,

    I have a good news and bad news for you.

    Bad news is that I have also problem with compilation project in VS2008. There are some problems in project FootballMonitor and I am not able found part of Controls.FMForm and after debug I get 'TypeLoadException'. I probably need right Control.dll and Controls.FMForm which is not included?

    But I have also one good news :) I am fixed FootballMonitorService.exe. I am found problem ,as said esudl, in parsing page.
    I attached fixed code(for other developers) and exe file for FootballMonitorService. There are other confusing thing for me. You need Control.dll for working service, but you need also original Controls.dll for configuration service!
    So first you have to set all needed configuration, then copy FootballMonitorService.exe and my Controls.dll (don't remove original just rename).

    So service working fine but FootballMonitor doesn't work if you try refresh.
    I will try more investigating after weekend.

    btw. I have to say that I don't use this app, because I have my own FootballInformer for live football results but without service! :)