FSMetar help?

[Wnuk 12]

I've been trying to get this program to run but have encountered a problem. After installing it, I can open the program, d/l the metars from any of the listed sights but the program does not show me the Metars. According to the documentation, they should show up in my FSMetar folder as a .txt file but for some reason, mine show up as a .tmp file. Now this is why I cant read or use them. Does anyone know how I can fix this? I sent an e-mail to the author of the program but haven't heard back yet. Would really like to try this weather program out.Thanks in advance.Jim

[Guest Vilk]

how about changing "tmp" to "txt"? :)(or just opening the tmp in notepad)why would you want to, anyway?just curious...

[Wnuk 12]

The problem is that even though the metars d/l, it shows 0 (zero) metars loaded. that means I dont get any weather to show up in FS(:(

[Guest Vilk]

no good :)try changing the download server in the optionsor get the fix...fsmetar web page has a fix for a porked downloadfrom one of the supported servers

[Wnuk 12]

Same thing happens no matter which server I d/l from. I did open that metars.tmp file with notepad and can clearly see all the weather stations along with the info they provided. I just cant get FSMetar to see the info, LOL. I did d/l the fix and it made no change. FSMetar shows that I am connected to flight sim, shows FSUIPC (current version) and then shows 0 metars loaded. My search continues... sigh.Thanks for the help thus far Vilk, appreciate it.Jim

[Guest Vilk]

and what if you rename that tmp to txtand use the open file option from the menu?

[Wnuk 12]

Absolutely nothing! LOLSame deal, 0 metars loaded.ALthough when I did a d/l from VATSIM & tried to open it I got an error that said it could not read file.I've erased all traces of FSMetar & FSUIPC and reinstalled both of them. Still have the same issue, it just wont recognise the metars.My only thought now is I may have somehow got a corrupt d/l of it. I think I will get it again & see if that helps. I'm so frustrated with it at this point that I'm about to give up trying. It looked like a nice program but I'm wasting more time trying to get it to work than I am flying :-) I found a support site for it but most of it is in a foreign language, I couldnt figure out how to register to ask for help there.Thanks for trying Vilk. Jim

[Guest Vilk]

man, you must have been born under an unlucky star. i fire it off from quick launch, one-click, it does its job smart and quiet, everything on automatic, never had a problem... wish some payware were like that... great pity you can't get it to work.:(cheersvilkps.seen these?http://personal.telefonica.terra.es/web/fs...wnloads/FAQ.txtand the accreditation info?

[Guest RobA]

Try tyyping in the ICAO code for your departue airport before starting the sim. I did this and the program worked fine. Of course, this may not be the solution for you but what the hey. ;-)Best, Rob

[Wnuk 12]

Seen every FAQ, the PDF manual that came with it, the ream me's etc...read the web site & still no luck. Sent 2 emails to the authour but no reply.It's late, I will try again tomorrow.Thanks gents!

[Guest Deadraque]

I installed FSMetar and have another prob, I always get Run-time error 6 overflow when I try to download Ivao metars or Vatsim Metars, NOAA works but is long and has less stations and would like the IVAO one to work like I use in ServInfo. This error appears when it's decoding the metars, download and processing seem to work.Any idea someone? Thx

[Wnuk 12]

A run time error, (I think) refers to Visual Basic errors. Visual Basic is likely what was used to build this program. I think either in the PDF manual or the FAQ at the FSMetar web site gave a fix for this.

[Guest Deadraque]

The funny thing is that before the fix it worked :) So thx to tell me it is a VB error and checked the all those and had the COMDGL32.DLL that had a different size, all the rest where same so I geuss there was the little prob and overwrite it just now and seems to work. Thanks again!

[Wnuk 12]

Glad I can help you get it working.Now if only I could get it to work! LOLI did a fresh install & still had the same problem, it just keeps showing 0 metars loaded. The author did email me back but still doesn't recognise the metars. Could it be that maybe I installed the VB files wrong somehow? I did originally get the comdlg32.ocx, mxvbn60.dl,mscomctl.ocx,& msinet.ocx errors. I downloaded these files and from the start/run line "registerd" the files by typing regsvr32 c:windowssystem & then those file names (did each one seperately). A window came up telling me they were registered properly. Maybe I did this wrong somehow? Running Win98 SE if that helps any.Thx!Jim

[Wnuk 12]

Just a bump to see if anyone is willing to help me figure this out.I read an old thread (here on Avsim, did a search for FSMetar) when this program 1st came out & it talked about having to have an entry in the registry. Is this still something that needs to be done on the newest version? I haven't done the registry entry yet if it is necessary.No matter which server I get the metars from, the program will not load them. Thanks guys, I would really like to get this running.Jim