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Here are the first lines from my Diag file:7/28/2011 14:26:50.875 : Cumulus 1.9.2 Build 1005 startup
7/28/2011 14:26:50.875 : Appdir = C:\Cumulus\
7/28/2011 14:26:50.875 : Working directory = C:\Cumulus

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Platform : Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista/7, or Windows Server 2003/8 family.
OS Name : Windows XP (Service Pack 3)( (Personal))
(Major Version[ 5 ] Minor Version[ 1 ] Build Number[ 2600 ] Platform ID[ 2 ])
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7/28/2011 14:26:50.875 : System Uptime: 4 days 17 hours
7/28/2011 14:26:50.875 : Locale = 1033 ENU: United States (English (United States))
7/28/2011 14:26:50.875 : List separator=, Decimal separator=. Date separator=/ Time separator=:
7/28/2011 14:26:50.875 : User = Marc
7/28/2011 14:26:50.875 : Reading cumulus.ini file
7/28/2011 14:26:50.875 : Looking for strings file: C:\Cumulus\strings.ini
7/28/2011 14:26:50.890 : YTDRain=0.000 Year=0
7/28/2011 14:26:50.890 : PO=0.00 TO=0.00 HO=0 WDO=0 ITO=0.00
7/28/2011 14:26:50.890 : WSM=1.00 WGM=1.00 TM=1.00 HM=1.00 RM=1.00
7/28/2011 14:26:50.890 : TD=999.00 GD=999.00 WD=999.00 HD=999.00 PD=999.00
7/28/2011 14:26:50.890 : MR=999.00 MH=999.00
7/28/2011 14:26:50.890 : Station type: Fine Offset
7/28/2011 14:26:50.890 : COM port = 0
7/28/2011 14:26:50.890 : Short date format: 7/28/2011
7/28/2011 14:26:50.890 : Long date format: Thursday, July 28, 2011
7/28/2011 14:26:50.890 : Short time format: 2:26 PM
7/28/2011 14:26:50.890 : Long time format: 2:26:50 PM
7/28/2011 14:26:51.625 : 420 web tags initialised
7/28/2011 14:26:51.625 : 2:26:51 PM EWUSB: Creating EW USB
7/28/2011 14:26:51.703 : Showing main form
7/28/2011 14:26:51.812 : Todaydatestring = 28/07/11
7/28/2011 14:26:51.812 : Looking for C:\Cumulus\data\today.ini
7/28/2011 14:26:51.812 : Today.ini exists
7/28/2011 14:26:51.812 : Read today file: Date = 7/28/2011, LastUpdateTime = 7/28/2011 2:20:31 PM
7/28/2011 14:26:51.812 : Todayfileraindaystart = 1.5118111371994
7/28/2011 14:26:51.828 : Todayfile is for today
7/28/2011 14:26:51.828 : ReadTodayfile: set notraininit false
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The strings.ini is "looked for" but doesn't appear to be read. Here is the file listing from C:\Cumulus:
Volume in drive C is Boot
Volume Serial Number is 0A62-4E0F

Directory of c:\Cumulus

08/01/2011 04:26 PM <DIR> .
08/01/2011 04:26 PM <DIR> ..
09/10/2010 09:30 AM 5,426 alert.wav
07/28/2011 02:10 PM <DIR> backup
07/24/2011 12:40 PM 28,655 changes.txt
07/14/2011 02:29 PM 8,095 cumulus
07/24/2011 12:13 PM 9,843,712 cumulus.exe
07/28/2011 02:10 PM 7,973 Cumulus.ini
07/21/2011 12:02 AM 812 CumulusToolboxDebug.txt
08/01/2011 04:09 PM <DIR> data
07/20/2011 02:58 PM 983 dayfileheader.txt
07/28/2011 02:10 PM 595 debug.log
07/28/2011 02:10 PM <DIR> Diags
08/01/2011 04:28 PM 0 dir.txt
07/11/2011 11:26 PM <DIR> Help
09/10/2010 09:31 AM 1,318,912 libeay32.dll
02/16/2011 10:17 AM 838 licence.txt
07/06/2011 12:32 PM 378 monthlyfileheader.txt
06/28/2011 04:29 PM 8,220 readme.txt
07/12/2011 10:34 AM 219 realtime.txt
07/02/2011 11:44 AM 3,531 samplestrings.ini
09/10/2010 09:31 AM 90,112 SiUSBXp.dll
09/10/2010 09:30 AM 301,056 ssleay32.dll
07/14/2011 02:24 PM 3,494 strings.ini
07/11/2011 11:26 PM 4,672 unins000.dat
07/11/2011 11:26 PM 721,694 unins000.exe
10/07/2008 03:36 PM 360,448 VantagePro.dll
07/26/2011 03:53 PM <DIR> web
07/11/2011 11:26 PM <DIR> webfiles
21 File(s) 12,709,825 bytes
8 Dir(s) 84,065,755,136 bytes free

I'm trying to use strings.ini to change how some of the graphs are displayed but of course it's not working. Any suggestions?

Could you attach your strings.ini file, please, preferably zipped to preserve any file properties.

steve wrote:Could you attach your strings.ini file, please, preferably zipped to preserve any file properties.

Zipped file attached. Hope it helps.

The only change you seem to have made is to delete this line:

LargeGraphWindChillTitle=Wind Chill

which doesn't have any effect, as the default string ("Wind Chill") then applies anyway. What effect were you hoping for?

steve wrote:The only change you seem to have made is to delete this line:

LargeGraphWindChillTitle=Wind Chill

which doesn't have any effect, as the default string ("Wind Chill") then applies anyway. What effect were you hoping for?

I'm trying to eliminate Wind Chill from the graph legend. It doesn't apply in the summer as the Heat Index doesn't apply in the winter. Also, I'm not able to collect any reliable wind data due to my location.

If I change the line (instead of deleting it) to "LargeGraphWindChillTitle= " will that work?

If you right-click on the graph, you can remove the wind chill line altogether.

steve wrote:If you right-click on the graph, you can remove the wind chill line altogether.

Huh? Not in any browser that I use. What do you mean? I want to be able to control how the graph is displayed without any user intervention. If strings.ini won't do it, what is the purpose of it?

The purpose of strings.ini is to modify various strings in Cumulus, not to add or remove them. Setting them to an empty string may well work in some cases; with the graph captions you would probably be left with just the units.

If you right click on the graph in Cumulus, you can remove the wind chill line.

Now I'm really confused. What do you mean by "If you right click on the graph in Cumulus"? Where do I find "the graph"? Please, some detailed help. Sorry that I'm missing something here.

In Cumulus, click on the 'View' menu, then 'Graphs'. Select the 'Outside Temperature' graph by clicking on it in the set of small graphs at the bottom. Right-click on the large Outside Temperature graph and untick 'Wind chill visible'. This affects the display both as seen in Cumulus, and as seen in the image created for upload to a web site.

Many thanks! You cleared it up perfectly. Cumulus is a quality progam - just sent you a donation. Keep up the great work