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Posted by: johannes May 20 2010, 12:50 AM

What time is it ?

Now with the VDO precision of the seventies ...

http://club914.fr/914watch.swf

A Flash widget I made for the french club website.

NEW DOWNLOADABLE VERSION for your PC desktop ... http://club914.fr/914watch.zip

Posted by: poorsche914 May 20 2010, 06:15 AM

very nice! Does it keep actual time? The pointer has only moved a couple spaces in the last several minutes.

Posted by: ottox914 May 20 2010, 06:30 AM

Thats cool!

Posted by: johannes May 20 2010, 06:39 AM

Yes, the needle shows hours. This is actual time from your computer.

It's not supposed to be displayed at full screen
but as a Widget in a website like this http://porsche914.fr-bb.com/index.htm ...

French forum ...

Posted by: Gint May 20 2010, 05:30 PM

Thanks Johnannes! That's awesome. I looked at a minute ago and it was almost the same time it was when I looked at it this morning at 05:32.

Posted by: tat2dphreak May 20 2010, 05:49 PM

it's all wrong... at 6:48 it should be bouncing between 5 and 8 back and forth

j/k great job, really cool

Posted by: poorsche914 May 20 2010, 05:54 PM

OK, I see how it works. Pretty cool how you have 9:14 as redline.

Posted by: mipstien May 20 2010, 06:03 PM

i want to read french now. google translate is only so good.

Posted by: PH1 May 20 2010, 06:36 PM

Very cool!

Posted by: mpoffers May 21 2010, 10:18 AM

That's very cool. Is there any way to run a small version directly on my desktop?

Posted by: bandjoey May 21 2010, 08:32 PM

Wish my tack was that bright in the car~..How do I make a widget on XP?

Posted by: underthetire May 21 2010, 09:07 PM

Very cool! You need to have the gas gauge show the month and the speedo show the day to go with it !

Posted by: johannes May 22 2010, 01:23 AM

Download this file

http://club914.fr/914watch.zip

Unzip and put the folder wherever you want

This works on WinXP but should also work on Vista and Seven

1- Right click on your desktop of your computer and select Properties.

2- In the Display Properties box that appears select the Desktop tab and Customize Desktop…

3- In the new Desktop Items dialog select the "Web" tab then "New".

4- Now you can enter the path to "914watch.htm" file. Use the browse button to find the file.

5- At this time "Lock desktop items" button must be unchecked.

6- Apply. The item will then appears on your desktop background.

7- Click on the items border to move and resize the window however you like.

8- Once the item is in the right position you can return to the active desktop setup and check the "Lock desktop items" button

Note for advanced users:
You can change the size of the watch when editing the 914watch.htm file with the notepad.

Posted by: Gustl May 22 2010, 06:22 AM

very cool thing !!!

thanks

Posted by: mipstien May 22 2010, 07:24 AM

that is pretty cool. this would make an awesome windows 7 or vista gadget

Posted by: johannes May 22 2010, 07:44 AM

That seems very easy to do http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc163370.aspx
But as I only have XP I won't be able to test it. So if anyone has time to buit it ...

Posted by: Nürburg Nomad May 22 2010, 03:10 PM

Heh.. funniest thing I've read all day...

Posted by: mpoffers May 22 2010, 08:16 PM

That worked perfectly! I was trying to put the flash object directly on the desktop as a web object. Of course all I got was a white square. Using your html file did the trick.

THANKS!!!