roRssArticle

Objects of type roRssArticle are returned by the roRssParser.GetNextArticle() method. These instances can be passed to the roTextWidget object to display the feed on-screen.

ifRssArticle

GetTitle() As String

Returns the title of the RSS item.

GetDescription() As String

Returns the content of the RSS item.

GetTimestampInSeconds(a As Integer) As Boolean

Returns in seconds the difference in publication date between this RSS item and the most recent item in the feed. The user can utilize this to decide if an article is too old to display.

SetTitle(a As String) As Boolean

SetDescription(a As String) As Boolean

SetTimestampInSeconds(a As Integer) As Boolean

Important

For firmware versions 4.7.x and above, if no alpha value is specified when roTextWidget.SetForegroundColor() is called, the text widget area will appear blank.

Example

u=CreateObject("roUrlTransfer")
u.SetUrl("http://www.lemonde.fr/rss/sequence/0,2-3208,1-0,0.xml")
u.GetToFile("tmp:/rss.xml")
 
r=CreateObject("roRssParser")
r.ParseFile("tmp:/rss.xml")
 
EnableZoneSupport(1)
b=CreateObject("roRectangle", 0, 668, 1024, 100)
t=CreateObject("roTextWidget", b, 3, 2, 2)
t.SetForegroundColor(&hFFD0D0D0)
t.Show()
 
a = r.GetNextArticle()
while type(a) = "roRssArticle"
       t.PushString(a.GetDescription())
       sleep(1000)
       a = r.GetNextArticle()
end while
 
while true
       sleep(1000)
end while

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