This application uses 'wget' to fetch a web counter image and then
converts it to a sprite to display as the application icon and can
be displayed on the pinboard.
That is, a site counter which you have arranged to have on a web page.
It may be more convenient to use this application stuck to your backdrop
than have to load a web page itself
It also uses gif2spr and ChkSpr in its workings.
If it is run by an application such as DialUp at start-up of the
internet connection it will display the counter value at that time.
If the icon is (as by default) on the pinboard, it can be updated by
double-clicking at any time during the connection.
The sprites are stored, one for each day representing the latest value
obtained, in a directory within the application. These could be used to
obtain data for a graph if desired, though no automatic way is provided
to do this.
To avoid 'too many files' errors, this directory could be an x-file, an
archive, or some other suitable image directory.
Some editing of the TaskObey file which forms the main program will be
required to, at least, change the path to that of your counter.
As supplied it points to a counter on the Pic_Index site.
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