KraftR wrote:

I installed V7 a few hours ago...
It has finished two WUs since then.
And the graph only updates when it completes a WU.
The display of the eight active tasks stays static.

Igogo wrote:

My gadget get data from client_state.xml
If BOINC update this file my gadget updates too.
For any reason BOINC update data randomly (I don't know how)
For me it is from seconds to hours

With "graph" I assume you mean the four rectangular statistics graphs. They are painted according to the contents of the ".../BOINC/statistics_proj_name_org.xml" (or similar) files. As soon as a finished task is reported to some project proj.name.org, it then takes few seconds-minutes-hours-days to validate the result and grant the task some credit. Afterwards, the next time your BOINC client will contact the project, this "statistics_.***.xml" file gets updated.

If your client does finish tasks from some project in regular intervals (say, 1 hour), it is possible, that with each contact the credits were already updated, but it is also possible, that the credits will change only once in a couple of hours, another time in a couple of days, yet another time in a few seconds after the contact...

With "display of the eight active tasks" I assume you mean the bar graphs, symbolizing the tasks' progress. Their state is indeed read from "client_state.xml", but it depends on the task's application, how often does it report its progress to the BOINC client. Which project's app is it?

Peter

Version 7.1 has been released. Added 'Custom Project Name' field into flyout window. New projects added.

The graphs (when using them just occasionally) would be much more comfortably accessible using the Flyout window - you could consider adding them also there?

Difficult to coding now for me. I'm thinking. You always can hide graphs using #3 settings page

Hey guys... the "client_state.xml" is only being updated when a task completes.
So the BAR data on your gadget will not change until a completion event occurs.
I guess the "checkpoint" option within the BOINC manager relates to data only.
Maybe the "client_state.xml" file can be refreshed according to this parameter?
Then the gadgets BAR data would be updated correctly when it refreshes next...
Thanks KraftR

Going the GUI RPC route will get up-to-date information, all gathered in one place.

BOINC hasn't re-written client_state.xml agressively for a while now, because of the heavy workload it involves with multi-core CPUs and now GPUs. Progress updates have been transferred to individual boinc_task_state.xml files in each slot directory since sometime in 2009.

Thanks folks...that seems like a simple lightweight change...
I can see the file contention if the client file was updated.

You right Richard Haselgrove
I'm working on this problem right now. I hope soon we will have new version BOINC Monitor. This version will have two modes:
1. standard (uses now)
2. advanced (reading data from individual boinc_task_state.xml)
Be patience

Version 8.0 has been released.
New:
1. Add new calculation method. Thanks for idea Richard Haselgrov
2. Allow show active WUs only. (Requested by KraftR)

Thanks for the name-check, but I still think file-scraping is the wrong way to go for the long term. Biting the bullet and switching to RPC will give you greater flexibility and more possibilities, as I suggested in your original thread.

Guys! I investigate problem. In Javascript I can't use sockets. I think better way for use RPC - if some guy write special wrapper on C# or other language with sockets. If anybody can do this and WANT do this please call me for details. Thank you for help. I hope together we do BOINC Monitor perfect.
Thank you all for good suggestion.
Thank you in advance for wrapper.

Version 8.2 has been released - New projects added.
Guys can anybody help me with wrapper?
Thank you.

Hello maybe im in false tread but i need little help.
I can use all projekts but the especialy Seti@home doesnt work!!
Ive deleted it and add it new but the Boinc client cant find my Konto acc name and so on. but its only in this projekt.
Anyone can help?
Im sorry for write in wrong tread if it is^^
Greetings

It's not only the wrong thread, it's also the wrong forum. And moreover, it's the wrong site! ;-)

Try asking at Questions and answers over at the SETI@home project.

Gruß,
Gundolf
[edit]Und mach dort einen neuen Thread auf! :-)[/edit]

New version - projects added

http://www.myfavoritegadgets.info/monitors/BOINCMonitor/BOINCMonitor.html Version 8.24 - Allow to remember last shown in graph project.

http://www.myfavoritegadgets.info/monitors/BOINCMonitor/BOINCMonitor.html - Version 8.30 - Added update notifier.

New BOINC Monitor. Version 8.40 - Shows up to 99 tasks.
http://www.myfavoritegadgets.info/monitors/BOINCMonitor/BOINCMonitor.html

New BOINC Monitor. Version 8.50 - Added custom refresh rate (1-999 sec). Added sounds when operate with flyout.
http://www.myfavoritegadgets.info/monitors/BOINCMonitor/BOINCMonitor.html

Version 8.60 - Double click on background run BOINC client.
http://www.myfavoritegadgets.info/monitors/BOINCMonitor/BOINCMonitor.html

Version 8.70 - Click on project's name opens project's site.
http://www.myfavoritegadgets.info/monitors/BOINCMonitor/BOINCMonitor.html

Version 9.01 - Recognize GPU (Nvidia and ATI) WUs for all projects. Show GPU number on GPU vendor icon (#3 settins tab). Remove retired projects. New projects added.
http://www.myfavoritegadgets.info/monitors/BOINCMonitor/BOINCMonitor.html