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==BBC News component==
==BBC News component==
Easily allows you to collect the news headlines and stories from the BBC RSS feed.
Create an LED, gLCD or LCD news ticker in homes, business and outside for the public.  Automatally receive the latest news without your mobile or computer switched on.  Easily allows you to collect the news headlines and stories from the BBC RSS feed.  This component is used for data gathering from the internet.


==Component Source Code==
==Component Source Code==
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==Detailed description==
==Detailed description==




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''<span style="color:red;">No additional examples</span>''




==Macro reference==
''<span style="color:red;">No additional examples</span>''


{| class="wikitable" style="width:60%; background-color:#FFFFFF;"
|-
| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#D8C9D8;" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-comp-macro.png]]
| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''GetURL'''
|-
| colspan="2" | Get Selected News Item URL&nbsp;
|-
|-
| width="10%" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | [[File:Fc9-string-icon.png]] - STRING
| width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return''
|}




{| class="wikitable" style="width:60%; background-color:#FFFFFF;"
|-
| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#D8C9D8;" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-comp-macro.png]]
| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''RequestData'''
|-
| colspan="2" | Requests data about your selected location from the BBC news service. Returns the number of headlines if the request was successful. Must be called before trying to call any of the GetXXX macros.&nbsp;
|-
|-
| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-u16-icon.png]] - UINT
| width="90%" | ItemNumber
|-
| colspan="2" | Headline Index To Read&nbsp;
|-
| width="10%" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | [[File:Fc9-u16-icon.png]] - UINT
| width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return''
|}




{| class="wikitable" style="width:60%; background-color:#FFFFFF;"
|-
| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#D8C9D8;" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-comp-macro.png]]
| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''GetTitle'''
|-
| colspan="2" | Get Selected News Item Title&nbsp;
|-
|-
| width="10%" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | [[File:Fc9-string-icon.png]] - STRING
| width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return''
|}




{| class="wikitable" style="width:60%; background-color:#FFFFFF;"
|-
| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#D8C9D8;" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-comp-macro.png]]
| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''GetDescription'''
|-
| colspan="2" | Get Selected News Item Description&nbsp;
|-
|-
| width="10%" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | [[File:Fc9-string-icon.png]] - STRING
| width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return''
|}




{| class="wikitable" style="width:60%; background-color:#FFFFFF;"
|-
| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#D8C9D8;" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-comp-macro.png]]
| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''Initialise'''
|-
| colspan="2" | Sets up the component ready to collect news data.&nbsp;
|-
|-
| width="10%" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | [[File:Fc9-void-icon.png]] - VOID
| width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return''
|}








==Property reference==


{| class="wikitable" style="width:60%; background-color:#FFFFFF;"
==Macro reference==
|-
| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#D8C9D8;" | [[File:Fc9-prop-icon.png]]
| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''Properties'''
|-
|-
| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-16-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | LinkTo
|-
| colspan="2" | &nbsp;
|-
| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-10-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | BBC IP Address
|-
| colspan="2" | IP Address linked to the following URL: weather-broker-cdn.api.bbci.co.uk&nbsp;
|-
| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-16-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | News Feed
|-
| colspan="2" | &nbsp;
|-
| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-10-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | Feed URL
|-
| colspan="2" | &nbsp;
|-
| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-21-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | Receive Timeout
|-
| colspan="2" | Maximum time to wait for valid incoming data.&nbsp;
|-
| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#EAE1EA;" | [[File:Fc9-conn-icon.png]]
| width="90%" style="background-color:#EAE1EA; color:#4B008D;" | Data
|-
|-
| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-7-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | Record Title
|-
| colspan="2" | Stores the news topic title into RAM.&nbsp;
|-
| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-21-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | Title Buffer Size
|-
| colspan="2" | Number of bytes to allocate to storing titles.&nbsp;
|-
| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-7-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | Record Description
|-
| colspan="2" | Stores the news topic description into RAM.&nbsp;
|-
| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-7-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | Record URL
|-
| colspan="2" | Records the news topics full story URL into RAM&nbsp;
|}==Macro reference==


{| class="wikitable" style="width:60%; background-color:#FFFFFF;"
===GetDescription===
|-
{| class="mtx-class-macrotable wikitable"
| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#D8C9D8;" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-comp-macro.png]]
| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''GetURL'''
|-
| colspan="2" | Get Selected News Item URL&nbsp;
|-
|-
|-
| width="10%" align="center" class="mtx-class-macrohead" | [[File:Fc9-comp-macro.png]]
| width="10%" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | [[File:Fc9-string-icon.png]] - STRING
| width="90%" class="mtx-class-macrohead" | '''GetDescription'''
| width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return''
|}
 
 
{| class="wikitable" style="width:60%; background-color:#FFFFFF;"
|-
| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#D8C9D8;" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-comp-macro.png]]
| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''RequestData'''
|-
| colspan="2" | Requests data about your selected location from the BBC news service. Returns the number of headlines if the request was successful. Must be called before trying to call any of the GetXXX macros.&nbsp;
|-
|-
| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-u16-icon.png]] - UINT
| width="90%" | ItemNumber
|-
| colspan="2" | Headline Index To Read&nbsp;
|-
| width="10%" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | [[File:Fc9-u16-icon.png]] - UINT
| width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return''
|}
 
 
{| class="wikitable" style="width:60%; background-color:#FFFFFF;"
|-
| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#D8C9D8;" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-comp-macro.png]]
| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''GetTitle'''
|-
| colspan="2" | Get Selected News Item Title&nbsp;
|-
|-
| width="10%" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | [[File:Fc9-string-icon.png]] - STRING
| width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return''
|}
 
 
{| class="wikitable" style="width:60%; background-color:#FFFFFF;"
|-
| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#D8C9D8;" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-comp-macro.png]]
| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''GetDescription'''
|-
|-
| colspan="2" | Get Selected News Item Description&nbsp;
| colspan="2" | Get Selected News Item Description&nbsp;
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{| class="wikitable" style="width:60%; background-color:#FFFFFF;"
===GetTitle===
|-
{| class="mtx-class-macrotable wikitable"
| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#D8C9D8;" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-comp-macro.png]]
| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''Initialise'''
|-
| colspan="2" | Sets up the component ready to collect news data.&nbsp;
|-
|-
| width="10%" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | [[File:Fc9-void-icon.png]] - VOID
| width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return''
|}
 
 
 
 
==Property reference==
 
{| class="wikitable" style="width:60%; background-color:#FFFFFF;"
|-
| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#D8C9D8;" | [[File:Fc9-prop-icon.png]]
| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''Properties'''
|-
|-
| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-16-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | LinkTo
|-
| colspan="2" | &nbsp;
|-
| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-10-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | BBC IP Address
|-
| colspan="2" | IP Address linked to the following URL: weather-broker-cdn.api.bbci.co.uk&nbsp;
|-
| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-16-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | News Feed
|-
| colspan="2" | &nbsp;
|-
| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-10-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | Feed URL
|-
| colspan="2" | &nbsp;
|-
| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-21-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | Receive Timeout
|-
| colspan="2" | Maximum time to wait for valid incoming data.&nbsp;
|-
| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#EAE1EA;" | [[File:Fc9-conn-icon.png]]
| width="90%" style="background-color:#EAE1EA; color:#4B008D;" | Data
|-
|-
| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-7-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | Record Title
|-
| colspan="2" | Stores the news topic title into RAM.&nbsp;
|-
| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-21-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | Title Buffer Size
|-
| colspan="2" | Number of bytes to allocate to storing titles.&nbsp;
|-
| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-7-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | Record Description
|-
| colspan="2" | Stores the news topic description into RAM.&nbsp;
|-
| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-7-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | Record URL
|-
| colspan="2" | Records the news topics full story URL into RAM&nbsp;
|}==Macro reference==
 
{| class="wikitable" style="width:60%; background-color:#FFFFFF;"
|-
| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#D8C9D8;" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-comp-macro.png]]
| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''GetURL'''
|-
| colspan="2" | Get Selected News Item URL&nbsp;
|-
|-
| width="10%" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | [[File:Fc9-string-icon.png]] - STRING
| width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return''
|}
 
 
{| class="wikitable" style="width:60%; background-color:#FFFFFF;"
|-
| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#D8C9D8;" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-comp-macro.png]]
| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''RequestData'''
|-
| colspan="2" | Requests data about your selected location from the BBC news service. Returns the number of headlines if the request was successful. Must be called before trying to call any of the GetXXX macros.&nbsp;
|-
|-
| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-u16-icon.png]] - UINT
| width="90%" | ItemNumber
|-
| colspan="2" | Headline Index To Read&nbsp;
|-
| width="10%" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | [[File:Fc9-u16-icon.png]] - UINT
| width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return''
|}
 
 
{| class="wikitable" style="width:60%; background-color:#FFFFFF;"
|-
|-
| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#D8C9D8;" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-comp-macro.png]]
| width="10%" align="center" class="mtx-class-macrohead" | [[File:Fc9-comp-macro.png]]
| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''GetTitle'''
| width="90%" class="mtx-class-macrohead" | '''GetTitle'''
|-
|-
| colspan="2" | Get Selected News Item Title&nbsp;
| colspan="2" | Get Selected News Item Title&nbsp;
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{| class="wikitable" style="width:60%; background-color:#FFFFFF;"
===GetURL===
|-
{| class="mtx-class-macrotable wikitable"
| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#D8C9D8;" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-comp-macro.png]]
| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''GetDescription'''
|-
|-
| colspan="2" | Get Selected News Item Description&nbsp;
| width="10%" align="center" class="mtx-class-macrohead" | [[File:Fc9-comp-macro.png]]
|-
| width="90%" class="mtx-class-macrohead" | '''GetURL'''
|-
| width="10%" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | [[File:Fc9-string-icon.png]] - STRING
| width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return''
|}
 
 
{| class="wikitable" style="width:60%; background-color:#FFFFFF;"
|-
| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#D8C9D8;" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-comp-macro.png]]
| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''Initialise'''
|-
| colspan="2" | Sets up the component ready to collect news data.&nbsp;
|-
|-
| width="10%" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | [[File:Fc9-void-icon.png]] - VOID
| width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return''
|}
 
 
 
 
==Property reference==
 
{| class="wikitable" style="width:60%; background-color:#FFFFFF;"
|-
| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#D8C9D8;" | [[File:Fc9-prop-icon.png]]
| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''Properties'''
|-
|-
| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-16-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | LinkTo
|-
| colspan="2" | &nbsp;
|-
| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-10-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | BBC IP Address
|-
| colspan="2" | IP Address linked to the following URL: weather-broker-cdn.api.bbci.co.uk&nbsp;
|-
| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-16-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | News Feed
|-
| colspan="2" | &nbsp;
|-
| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-10-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | Feed URL
|-
| colspan="2" | &nbsp;
|-
| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-21-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | Receive Timeout
|-
| colspan="2" | Maximum time to wait for valid incoming data.&nbsp;
|-
| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#EAE1EA;" | [[File:Fc9-conn-icon.png]]
| width="90%" style="background-color:#EAE1EA; color:#4B008D;" | Data
|-
|-
| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-7-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | Record Title
|-
| colspan="2" | Stores the news topic title into RAM.&nbsp;
|-
| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-21-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | Title Buffer Size
|-
| colspan="2" | Number of bytes to allocate to storing titles.&nbsp;
|-
| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-7-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | Record Description
|-
| colspan="2" | Stores the news topic description into RAM.&nbsp;
|-
| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-7-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | Record URL
|-
| colspan="2" | Records the news topics full story URL into RAM&nbsp;
|}==Macro reference==
 
{| class="wikitable" style="width:60%; background-color:#FFFFFF;"
|-
| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#D8C9D8;" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-comp-macro.png]]
| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''GetURL'''
|-
|-
| colspan="2" | Get Selected News Item URL&nbsp;
| colspan="2" | Get Selected News Item URL&nbsp;
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{| class="wikitable" style="width:60%; background-color:#FFFFFF;"
===Initialise===
|-
{| class="mtx-class-macrotable wikitable"
| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#D8C9D8;" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-comp-macro.png]]
| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''RequestData'''
|-
| colspan="2" | Requests data about your selected location from the BBC news service. Returns the number of headlines if the request was successful. Must be called before trying to call any of the GetXXX macros.&nbsp;
|-
|-
| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-u16-icon.png]] - UINT
| width="90%" | ItemNumber
|-
| colspan="2" | Headline Index To Read&nbsp;
|-
| width="10%" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | [[File:Fc9-u16-icon.png]] - UINT
| width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return''
|}
 
 
{| class="wikitable" style="width:60%; background-color:#FFFFFF;"
|-
| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#D8C9D8;" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-comp-macro.png]]
| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''GetTitle'''
|-
| colspan="2" | Get Selected News Item Title&nbsp;
|-
|-
|-
| width="10%" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | [[File:Fc9-string-icon.png]] - STRING
| width="10%" align="center" class="mtx-class-macrohead" | [[File:Fc9-comp-macro.png]]
| width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return''
| width="90%" class="mtx-class-macrohead" | '''Initialise'''
|}
 
 
{| class="wikitable" style="width:60%; background-color:#FFFFFF;"
|-
| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#D8C9D8;" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-comp-macro.png]]
| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''GetDescription'''
|-
| colspan="2" | Get Selected News Item Description&nbsp;
|-
|-
| width="10%" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | [[File:Fc9-string-icon.png]] - STRING
| width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return''
|}
 
 
{| class="wikitable" style="width:60%; background-color:#FFFFFF;"
|-
| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#D8C9D8;" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-comp-macro.png]]
| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''Initialise'''
|-
|-
| colspan="2" | Sets up the component ready to collect news data.&nbsp;
| colspan="2" | Sets up the component ready to collect news data.&nbsp;
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===RequestData===
 
{| class="mtx-class-macrotable wikitable"
==Property reference==
 
{| class="wikitable" style="width:60%; background-color:#FFFFFF;"
|-
| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#D8C9D8;" | [[File:Fc9-prop-icon.png]]
| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''Properties'''
|-
|-
| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-16-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | LinkTo
|-
| colspan="2" | &nbsp;
|-
| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-10-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | BBC IP Address
|-
| colspan="2" | IP Address linked to the following URL: weather-broker-cdn.api.bbci.co.uk&nbsp;
|-
| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-16-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | News Feed
|-
| colspan="2" | &nbsp;
|-
| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-10-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | Feed URL
|-
| colspan="2" | &nbsp;
|-
| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-21-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | Receive Timeout
|-
| colspan="2" | Maximum time to wait for valid incoming data.&nbsp;
|-
| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#EAE1EA;" | [[File:Fc9-conn-icon.png]]
| width="90%" style="background-color:#EAE1EA; color:#4B008D;" | Data
|-
|-
| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-7-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | Record Title
|-
| colspan="2" | Stores the news topic title into RAM.&nbsp;
|-
| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-21-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | Title Buffer Size
|-
| colspan="2" | Number of bytes to allocate to storing titles.&nbsp;
|-
| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-7-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | Record Description
|-
| colspan="2" | Stores the news topic description into RAM.&nbsp;
|-
| width="10%" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-type-7-icon.png]]
| width="90%" | Record URL
|-
| colspan="2" | Records the news topics full story URL into RAM&nbsp;
|}==Macro reference==
 
{| class="wikitable" style="width:60%; background-color:#FFFFFF;"
|-
| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#D8C9D8;" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-comp-macro.png]]
| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''GetURL'''
|-
| colspan="2" | Get Selected News Item URL&nbsp;
|-
|-
| width="10%" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | [[File:Fc9-string-icon.png]] - STRING
| width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return''
|}
 
 
{| class="wikitable" style="width:60%; background-color:#FFFFFF;"
|-
|-
| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#D8C9D8;" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-comp-macro.png]]
| width="10%" align="center" class="mtx-class-macrohead" | [[File:Fc9-comp-macro.png]]
| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''RequestData'''
| width="90%" class="mtx-class-macrohead" | '''RequestData'''
|-
|-
| colspan="2" | Requests data about your selected location from the BBC news service. Returns the number of headlines if the request was successful. Must be called before trying to call any of the GetXXX macros.&nbsp;
| colspan="2" | Requests data about your selected location from the BBC news service. Returns the number of headlines if the request was successful. Must be called before trying to call any of the GetXXX macros.&nbsp;
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| width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return''
| width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return''
|}
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="width:60%; background-color:#FFFFFF;"
|-
| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#D8C9D8;" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-comp-macro.png]]
| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''GetTitle'''
|-
| colspan="2" | Get Selected News Item Title&nbsp;
|-
|-
| width="10%" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | [[File:Fc9-string-icon.png]] - STRING
| width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return''
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{| class="wikitable" style="width:60%; background-color:#FFFFFF;"
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| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#D8C9D8;" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-comp-macro.png]]
| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''GetDescription'''
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| colspan="2" | Get Selected News Item Description&nbsp;
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| width="10%" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | [[File:Fc9-string-icon.png]] - STRING
| width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return''
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| width="10%" align="center" style="background-color:#D8C9D8;" align="center" | [[File:Fc9-comp-macro.png]]
| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''Initialise'''
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| colspan="2" | Sets up the component ready to collect news data.&nbsp;
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| width="10%" align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | [[File:Fc9-void-icon.png]] - VOID
| width="90%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000;" | ''Return''
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==Property reference==
==Property reference==


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| width="90%" style="background-color:#D8C9D8; color:#4B008D;" | '''Properties'''  
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| colspan="2" | Maximum time to wait for valid incoming data.&nbsp;
| colspan="2" | Maximum time to wait for valid incoming data.&nbsp;
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| width="10%" align="center" class="mtx-class-propfolder" | [[File:Fc9-conn-icon.png]]
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Latest revision as of 14:36, 13 July 2026

Author MatrixTSL
Version 1.0
Category Comms: IoT/Cloud


BBC News component

Create an LED, gLCD or LCD news ticker in homes, business and outside for the public. Automatally receive the latest news without your mobile or computer switched on. Easily allows you to collect the news headlines and stories from the BBC RSS feed. This component is used for data gathering from the internet.

Component Source Code

Please click here to download the component source project: FC_Comp_Source_BBCNews.fcfx

Please click here to view the component source code (Beta): FC_Comp_Source_BBCNews.fcfx

Detailed description

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Examples

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Macro reference

GetDescription

GetDescription
Get Selected News Item Description 
- STRING Return


GetTitle

GetTitle
Get Selected News Item Title 
- STRING Return


GetURL

GetURL
Get Selected News Item URL 
- STRING Return


Initialise

Initialise
Sets up the component ready to collect news data. 
- VOID Return


RequestData

RequestData
Requests data about your selected location from the BBC news service. Returns the number of headlines if the request was successful. Must be called before trying to call any of the GetXXX macros. 
- UINT ItemNumber
Headline Index To Read 
- UINT Return


Property reference

Properties
LinkTo
 
BBC IP Address
IP Address linked to the following URL: weather-broker-cdn.api.bbci.co.uk 
News Feed
 
Feed URL
 
Receive Timeout
Maximum time to wait for valid incoming data. 
Data
Record Title
Stores the news topic title into RAM. 
Title Buffer Size
Number of bytes to allocate to storing titles. 
Record Description
Stores the news topic description into RAM. 
Record URL
Records the news topics full story URL into RAM 
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