Time Display Help

[Guest greenco]

About a year ago I programed this gauge and at the time I did not need to display the seconds. I now have a need to display the seconds portion of the time and I can't remember how to do it. What the gauge is supposed to do is to record the current ZULU time, at the time I click the gauge and display this captured time. I use a second gauge to record the current ZULU time at end of the timed event. What do I need to change or add, so it will display the Hours:Minutes:Seconds?Any help or suggestions are welcomeThanksTimer 1 (L:var1x,bool) 1 == if{ (P:ZULU TIME,hours) (>L:var1y,enum) }%((L:var1y,enum) flr 24 %)%!02d!:%((L:var1y,enum) 60 * flr 60 %)%!02d!%{end} (M:Event) 'LeftSingle' scmp 0 == if { 1 (>L:var1x,bool) } (M:Event) 'LeftRelease' scmp 0 == if{ 0 (>L:var1x,bool) }

[Guest greenco]

Sorry about the double post. I am having a problem and am bouncing between the FireFox and IExplorer browsers. I can post with FireFox but the new post do not show. I can see them with IExplorer, but can not post. I think I found the problem with IExplorer and am trying another post to check it out.

[phjvh 0]

Hi,As far as I can see you have the code between %((P:Zulu time, hours) 24 % flr)%!02d : %((P:Zulu time, minutes) 60 % flr)%!02d : %((P:Zulu time, seconds) 60 % flr)%!02d zHope it helps,Jan"Beatus ille qui procul negotiis..."

[Guest greenco]

Thanks Jan, but when I use that bit of code, it gives me a working clock. I want to store the current ZULU time (at the time I click the mouse) into a variable and display that variable in a HH:MM:SS format. This will tell me the "Time" I started an event. I use a second gauge that tells me when I ended the event.greenco

[pve 0]

Hello Greenco Put this in a click: (P:Zulu time, hours) flr 100 % (>L:ATA, number) (P:Zulu time, minutes) flr 60 % (>L:ATA1, number) (P:Zulu time, seconds) flr 60 % (>L:ATA2, number) Read the hours from (L:ATA, number) minutes from (L:ATA1, number) seconds from (L:ATA2, number)

[phjvh 0]

Ah, I see,Paul's option is ok, may be this works too:(L:var1x,bool) 1 == if{ (P:ZULU TIME,hours) (>L:var1y,enum) (P:ZULU TIME,minutes) (>L:var2y,enum) (P:ZULU TIME,seconds) (>L:var3y,enum) } %((L:var1y,enum) flr 24%)%!02d! : %((L:var2y,enum) flr 60 %)%!02d! : %((L:var3y,enum) flr 60 %)%!02d!%{end}Jan"Beatus ille qui procul negotiis..."

[Guest greenco]

Thanks Jan, your code works, but I think I need to do something different with the mouse code. When I click the mouse, I get the time, but there is small box (like a square zero) in front of each section of the time. It looks like this: X12:X22:X36 . The small box is printed where the Capitol "X"s are.greencoEdit:I think the mouse code is OK, but maybe something needs done to the code to get rid of the boxes.

[phjvh 0]

Hi,That is possible a copying problem.Put everything in line and remove spaces.Like:%((1,enum) flr 24%)%!02d! : %((2,enum) flr 60 %)%! : %((3,enum) flr 60 %)%!02d!%{end}Jan"Beatus ille qui procul negotiis..."

[Guest greenco]

Thanks Jan, I reformatted the code and it now works great!What would struggling XML gauge programmers do, without folks like yourself? You guys are #1 with me.greenco

[taguilo 33]

Hi,Actually you can use only one LVar to store the Zulu time; instead of giving the standard "enum" or "number" unit, just use the same unit as the PVar and let FS make the conversion by itself. For example,(P:Zulu time, seconds) (>L:FixedTime, seconds)and %((L:FixedTime,hours) int)%!02d!%:%((L:FixedTime, minutes) 60 % int)%!02d!%:%((L:FixedTime, seconds) 60 % int)%!02d!Tom

[phjvh 0]

Hi,That is again a good one, thanks!Jan"Beatus ille qui procul negotiis..."

[Guest greenco]

Thanks Tom, that works well if you want to make a clock. In my case I only want to capture the current time, at the instant I click the mouse. Jan's code works well for my purpose. I have added you code to my library of XML help files, for future references.greenco

[taguilo 33]

Greenco, that is precisely what my example is made for.But of course Jan's works perfect as well :-)Good. I usually try to give examples that could go beyond the specific matter of a thread and mean an improvement in the way to program using XML code.Tom

[phjvh 0]

Hi,Tested Tom's code and it seems far more efficient, so I changed mine.Jan"Beatus ille qui procul negotiis..."

[Guest greenco]

Tom, I will try your code again. I might missed something in the mouse click area. The mouse clicks did not do anything, when I tried to capture the time. It is a nice piece of code and I will surely use it.Thanksgreenco