Howdy-Tzi wrote
> I thought of that one too -- but if the machine's been on (booted)
> for more than twenty-odd days, the milliseconds exceeds the
> maxinteger and wraps into a negative value. :\
A sneaky way to get around this problem might be to use the systemDate. With
the systemDate you can work out the time elapsed to the nearest second -
like this. <insert email lingo disclaimer here>
global gTheStartTime, gTimeNow
on startMovie
gTheStartTime = the systemDate
end
on mouseDown
gTimeNow = the systemDate
end
on stopMovie
if gTheStartTime = gTimeNow then
-- simplest case is the same day
difference = gTimeNow.seconds - gTheStartTime.seconds
else
-- start time was an earlier day.
daysDifference = (gTimeNow - gTheStartTime)
-- work out the seconds elapsed to midnight of the current day
secondsElapsed = daysDifference * (24*60*60) - gTimeNow.seconds
-- ... then add the seconds elapsed on the current day
difference = secondsElapsed + gTimeNow.seconds
end if
put difference
end
Luke
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