sorry if this is a bit late but just to make sure:
it's true that there is no "the systemtime" that gives you unformatted time
information in director.
BUT you can use (the systemdate).seconds (as seen in
macromedia.director.lingo) it gives you
the daytime in seconds (don't ask me why there isn't a minutes or hours
property)
Anyway
put (the systemdate).seconds/3600 --gives you the current hour and
put ((the systemdate).seconds mod 3600)/60
--gives you the current minute
hope this helps
matthias
At 11:42 Tuesday30.07.2002, you wrote:
>Lingo's "the date" returns the date in the format the computer uses (this
>could be DD MM YY or MM DD YY). "the systemdate" returns the date in the
>exact same format regardless of the date format on the computer (YY MM DD).
>Lingo's "the time" returns the time in which ever format the computer has
>been set to. Unfortunately director has not got "the systemtime" command
>therefore I used the xtra "BuddyAPI" that would return the date in the same
>format regardless of the format it has been set on the individual computer.
>The problem is that it keeps crashing!
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