YES!
That is it.
Thank you alex.
Regards,
Tony
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>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Lingo-l digest, Vol 1 #491 - 23 msgs
>Date: Tue, Sep 24, 2002, 7:09 PM
>
> Message: 19
> Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 20:34:36 +0200
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> From: Alex da Franca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: <lingo-l> trigger event via system clock
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> At 13:48 Uhr -0400 24.09.2002, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>I don't need to launch Director.
>>The projector is going to already be open and I want to trigger a movie to
>>play at a specified time in seconds- I found a script that converts the time
>>and uses an IfElseThen statement to play two movies, but I thought that there
>>had to be be an easier way.
>>
>>I want to play the movie at say 3:25:31.
>
> 3:25:31 = 31 seconds + (25 * 60) seconds + (3 * 60 * 60) seconds =
> 12331 seconds
>
> on startmovie
> secondsToLaunch = (3 * 60 * 60) + (25 * 60) + 31 -- 3:25:31
> secondsNow = (the systemdate).seconds
> timeoutperiod = secondsToLaunch - secondsNow
> if timeoutperiod < 0 then timeoutperiod = (24 * 60 * 60) + timeoutperiod
> to = timeout("LaunchTimeOut").new(timeoutperiod, #mLaunch)
> end
>
> on mLaunch
> timeout("LaunchTimeOut").period = (24 * 60 * 60) -- come again next day
> -- do whatever you want here
> end
>
> Off the top of my head, I didn't try it, but it might work similar like this.
> be aware, that this is 3 am, if you want 3 pm just add (12 * 60)
> seconds or (15 * 60 * 60) + (25 * 60) + 31
>
> On a sidenote: I still don't understand why the anglo americans don't
> make this *simple* mathematical distinction between 3 am and 3 pm. it
> is so much easier with 3.00 and 15.00.
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>
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> a�ex
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