[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Fri, 12 Nov 99, Leston Drake wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > I've got a "countdown" clock in my app that shows time remaining. For example, > > I want to have it start at "5:00" (five minutes) and count down to "0:00". The > > formatting is important so that it reads correctly. I am using the send command > > to update it every second and to let me know when it's finished. To do this, I > > am using the seconds() function. > > > > My question is this: Once I compute the seconds remaining, how do I convert it > > to a "MM:SS" format? Play with this. The convert function is very useful for date calculations also. First convert to seconds, add/subtract seconds, then convert back to date. on mouseUp put 300 into x -- convert x to dateitems put x into fld 1 put item 5 of x&":"&item 6 of x into y put y into fld 2 -- but seconds won't have leading zero convert x to long time --gives hours and AM/PM delete last word of x --delete AM/PM set itemdelimiter to ":" delete item 1 of x --delete hours put x into fld 3 end mouseUp -- Steven D. Tripp +-------------------------------------------+ University of Aizu |+-----------------------------------------+| Aizu-Wakamatsu, Japan || Lat 39.5 N Long 140 E GMT +9 || [EMAIL PROTECTED] |+-----------------------------------------+| fax +81-242-37-2599 +-------------------------------------------+ USA efax (810) 821-5054+--------------------------------------------+ ------------------------------------------------------------------
