Re: Newbie Question: Displaying time on a form

[Robert Moynihan]

NGrant.com wrote:
NGrant.com wrote:
Hi Bob,
Thanks for your very prompt reply & I dont even have Dr in the front
of my name :)
You have to help me out, your reply has gone right over my head.
I dont understand !!!!!!!
How can I use TimGetSeconds, TimSecondsToDateTime, TimeToAscii to replace
VNStrCopy ?
 

Well, you would use that series of commands to do the whole thing, not 
just replace VNStrCopy.

TimGetSeconds() returns the current time; the number of seconds since 
Jan1, 1904.  Not too usable in that state.
TimSecondsToDateTime() converts that big number into a structure so that 
you can use the parts more conveniently.
TimToAscii() takes a couple of those parts and converts them to a 
formatted string.

So you would do it like this (off the top of my head -- might have to 
clean up a little):

void DrawTime(void)
{
   UInt32                now;
   DateTimeType   dt;
   char                     *st=MemPtrNew(timeStringLength);  //you 
might want this bigger if you intend to add any extra text to the string.

   now=TimGetSeconds();
   TimSecondsToDateTime(now,&dt);
   TimToAscii(dt.hour, dt.minute, tfColonAMPM, st);  //use whatever 
format you want (the 3rd parameter) or, better yet, use the system time 
format setting.
   WinDrawChars(st, StrLen(st),0,0);
   MemPtrFree(st);
}

This should draw the current time at the top-left corner of your screen.
Bob.
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