Yeah, its fun to have many ways to do the same job :-)
On 7/27/06 1:36 PM, "Josh Mellicker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wow, thanks Jim, a nice improvement! > > On Jul 27, 2006, at 12:23 PM, Jim Ault wrote: > >> A different approach to get to the same point.... >> ... added error checking for invalid time strings >> >> ON convertTime >> put the text of the target into str >> >> repeat for each char CH in str >> if CH is a number then put CH after timeStr >> end repeat >> put " 00" after timeStr >> get char -4 to -3 of word 1 of timeStr & " " & \ >> char -2 to -1 of word 1 timeStr && word -1 of timeStr >> put word 1 to 2 of it into timeStr >> replace space with ":" in timeStr >> >> if str contains "a" then put " AM" after timeStr >> else put " PM" after timeStr >> --now let's error check -------------------------- >> get timeStr >> convert it to seconds >> if it = timeStr then --no conversion was done >> answer "oops.. "& str & " does not look like a time" >> exit to top >> else >> ---- looks good ----------------------------------------- >> --so we will publish the result >> set the twelvehourtime to true >> convert it to short time >> put it into target >> end if >> END convertTime >> >> >> >> On 7/27/06 11:06 AM, "Josh Mellicker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Here is an interesting handler so that a user can enter a time in a >>> field in a "shorthand" and get a full, properly formatted date out of >>> it. >>> >>> Here are some examples: >>> >>> enter this = get this >>> >>> 1 = 1:00 PM >>> 12 = 12:00 PM >>> 123 = 1:23 PM >>> 1234 = 12:34 PM >>> >>> add an "a" at the end for am, like: >>> >>> 1a = 1:00 AM >>> >>> We have been using this for a few days and everyone really likes it, >>> it seems intuitive and faster than any other method of entering a >>> time. >>> >>> >>> >>> field script: >>> >>> ON enterInField >>> convertTime >>> END enterInField >>> >>> ON returnInField >>> convertTime >>> END returnInField >>> >>> ON closeField >>> convertTime >>> END closeField >>> >>> >>> put this somewhere in the message path: >>> >>> ON convertTime >>> put the text of the target into t >>> IF (char -1 to -2 of t = "am") OR (char -1 of t = "a") THEN >>> put "AM" into ampm >>> ELSE >>> put "PM" into ampm >>> END IF >>> REPEAT for each char c in t >>> IF c is a number THEN put c after t2 >>> END REPEAT >>> >>> SWITCH >>> CASE the number of chars of t2 < 3 >>> put ":00" after t2 >>> break >>> CASE the number of chars of t2 = 3 >>> put char 1 of t2 & ":" & char 2 to 3 of t2 into t2 >>> break >>> CASE the number of chars of t2 = 4 >>> put char 1 to 2 of t2 & ":" & char 3 to 4 of t2 into t2 >>> break >>> END SWITCH >>> put space & ampm after t2 >>> put t2 into the target >>> END convertTime >>> _______________________________________________ >>> use-revolution mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>> subscription >>> preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-revolution mailing list >> [email protected] >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
