Digital Workshop

I posted once before on this but can't trace the post...

Do any of you know how I can show a time format with the leading zero on the 1-9 mins as it current shows 1:9 pm at the moment...and I want it to show 1:09 pm

Please can you attach an example if you have one.

Here's a simple clock display for you. I'm sure there's a better way, but it gets the job done.

David,

check this out
viewtopic.php?t=2922&highlight=clock



Also, if you ever want to find your posts just do a Search with your user name in the Author field.

You need to format the variables - mins & secs:

String.format("02.0",mins)+':'+ String.format("02.0",secs)

Mack

Hi Mack,
I was going through the site trying to find a solution to this very problem. I have a clock on a page running Hours Minutes and Seconds. I have a hidden button on the page that I added this command to.
On Show- run Script

In the script I put this...

String.format+':'+("02.0",TextMINUTE)+':'+ String.format("02.0",TextSECONDS)

It says the script is ok, but the clock still has single digits. What am I doing wrong?

String.format+':'+("02.0",TextMINUTE)+':'+ String.format("02.0",TextSECONDS)

should be this::

String.format("02.0",TextMINUTE)+':'+ String.format("02.0",TextSECONDS)

Paul

Thanks Paul, but it is still not working. It says the expression is ok, but I still get single digits... any ideas?

Am I doing the procedure correctly? I have a hidden button that on show runs a script. Within that script I have the above string format. Seems as though it should work, but it is not.

Hi Denn,
have a look at the script in this pub.
What I gave you works (just changed variables in Mack's post), as long as you feed it with the correct info.

Paul

Didn't see your attachment until after I posted this.

I think I may have found the problem. I'm not using a clock as a timer, I'm using the system clock H:M:S

I'm attaching the page of my program that has the clock. It is these variables that I need to be two digits rather than the one digit that is issued by the system. This is something I have been wishing that DW would fix for a long time. WHO wants to see single digits on a clock?

Hi Denn,

I have attached one possible solution - I am sure there is a more elegant ways but it will give you something to work on.

What I did:

Created 3 new variables called mySeconds, myMinutes and myHours
Replaced your text boxes in the clock with text boxes containing these variables
When the page opens a loop is started and within this loop there is a script (see below) this loop monitors the system hours, minutes and seconds and when any of these is less than 10 it adds a "0" to the appropriate variable mySeconds, myMinutes, myHours.

Here's the script:

mySeconds = SYSTEM_TIME_SECOND
myMinutes = SYSTEM_TIME_MINUTE
myHours = SYSTEM_TIME_HOUR

if (mySeconds <10)
{
mySeconds = "0" + mySeconds
}

if (myMinutes <10)
{
myMinutes = "0" + myMinutes
}

if (myHours <10)
{
myHours = "0" + myHours
}

// end script

Thanks David,

I'm getting on this right now. I'll post back later and tell you if I'm smart enough to figure it out!

This can be inconvenient at times, but leading zeros have no value in calculations and will be stripped in any programming language. That's why you have to reinsert them for display.
Pick up most calculators and try to enter 02 -- you can't do it.

Paul

David,

Brilliant… Not only did it work, I was able to change it from a 24 hour clock to a 12 hour clock by looking at what you did and adjusting it. I know just enough about scripting to do just that. If I have a template to go by I can usually adjust it to fit my needs.

Thank you very much. This has made a big improvement on a project I’ve had going on for a long time.

That makes sense. I had not thought about that. However, it would be an improvement if this was built into OpusPro. I've been using a single digit clock within a program of mine for a long time because I did not know how to fix the problem and probably never would have figured it out on my own. Thanks to people like You David and Mac, I have found solutions to this and other problems, but it would be nice for DW to have something in the program to solve this problem for other who might want a clock on a page and not have to live with it as a single digit clock.

You're welcome.

The only thing I might change in the script would be:

if (mySeconds <10)
{
mySeconds = "0" + SYSTEM_TIME_SECOND
}

and similarly with minutes and hours.