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Hello All…

I’m trying to adjust a script to work for me. I created a recipe book program and I need a timer for it. I found a timer script on here and it’s almost perfect. It was written by Sandlyn (Sandy). It is a timer and will work for what I need but there are a couple of things I need to add to it, but I have worked on this for two days with very little if any progress. When the script gets to the end, or I should say, when the clock is through running and gets to zero, I need for it to trigger another button which will play a sound and write something on the screen like Time’s Up, or Your bird is cooked. However, I have obviously tried everything but the correct thing.

There is a "START" button and the script is in two parts. The first part is…
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On Left Mouse Click -
<script>
myClock.Stop()
clock_var=0
myClock.Start()
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below that there is a Ticker set to 0.01s -
<script>
Mins=String.number((clock_var.toString()).charAt(4))
Tens=String.number((clock_var.toString()).charAt(6))
Secs=String.number((clock_var.toString()).charAt(7))
Hun=String.number((clock_var.toString()).charAt(10))
Tenths=String.number((clock_var.toString()).charAt(9))

ClockSecs=(Mins*60)+Secs+(Tenths/10)+(Hun/100)
TimeLeft=Countdown-ClockSecs
if(TimeLeft<=0)
{
myClock.Stop()
}
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What I am trying to accomplish is after the clock has stopped to trigger this…
hiddenbutton.Show()

One of the many things I’ve tried is this…
If(myClock.Stop()
{
hiddenbutton.Show()
}

But all that does is make the hidden button show immediately. If someone has a moment, please let me know what I’m doing wrong (or) even better, show me what to do right.

Once I get that fixed, I’m going to try and get it where instead of seconds, the user will be able to add hours and minutes instead. Most cooking is done in hours and minutes and not seconds.

If anyone is willing to share their profound knowledge of scripting it will certainly be most appreciated. I’m 65 now and estimate that I will be efficient in scripting when I’m about 90.

Dennis Pitts

Have you tried:
For this I would try a OnShow Trigger (in standard actions for example)... or in scripting

If you are going to use that multiple times, then you need to Hide that button again and repeat for next timer. Of course, you could make the routine be contained in a scripted function, and then just call it when needed. If you have the User click to acknowledge the timer's end, then that could hide the button.

Thanks for answering Lar...

That is one of the variations I had tried... but using it this way causes the hidden button to show before the clock has finished running or I should say reaches zero.

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TimeLeft=Countdown-ClockSecs
if(TimeLeft<=0)
{
myClock.Stop()

wait(0.1)
hiddenbutton.Show()
}
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What seems to be happening is that it waits 0.1 seconds and then shows the hidden button.

I have a button called hiddenbutton which is set to be initially hidden. Once shown it will play a tune and print text on the screen. It works well, but that problem is, as soon as I launch start the clock the hidden button shows and plays the sound and shows the text. I was somewhat surprised to see that this did not work, but I am not a scripting person.

Bottom line is that I need for the clock to finish before the hidden button is shown…

Sounds like a control problem -- something in the logic that is not controlling the subsequent actions. ???? You could set up something to monitor the state of the alarm audio (or User intervention).

One alternative is to go to next Page or open a separate Opus Window when the Clock runs out... and control things from there. (what I am thinking is that Opus has some nuances around the clock function... about leaving the Page and returning -- so that could help as a way of resetting the clock issue)

I doubt you need that much timer resolution. But how is that implemented in script?

I'm wondering if something else is triggering the hidden button show action.

Is your script the only thing that triggers it? Are there other show scripts operating on your page?

I would recheck the hidden button properties to make sure it is hidden and check to make sure the various mouse actions do not inadvertantly have a show action.

Good luck with this

Graham

Lar and Graham. Thank you both for taking the time to answer my post. I just spent 30 minutes answering every question or comment, but when I click on "Preview" it took me to a page that said... "Internet explorer cannot display this page." When I clicked to go back it had wiped out everything I had written. I have a trouble ticket into DigitalWork now.

I have edited what I wrote earlier so I could add the text below...

How about a little help guys… I need a very simple countdown counter, no count up, just countdown only. Show me how and I promise I’ll learn from it. This is what I am trying to accomplish.

A script for… (This is a countdown timer for cooking)

(1) a text box (variable) to put in how many Hours the clock should run.
(2) a text box (variable) to put in how many Minutes the clock should run.
(3) I would like to have seconds show on the screen, but just to let the user know at a glance that it’s running, but not have a field to put seconds into like the hrs. & min.
(4) Make a button show. (I’ll have a hidden button which will play a tune and show a hidden text field.
(5) Make sure that the hiddenbutton.Show() does not show until the clock reaches (0 hours) and (0 minutes) and (0 seconds)

That’s it very simple yet I have not been able to make it work…

It is very nice of people who can write script, take the time to show others how to do things, but in my case you’re showing me 3rd year algebra when I’m still learning 9th grade math. As a result I haven’t been able to pick out the something simple to use because it does more than I need for it to, and doesn’t do what I do need.

Lar, I downloaded your Countdown Timer this after noon. It was the perfect case in point. I have worked on this for a week now with very little progress. I can never get everything working right. If you write this very simple script for me and place it in the tutorials people will understand how… better. Maybe it’s me. You guys are teaching seniors in college and I’m still in high school… (that was a metaphor, I really did finished college)

Thank you both for taking the time to try and help me. It is most appreciated!

It will look like this...

MAIN SCREEN WITH TIMER ICON (icon would be available in several locations)


TIMER SCREEN 1


Once the start button is pushed then the first screen will be replaced with the second timer screen.

TIMER SCREEN 2


Thanks again guys. Once I get the countdown timer to working I feel it will greatly enhance the program...
Dennis Pitts…

Denn, it's late here now... I'll get back to this hopefully later in the weekend.

My experience with timer scripts is that they are relatively simple by the time you get to the result you want. Getting there is another thing
Some of it is figuring out 59 minutes or 60 minutes in relation to the seconds. Other things to fiddle with are the display and formatting.

Thank you Lar... I wish there was some way I could show you my appreciation. If I had money I would pay you, but I don't. I'm retired and my social security check is barely enough to pay the bills every month. Do you have a website that I can link to within the recipe book? I would certainly like to give you credit.

Also please note that when I said all I need is a simple countdown timer, I did not mean that it would be simple to write. Trust me, I have spent days working on it without success. What I meant was that I didn't need the bells and whistles that all of the other counters seem to have.

A rough and ready countdown.

Mack

PERFECT As usual.

Thank you very much Mack. I have already inserted it into my program and it couldn't be any better... Thanks also for showing me exactly where to put my hiddenbutton to show.

If you would like to see what I did with your script you can download it here...
http://planetdenn.com/pd-RecipeBook/pd-RecipeBookTimer.exe
I still have a help screen / credit screen to add, but it is fully functional like it is... Thanks again Mack...

Denn,
Glad you got it working... definitely Mack is the go-to guy.

Now all you have to do is give the user multiple cooking and prep timers, progress bars, and synch that all to correlate display with a real time clock.

Hi Denn,

Glad it works. Just one suggestion - why not use a more realistic digital clock font -

http://www.1001fonts.com/digital+clock-fonts.html

Mack

Mack,

I had not finished the Timer when I first posted it, and then my site was down for a couple of days. My intentions were to use the digital font I had used on the screenshots above. Also at that point I had not inserted a help page, though I do have a help page for the Timer within my pd-RecipeBook program. If you download the updated version, or just click on run after clicking the link...
http://planetdenn.com/pd-RecipeBook/pd-RecipeBookTimer.exeYou can see the changes. This is of course ver 1, and I'm sure I'll add to it later. Thanks again for your help. (help screen access is a ? mark in the lower right hand corner of both screens. The help will show even if the clock is running...

Disregard