Countup timer

jbhildi

A client has asked for a timer to show how long he has been recording for on a DVD.
I'm assuming a timeline is the correct way to go, starting when the record button is pressed and killing the timeline when the stop button is pressed.
I'm new to timelines and was wondering if anyone has done this sort of thing and has any tips.
thanks in advance

Barry

kbeattyAMX

You could use timeline_set or timeline_get (1/100 sec) or the older get_timer and set_timer (1/10 Sec). If you use the older set_timer. there is less coding involved and its already an existing background timer. No timelines would need to be created.

VLCNCRZR

Presenter Timer

Here is a little subroutine that I use for a certain client who wants each
presenter to progressively know how long they have been speaking.

Maybe you can modify it to fit your need.


//PRESENTER TIMER FUNCTION
{
TIMER_DISPLAY = (GET_TIMER /600)
WAIT(600)
SEND_COMMAND TP,"'^TXT-9,1&2,',ITOA(TIMER_DISPLAY)"
}
PUSH[TP,10] //RESET TIMER
{
SET_TIMER (0)
SEND_COMMAND TP,"'^TXT-9,1&2,','0'"
TO[TP,BUTTON.INPUT.CHANNEL]
}

jjames

What's all this GET_TIMER, SET_TIMER stuff? Is this new?!?

VLCNCRZR

These are old AXCESS keywords that I couldnt bear to part with.

Easy and accurate!

kbeattyAMX

You could find the commands in NS2 under Help NS Keywords,

jjames

VLCNCRZR wrote: »

These are old AXCESS keywords that I couldnt bear to part with.

Ahh - the reason why I never heard of them - I've never programmed AXCESS!

Just looked them up though . . . they look interesting.

jbhildi

thanks

Hi all,

thanks for that.
Must admit I'd forgotten about get_timer etc. Years since I used them.

Barry

DHawthorne

jjames wrote: »

What's all this GET_TIMER, SET_TIMER stuff? Is this new?!?

Quite old, actually. I've never used them, though our old Axcent programmer used them a lot, so I gained familiarity when I took over his code. The one problem is that it is a single global timer; you can't have multiple timers going with those keywords. Or, let me amend that, you can't that I am aware of .