Time input simplified

[carlsson]

I would like my users to input the time in the format HHMM (ie, just numbers, without any delimeter), and it should automatically convert it to correct time format. I have experimented a bit with this, but can't get it to work 100%. 

Eg; with the below calculation it works for all times after noon. Ie, "1215" converts it correctly to 12:15, but "0830" will not (it will be converted to "83:00").

Let ( $Timein = GetAsText ( indata ) ; 
Time ( Left ( $Timein ; 2 ) ; Middle ( $Timein ; 3; 2 ) ; "00" ) 
)

 

Is there anyone that already have done this satisfactory? 

[Steve Martino]

What do you want to see if it’s 12:15am, and how should it be entered?

Are you counting on the user to correctly enter 0015?

Maybe double pop ups, tied to value lists-one for hours, one for minutes.

Edited June 5, 2019 by Steve Martino

[carlsson]

1215am should be seen as 00:15 (because we use 24h format in Sweden where I am).

Yes, the user will enter 0015 as the input data. No more, no less.  

 

[Steve Martino]

Google 'FileMaker Time Picker'  

Here's a few:

https://www.filemakermagazine.com/videos/time-picker-widget

http://www.modularfilemaker.org/module/time-picker/

http://www.modularfilemaker.org/module/time-picker/

https://hbase.net/2018/09/03/time-picker-for-filemaker-go-on-ios/

 

[Fran_g]

This works for me:

Let (
[TimeEntered = Get ( ActiveFieldContents );
TimeCalc = Right("0000" & Filter ( TimeEntered ; "0123456789" );4)];

Left (TimeCalc; 2 ) & ":" & Right ( TimeCalc ; 2 )

 )

Edited June 6, 2019 by Fran_g
added info - used as script trigger OnObjectValidate

[comment]

I would use two fields for this:

• TimeEntry (Number)
• Timefield (Time)

Define Timefield to auto-enter calculated value (replacing existing value) =

Time ( Div ( TimeEntry ; 100 ) ; Mod ( TimeEntry ; 100 ) ; 0 )

On the layout, place TimeEntry behind Timefield and make Timefield non-enterable.

[comment]

3 hours ago, Fran_g said:

This works for me:

it did not work for me. I see now that you have added that it needs to be entered via a script trigger. This could work, but there is a problem: suppose user enters "1245". This is correctly converted to time 12:45:00 and displayed as 12:45. Now if user clicks into the field and corrects the entry to 12:50:00, the result will be time 50:00:00. I believe this could be fixed (as well as simplified a bit) by making the script set the time field to =

Let ( [
entry = Get ( ActiveFieldContents ) ;
n = Filter ( entry ; "0123456789" )
] ;
If ( 
PatternCount ( entry ; ":" ) ; entry ;
Time ( Div ( n ; 100 ) ; Mod ( n ; 100 ) ; 0 )
)
)

 

 

Edited June 6, 2019 by comment

[Fran_g]

It still works for me - I don't have the problem you describe  (FM version 11; Windows 7).

The field is set to select entire contents on entry and formatted to show 12 hour format with AM and PM

As you note, I edited the post to add the  information I forgot to put in the orginal reply about the field having a script trigger attached.

 

[carlsson]

On 6/6/2019 at 7:18 AM, Fran_g said:

This works for me:

Let (
[TimeEntered = Get ( ActiveFieldContents );
TimeCalc = Right("0000" & Filter ( TimeEntered ; "0123456789" );4)];

Left (TimeCalc; 2 ) & ":" & Right ( TimeCalc ; 2 )

 )

Are you sure?

Because when I enter "2030" gives the output "2030:00:00"... 🤔

On 6/6/2019 at 10:02 AM, comment said:

I would use two fields for this:

• TimeEntry (Number)
• Timefield (Time)

Define Timefield to auto-enter calculated value (replacing existing value) =

Time ( Div ( TimeEntry ; 100 ) ; Mod ( TimeEntry ; 100 ) ; 0 )

On the layout, place TimeEntry behind Timefield and make Timefield non-enterable.

 

If two fields are needed, then I have to use two fields. I would of course rather only have one field, but I have also thought that this maybe would be necessary...

On 6/5/2019 at 9:20 PM, Steve Martino said:

Google 'FileMaker Time Picker'  

Here's a few:

https://www.filemakermagazine.com/videos/time-picker-widget

http://www.modularfilemaker.org/module/time-picker/

http://www.modularfilemaker.org/module/time-picker/

https://hbase.net/2018/09/03/time-picker-for-filemaker-go-on-ios/

 

 

Still, these are time pickers. I would rather just use a simple input field with four numbers, that is converted to a correct time.

[comment]

52 minutes ago, carlsson said:

I would of course rather only have one field,

One field with a script trigger, as suggested by @Fran_g (with my correction), can work - see the atached demo.

Note that leading zeros are not required.

TimeEntry.fmp12