current time

[jamesooooo]

Is there a way i can display the current time on the screen in real time? i tried a calculated field with status(currenttime) but it is like a clock with no battery. hehe and ideas? i want to use it to display something in real time based on the current time.

[jamesooooo]

Is this not possible? or is it so easy i am missing something?

[Anatoli]

FM doesn't have events available for this. Unstored calculation will recalculate the time when the field is first time displayed. In that moment the time is correct.

Don't you have computer where clock is displayed?

[Lee Smith]

Hi James

Check out a file called "Clock" by: Steve Wilmes at this URL:

http://www.fmfiles.com/enduserhom11.html

Lee

[DonH]

Anatoli, read the question. He wants to change something on the screen based on the time. Maybe at noon he wants a message to come up saying "LUNCH TIME!"

Anyway, this brings to mind a question, can FM run Java or Javascripts? That would add functionality like clocks.

[jamesooooo]

You got it don.. hehe I looked at that example Lee thanks. It just runs a loop that sets a field to status(currenttime) but i tried that and it stops me from being able to run other scripts etc. is there a way around that? i put a pause in there.

[Lee Smith]

Hi James,

The reason I referred you to the "Clock" was because, in the information, or about, in the file, Steve does a great job of explaining what the problems are in doing this with in FileMaker.

Also, as:

Anatoli said:

FM doesn't have events available for this. Unstored calculation will recalculate the time when the field is first time displayed.

If you have the Everything CD, and are on a Macintosh, there is a AppleScript file called: Alarms by: Bruce Robertson.

The only other thing that might work would be to check out the event type of plugins and see if one of those will do it.

HTH

Lee

[jamesooooo]

I am using windows xp. I will look into the plugins. and suggestions on one?