new time/date display plugin

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jdgordon

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gday all...
i think ive figured out the plugin stuff which means lots of fun coding for me :) (btw not being able to debug plugins the "normal" way really sux..)

so my first plugin lets u choose exactly how u want to display the date/time..

look here for info on how to display the time (everything there down to tt apart from z and zzz are available) but currently only 24 hour time works...

eg u could display the time on the first row as "hh:nn:ss" or "h:nn.ss" etc.. and the date as "dd mmm yy"...

any letters that arnt on that page will get copied directly into displayed string... (if u want to display a letter which can be converted u need to put a % in front of it)

ok so how do u use this?
dump the attached dll into the service folder with the rest of them then make a screen which has something like this in it
[from00]
from="jdg_time.ini"
sec="time-#"
opt01="id=@01"
opt02="format=dd mmm yyyy"
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id and format are the only 2 options available (i will add translation support for the month and day names if ppl want it)

im 90% sure it doesnt crash or freeze the service, but because it is such a pain to test every combination i havnt...

new version...

recompiled wiith the new libs
fixed 12pm being shown as am (as in lunch time, not midnight...)
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jdgordon

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ok, ive updated it to use 12 hour time.. but u have to have one of the 4 am/pm charcters after the time in the format string to work...

to show am or pm add "ampm" to the format sring... "ap" is the same but only the letter a or p.. "AMPM" and "AP" is the same but capitals...

this is what my display screen
[pre]
rows=2
cols=16

[screen]
screen_name="Date/Time"
options=0
alt_delay=5000

[from00]
from="jdg_time.ini"
sec="time-#"
opt01="id=@01"
opt02="format=ddd dd mmm yyyy"

[from01]
from="cc2_time.ini"
sec="time-#"
opt01="id=@02"
opt02="format=hh:nn:ss AMPM"

[r00]
options=5

[r00-i00]
id=@01

[r01]
options=5

[r01-i00]
id=@02
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which shows "Sun 27 Feb 2005" "10:01:40 AM"

(grab it from the first post)
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jc634

Administrator
Perfect!

"Sun 27Feb05" is the format that I prefer and this does it nicely. Your plug-in has found a home on my computer.

You now make me want to go out and get a C compiler (well, almost:) ).

Anyway, congrats on a nice routine to compliment CC2.

You better watch out, tho. You may be inundated with plug-in requests, now.:D

Jim
 
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CF Mark

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Well done :)

jdgordon said:
btw not being able to debug plugins the "normal" way really sux..
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That it does :(
Using the "log_log" function is the easiest way.
If your building a big plugin and do really need to step through it, make it into a simple console app first.
I did with with my game server plugin to make debugging easier, then just copied the code into a plugin when it was ready.
 
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jc634

Administrator
jdgordon,

I am using your time routine with the following format:

format="h:mm AMPM"

It displays the hour and AM/PM correctly. The minutes stays "stuck" at :01. Any ideas as to the problem?

Jim
 
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jc634

Administrator
jdgordon said:
<sarcasm> are u waiting longer than 1 min for it to change??? </sarcasm>
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Actually, i watched it *patiently* for an hour to watch the hour digit turn over!:D

And if you believe that, I do have a certain bridge to sell...:p

Jim
 
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daks001

New member
jdgordon said:

so my first plugin lets u choose exactly how u want to display the date/time..

look here for info on how to display the time (everything there down to tt apart from z and zzz are available) but currently only 24 hour time works...

eg u could display the time on the first row as "hh:mm:ss" or "h:mm.ss" etc.. and the date as "dd mmm yy"...

any letters that arnt on that page will get copied directly into displayed string... (if u want to display a letter which can be converted u need to put a % in front of it)
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Are all the output data types strings? If so, is it possible to get output as a number instead? Specifically the h to start off with?
 
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jdgordon

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im going to change it to output the first number as a number, so if u want to use bigchars for the clock u will need to setup 1 time for just the hour, and one for just the minutes... no other way im afraid
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daks001

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jdgordon said:
im going to change it to output the first number as a number, so if u want to use bigchars for the clock u will need to setup 1 time for just the hour, and one for just the minutes... no other way im afraid
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Actually I was just using bigchars because I thought it would only display numerical data and not strings. BUT it turns out that if your h and hh outputs do work in bignums! So I then was trying to plug the hour into another "section" that only accepts numerical data... ;)

It will be quite the event once we can trap time.
 
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jc634

Administrator
jdgordon said:
yep that to :)
actually.. what ill do is add some statis ID's to the plugin to get all the current date/time info without setting anything up manually..
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Actually, it would be nice if you and CC admin could roll both your time libraries into 1.

Jim

Eventually...
 
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jc634

Administrator
jdgordon said:
mines better than his so his will die.. :p

JOKE... relaaax
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Hey, when you're better, admit it!:D

Once you fix the :01 thingy...

FWIW, here is date/time screen. Tell me if anything looks funny...

[pre]
rows=4
cols=20

[screen]
screen_name="Date/Time & Uptime"
options=0
alt_delay=5000

[from00]
from="cc2_time.ini"
sec="time-#"
opt01="id=@01"
opt02="format=ddd ddmmmyy"

[from01]
from="cc2_time.ini"
sec="time-#"
opt01="id=@02"
opt02="format=h:mm AMPM"

[r00]
options=5

[r00-i00]
id=@01

[r01]
options=5

[r01-i00]
id=@02

[r02]
options=5

[r03]
options=5

[r03-i00]
string="Uptime: "

[r03-i01]
id=3451264379
 
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daks001

New member
jc634 said:
Hey, when you're better, admit it!:D

Once you fix the :01 thingy...

FWIW, here is date/time screen. Tell me if anything looks funny...
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Move the screen paragraph to underneath the second from paragraph.


[pre]
[from]
[from]
[screen]
[r]
 
J

jc634

Administrator
daks001 said:
Move the screen paragraph to underneath the second from paragraph.


[pre]
[from]
[from]
[screen]
[r]
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You are correct, but the cc2_service.ini file corrects it?:

[m01-s01]
screen_name="Date/Time & Uptime"
options=0
alt_delay=5000

[m01-s01-r00]
options=5
scroll_speed=250

[m01-s01-r00-i00]
id=1410480285
options=0
length=0

[m01-s01-r01]
options=5
scroll_speed=250

[m01-s01-r01-i00]
id=1887909493
options=0
length=0

[m01-s01-r02]
options=5
scroll_speed=250

[m01-s01-r03]
options=5
scroll_speed=250

[m01-s01-r03-i00]
string="Uptime: "
options=0
length=0

[m01-s01-r03-i01]
id=3451264379
options=0
length=0

Anyway, I will rerun with screen add and see if it changes anything.

Jim
 
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jdgordon

New member
hahaha i found the problem...
mm is for the month NOT the minutes....
its showing 01 coz ur in feb still (00 is jan)
change it to nn and it will work...
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