Timer problem

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  13 years ago

  by irishmangiant

  Joe Montague

  , United Kingdom

  Joined 13 years ago

  Hi.

   I have a small problem with a timer function.

  I need it to count down from a point like "08.00.00", and when it hits 0 it has to keep counting,

  but go into minus instead of counting up. Is there any way to solve this.

   Feigling

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  13 years ago

  by genius_supreme

  genius_supreme

  , Malaysia

  Joined 18 years ago

  [quote user="Feigling86"]

   Is there any way to solve this.

  [/quote]

   You can try this.

  Treat each digits as a number and not as a timer value (h:m:s:) when the timer is set to 1seconds the digits are minus with 1

  display: H:M:S

   put the code below in the timer

  S=S-1

  if (S=0) then

      S=60

      if(M=0) then

          M=60

          H=H-1

      else

          M=M-1

       endif

  endif

  not sure if this is what you are looking for

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  13 years ago

  by jefftullin

  Jeff Tullin

  , United Kingdom

  Joined 13 years ago

  A timer does not count.

  It fires events every so often.

  The interval does not really matter very much:

  Your code needs a        start_time       , and a      time_now   variable

  program starts, start_time is set to  Now() + 8 hours

  Display 08:00:00

  Start your timer.

  Every time the timer event triggers,   time_now = start_time - Now()

  Treating time_now as a double, you can divide it by 60, 60 etc to get the number of hours and minutes.

  Each time the timer fires, the number of hours will go down.

  Once it goes past 0, the code should still work and give you negatives. 

   

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  13 years ago

  by irishmangiant

  Joe Montague

  , United Kingdom

  Joined 13 years ago

  Thx to both of you, i will try and see if the solutions work.

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