Darned clock watchers!

[Nancy Palmquist]

Joe Chasan wrote:
> on Unix, in a terminal session, i need a way to constantly display system
> time (hms) on a screen.
> 
> i can put it on screen and have a loop to display or video-sync either
> @entsel or @wef - problem is that while in middle of typing characters
> in a field, i can't force update.
> 
> Background:  timeclock application - users have to swipe a card or type
> some info to clock in/out - they watch until last second possible to get
> whatever maximum benefit is is for themselves - some of them type info into
> field and are waiting until clock strikes certain time before pressing 
> <enter>
> 
> i can't see it worth replacing all input fields on screen (even though
> there's only a few) with inkey or waitkey loops and concatenating to
> reassemble data back into fields, but maybe i'm overthinking this and
> missing some obvious method.
> 
> i also note <DRAW> key code does not force update of time, i guess that's
> an fp design decision.
> 
> FWIW, the server is syncronized to an NTP server on internet - most users
> are on PC's, but windows time syncronization is not as reliable so
> apparently just looking at windows clock wasn't doing it for them.
> 
> --
> -Joe Chasan-                           Magnatech Business Systems, Inc.
> joe - at - magnatechonline -dot- com   Hicksville, NY - USA
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The only time filePro give you any control is in @when stuff or
inkey and waitkey as you determined.

You can make a hot key that they could hit during any data entry fields.

Works best with @wuk* (this will pick up any fields that do not have @wuknn programming)

You update the clock and then stuff them back to the field they were in ussing @fd

But if they are using WINDOWS desktops, seems best to get an app on Windows that runs a big clock in the corner.
Leaving the filepro session alone.

Nancy




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