Countdown Timer

 

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This is a basic countdown timer. You need to place one copy on a non field item as the master counter and then one on each field you want to use to display the results.

--Copyright 1999 Chuck Neal --chuck@mediamacros.com --If you find this code helpful, send me an e-mail and let me know. :-) property spriteNum, cYear, cMonth, cDay, cHour, cMin, cSec, whatItem on getPropertyDescriptionList me   p_list = [:]   if [#field, #text].getOne(sprite(the currentSpriteNum).member.type) = 0 then     --not a text or field member, use as the counter "base"     p_list.addProp(#cYear, [#format : #integer, #comment : "Countdown year (in 4 digit format):", #default : 2000])     p_list.addProp(#cMonth, [#format : #symbol, #comment : "Countdown month:", #default : #January, #range : [#January, #February, #March, #April, #May, #June, #July, #August, #September, #October, #November, #December]])     p_list.addProp(#cDay, [#format : #integer, #comment : "Countdown Day:", #default : 1, #range : [#min : 1, #max : 31]])     p_list.addProp(#cHour, [#format : #integer, #comment : "Countdown Hour:", #default : 0, #range : [#min : 0, #max : 23]])     p_list.addProp(#cMin, [#format : #integer, #comment : "Countdown minute:", #default : 0, #range : [#min : 0, #max : 59]])     p_list.addProp(#cSec, [#format : #integer, #comment : "Countdown second:", #default : 0, #range : [#min : 0, #max : 59]])     p_list.addProp(#whatItem, [#format : #symbol, #comment : "What item is this?:", #default : #Master, #range : [#Master]])   else     --is a field, which one?     p_list.addProp(#whatItem, [#format : #symbol, #comment : "What item is this?:", #default : #Day, #range : [#Day, #Hour, #Min, #Second, #All, #UntilSince]])   end if   return p_list end on exitFrame me   if whatItem = #master then     --only run on the master control     theMonth = [#January, #February, #March, #April, #May, #June, #July, #August, #September, #October, #November, #December].getOne(cMonth)     theDays = date(cYear, theMonth, cDay) - the systemDate     theTime = getTime()     if theDays > 0 then       --before the day       beforeAfter = "before"     else if theDays < 0 then       --after the day       beforeAfter = "after"     else       --same day, dig deeper       if theTime[1] > cHour then         beforeAfter = "after"       else if theTime[1] < cHour then         beforeAfter = "before"       else         --same hour, dig deeper         if theTime[2] > cMin then           beforeAfter = "after"         else if theTime[2] < cMin then           beforeAfter = "before"         else           --same min, dig deeper           if theTime[3] > cSec then             beforeAfter = "after"           else             beforeAfter = "before"           end if         end if       end if     end if     timeList = getDate(me, theDays, theTime, beforeAfter)     sendAllSprites(#updateCount, timeList, beforeAfter)   end if end on updateCount me, timeList, beforeAfter   case whatItem of     #Day :       sprite(spriteNum).member.text = string(timeList[1])     #Hour :       sprite(spriteNum).member.text = string(timeList[2])     #Min :       sprite(spriteNum).member.text = string(timeList[3])     #Second :       sprite(spriteNum).member.text = string(timeList[4])     #All :       sprite(spriteNum).member.text = timeList[1] && "," && timeList[2] & ":" & timeList[3] & ":" & timeList[4]     #UntilSince :       if beforeAfter = "after" then         sprite(spriteNum).member.text = "Since"       else         sprite(spriteNum).member.text = "Until"       end if   end case end on getTime me   baseTime = the long time   the itemDelimiter = ":"   thisHour = integer(baseTime.item[1])   thisMin = integer(baseTime.item[2])   thisSec = integer(baseTime.item[3].char[1..2])   numChars = baseTime.char.count   amPm = baseTime.char[(numchars - 1)..numChars]   if amPm = "pm" then     if thisHour < 12 then       thisHour = thisHour + 12     end if   else     if thisHour = 12 then       thisHour = 0     end if   end if   return [thisHour, thisMin, thisSec] end on getDate me, theDays, theTime, beforeAfter   if beforeAfter = "before" then     theSec = cSec - theTime[3]     theMin = cMin - theTime[2]     theHour = cHour - theTime[1]   else     theSec =theTime[3] - cSec     theMin = theTime[2] - cMin     theHour = theTime[1] - cHour   end if   if theSec < 0 then     --wrap around and borrow from the minutes     theSec = theSec + 60     tOffset = 1   else     tOffset = 0   end if   theMin = theMin - tOffset   if theMin < 0 then     --wrap around and borrow from hours     theMin = theMin + 60     tOffset = 1   else     tOffset = 0   end if   theHour = theHour - tOffset   if theHour < 0 then     --wrap around and borrow from the days     thehour = 24 + theHour     tOffset = 1   else     tOffset = 0   end if   theDays = theDays - tOffset   return [theDays, theHour, theMin, theSec] end on getBehaviorDescription me   describe = "This is a basic countdown behavior. Drop it on a non text/field member to set up the master timer and then drop it on each field/text member you want to use to display."   describe = describe & return & "Once it passes the date it can turn a field from saying " & quote & "Until" & quote & " to one saying " & quote & "Since" & quote   return describe end