I have a collector window that need to display the current system time.

I need it to update in real time so a user walking up to the screen can see the current system time displayed without any user action.

Anyone know how I can do this?

This screen may be idle for long periods of time between users. It is for a bar coding and time clock workstation application.

Thanks for your help

Ed

One approach is to have your window do a continuous call to a specific part of the commuter. This routine stores the last time it checked in a register. After a sufficient time, have it put a up a bordered message window ("UB") to which you continuously print the time. Make sure you include a Yeld() statement if this will run on W95 or NT stations. Exit the routine by checking for a specific keypress (Input statement)

Or, but in a post-index, replace index call that prints the time, checks for a keystroke, prints the time, checks for a keystroke and so on.

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I used to have a time display on my screen at all times. It was loaded using a TSR. I think this will probably be your simplest solution. I no longer have this TSR, but I'm sure with a little searching you can find/write one.

Thanks for all the suggestions. I think I will try the TSR route. I bet I can find one on the web. Being new to AREV programming I was not sure if there was an easy way that I was not seeing.

Thanks

Ed

You could use a Smart Label in the collector window. Create a prompt.

Highlight it, F4, F2 to change the prompt to a label. Highlight again

and F4, F2 to change label to Smart Label, which requires a code and

command. To display this system time in HH:MM format, use code=! and

command=TIME. I don't know if you can change the format to HH:MM:SS.

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