Hi everybody (hi Dr.Nick!)
I'm trying to create a pretty simple program that basically is a timer.
I have three sets of labels, lbl_seconds, lbl_minutes and lbl_hours.
These labels have the default value of 00:00 and I want the timer to change that for each label. I have googled this but I cannot seem to find any good info on it. Do I need three separate timers? I have also noticed that the timers have their own tick event handler. I guess it's in this that I need to change the value of the label. But I cannot figure out how to do just that. Any quick ideas?
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A:
Use one timer and in event sub change value of your labels.
You need one timer and three counter for seconds, minutes and hours.
Count minutes, then modulo minutes / 60, if return 0 then start count minutes. Modulo minutes/60, if return 0 then start count hours.
bswietochowski
2010-10-21 06:31:13
I've figured out that much myself, as stated in the first post. I've more interested in what the code might look like. I mean, I use a text value of "00:00" in the labels. Which can't be converted to Double just like that, I haven't been able to this far atleast.
Kenny Bones
2010-10-21 06:40:06
In timer tick try to type
bswietochowski
2010-10-21 07:37:11
+1
A:
I think you need something of this sort
Public Function GetTime(Time as Integer) As String
Dim Hrs As Integer 'number of hours '
Dim Min As Integer 'number of Minutes '
Dim Sec As Integer 'number of Sec '
'Seconds'
Sec = Time Mod 60
'Minutes'
Min = ((Time - Sec) / 60) Mod 60
'Hours'
Hrs = ((Time - (Sec + (Min * 60))) / 3600) Mod 60
Return Format(Hrs, "00") & ":" & Format(Min, "00") & ":" & Format(Sec, "00")
End Function
You pass the time (in seconds) you'd like to display on the label's text and the time will be formatted as you like it.
e.g.
lblTime.Text = GetTime(90)
This will display 00:01:30 on the label.
For reference, you can see this project I submitted on FreeVBCode some time ago. The only caveat is the project is in VB6. You should be able to open it in Visual Studio though.
Alex Essilfie
2010-10-21 08:57:44
This was exactly what I was looking for. I managed to mix up some code that works, but this is smooth :)
Kenny Bones
2010-10-21 18:13:43
Sorry, one more question. This Function is for formatting only? It doesn't actually do any counting? I'm just wondering what I should put in the timer_Tick event. Displaying the label in hours:minutes:seconds is all well. But I still want it to actually count as well, using the tick event. I'll look at your project as well though, perhaps get some clues there. Edit: I think I solved it. I declared a global variable as integer and set this to the value of 0 on form_load event. Then in the tick event I set this value to itself + 1. Seems to work just fine :)
Kenny Bones
2010-10-22 07:43:07
Rightly said. The function does formatting only. You'll have to use a variable to store the time and then use a `Timer`'s `Tick` event to control the time (increase/decrease). You'll also have to put in your `Timer.Tick` event, a method call to display the time on the label(s).
Alex Essilfie
2010-10-22 08:31:28