Convert to seconds, why??

[miscdas at boxfrog.com]

François Cuneo writes: 

> Hello, 
> 
>  
> 
> I have a field that show a timer.
> Each clic on the little Arrow, the user obtains 30 seconds more. 
> 
> So the field shows 
> 00:05:00
> I click and after I should obtain
> 00:05:30
> I click and after I should obtain
> 00:06:00 
> 
> I have written this script in the littlearrow 
> 
> 
> on scrollbarLineDec 
> 
>   set the twelveHourTime to false 
> 
>   put cd fld "règletemps" into tampon
>   convert tampon from long time to seconds 
> 
> 
>   put tampon-1053993600 into tampon
>   put tampon +29 into tampon
>   convert tampon from seconds to long time
>   put tampon into cd fld "règletemps"
>     
>   wait 6 ticks
>   
> end scrollbarLineDec 
> 
> If I don't put 
> "put tampon-1053993600 into tampon
>   put tampon +29 into tampon" 
> 
> But only 
> "Put tampon +30 into tampon" 
> 
> All is wrong. 
> 
> Whhhhhyyyyyyy? 
> 
> 
> Thank you! 
> 
> Friendly 
> 
> François 
> 
> François Cuneo
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Mr. Cuneo, 

This script works OK for me in a normal button: 

put field "TimerDisplay" into tTimeToDisplay
 convert tTimeToDisplay from long time to seconds
 add 30 to tTimeToDisplay
 convert tTimeToDisplay from seconds to long time
 put  tTimeToDisplay into field "TimerDisplay" 


miscdas