Weird RunRev IDE Problem

[Dave]

On 17 Jan 2008, at 15:04, Eric Chatonet wrote:

> From Convert docs:
> If the dateAndTime is a container, the converted date and time is  
> placed in the container, replacing the previous contents. If the  
> dateAndTime is a string, the converted date and time is placed in  
> the it variable.
> So in your case, returned value is not in 'it' but in 'myFieldValue'

Opps! Missed that bit! What happens if you use 0 + myFieldValue?????

(which is how I got around the problem)

All the Best
Dave

>
> Le 17 janv. 08 à 15:54, Dave a écrit :
>
>>> Is that the full code for that handlers?  Where is the value of  
>>> "it" assigned?
>>>
>>
>> Here's the full code for the function:
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------
>> --
>> --  LibiPodTranslateField
>> --
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------
>> function LibiPodTranslateField theFieldName,theFieldValue
>>   local myFieldValue
>>
>>   put theFieldValue into myFieldValue
>>   switch theFieldName
>>   case "DateAdded"
>>   case "ModDate"
>>   case "PlayedDate"
>>   case "TrackSkippedDate"
>>     convert myFieldValue to long date and long time
>>     put it into myFieldValue
>>
>>     break
>>
>>   end switch
>>
>>   return myFieldValue
>> end LibiPodTranslateField
>>
>> After a bit of playing around, I discovered that if I change the  
>> code to use:
>>
>>
>>     convert 60 to long date and long time
>>
>> Then it works, if I use:
>>
>>     convert myFieldValue to long date and long time
>>
>> Then I get the error. How can I pass a seconds value other than a  
>> literal???
>>
>> Also, why, after getting the error can I no longer open the prefs  
>> dialog?
>>
>> Thanks a lot
>> All the Best
>> Dave
>
> Best regards from Paris,
> Eric Chatonet.
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