Countdown HH:MM:SS

[James Hurley]

Roger,

I forgot the stop clause. Maybe:

if field 1 is "0:0:0"  then --or whatever
  --Do your business
else
   send countDown to me in 1 sec
end if	

> Roger
> 
> Is this what you are looking for?
> 
> on mouseUp
>   set itemdel to ":"
>   put the long time into tTime 
>   put char 1 to -4 of tTime into field 1
>   convert tTime to dateItems
>   set the hms of me to tTime
>   countDown 
> end mouseUp
> 
> on countDown 
>   put the hms of me into temp
>   subtract 1 from item -2 of temp
>   --The dateItems will take care of the negative seconds
>   convert temp to dateItems
>   set the hms of me to temp
>   put temp into tDisplayTIme
>   put item -4 to -2 of   tDisplayTIme into temp2
>   replace "," with ":" in temp2
>   put temp2 into field 1
>   send countDown to me in 1 sec
>   --Change the "1 sec" to "1 Minute" when you are sure it works for you.
> end countDown
> 
> Jim Hurley
>