Is there Digital Clock Component out there?

[Ali Lloyd]

I will try to take a look and hopefully squeeze something in to my next
LiveCode Global session!

On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 5:12 PM Lagi Pittas via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> HI Ali
>
> Thanks for popping in with a vary practical and edifying lesson in the
> power of the widget program/display mechanics.
> Basically OO MVC for widgets with - in this case at least - very low
> coupling.
>
> Maybe you or somebody on the list with greater  Livecode powers than me
>  (not difficult) could create or even jumpstart  an Android  FFI  widget
> around the print to printer functions  in the latest Android.
>
> Specifically some type of widget that we could call to connect to a printer
> on a local network. Writing to specific printers via bluetooth or without a
> wifi network would probably be lot of work.
>
> It would save so much aggravation and be a great addition to the widget
> course and of  much more practical use to me and I dare say others than the
>  battery checker  example - which I would wager is probably more difficult
> -
>
> If I have a need for a widget I ultimately put the time in to  understand
> it better because I will modify it - or add something to it - but the
> battery checker i've just glossed over the code.
>
> The way I've got round my problem at the moment is Windows Tablets but it
> pains me running Windows 10 on an 8 Inch tablet just to make it easy to
> print. - although they work remarkably well.
>
> I'm sure there are others who would like an easy way to connect to a local
> networked printer.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
>
> Kindest Regards Lagi
>
> On 30 June 2017 at 16:47, Ali Lloyd via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>
> > Alternatively, take the clock widget and replace the OnPaint handler with
> >
> > public handler OnPaint()
> > variable tTime as List
> > variable tComponent as Integer
> > repeat with tComponent from 1 up to 3
> > push mCurrentTime[tComponent] formatted as string onto tTime
> > end repeat
> > variable tTimeString as String
> > combine tTime with ":" into tTimeString
> >
> > fill text tTimeString at center of my bounds on this canvas
> > end handler
> >
> > for a digital clock widget. If you're feeling adventurous, make the
> OnPaint
> > handler draw an LCD-style digital display à la Hermann ;-)
> >
> > On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 4:25 PM panagiotis merakos via use-livecode <
> > use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Neat and simple. That's why we love LiveCode :)
> > >
> > > Panos
> > > --
> > >
> > > On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 3:47 PM, hh via use-livecode <
> > > use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > To have it in sync with the system clock:
> > > >
> > > > send "updateClock" to me in (1000 - the millisecs mod 1000) millisecs
> > > >
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