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Re: Date/Time Picker
« Reply #8 on: Feb 14th, 2014, 04:27am » |
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Wow! That's clever.
Mind you, I am still no nearer understanding the information on that page. Obviously there is SYS"DateTime_SetSystemtime" followed by a comma and then, I presume, a reference to the structure they describe as !param, so SYS"DateTime_SetSystemtime",struc{} and then what? Another comma and GDT_VALID? Do you need GDT_VALID *and* GDT_NONE or just one of them? Are there any trailing zeroes?
No doubt it is all very clear to geniuses like yourself, but to a bear of very little brain like me ....
Anyway, thanks for your help and I'm impressed by that utility. Experimentation is in order, methinks.
Malvern, thanks for your reply, but hasn't the Yahoo thingy died permanently?
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Re: Date/Time Picker
« Reply #9 on: Feb 14th, 2014, 09:23am » |
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on Feb 14th, 2014, 04:27am, KenDown wrote:| Mind you, I am still no nearer understanding the information on that page. Obviously there is SYS"DateTime_SetSystemtime" followed by a comma... |
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The very first paragraph on the MSDN page to which I linked says: "You can send this message explicitly or use the DateTime_SetSystemtime macro". You cannot use macros from BASIC because they are implemented in C (and are defined in C header files)! The relevant part is "send this message explicitly" - that's what you need to do from BBC BASIC.
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It's nothing to do with being a genius, but all about using your common sense.
The relevant Wiki article shows you how to send the DTM_GETSYSTEMTIME message to the control, so it's only a matter of making a trivial modification to send DTM_SETSYSTEMTIME instead. I'd prefer you to understand exactly what you are doing and why, but in this particular case it's not essential.
This was the point I was making about the BB4W documentation giving you sufficient information to work out for yourself what to do.
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The BB4W Yahoo! group is still a valuable repository for files, and I still post announcements there. I have no intention of closing it, not least because that would mean moving the entire BB4W Files archive somewhere else.
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Re: Date/Time Picker
« Reply #10 on: Feb 18th, 2014, 7:02pm » |
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Really? I've just clicked on the "Discussion Group" option in BB4W help, which used to take me to that site, and I find a message "This group is temporarily closed to new messages etc" and no way that I can see of accessing the content that used to be there.
I have signed in and although I can now access correspondence, I can't reply to anything and there is no archive of programs that I can see.
Incidentally, I'd be happy to try running all my programs on v.6 if you felt that would be useful.
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Re: Date/Time Picker
« Reply #11 on: Feb 18th, 2014, 9:29pm » |
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on Feb 18th, 2014, 7:02pm, KenDown wrote:| I've just clicked on the "Discussion Group" option in BB4W help, which used to take me to that site, and I find a message "This group is temporarily closed to new messages etc" |
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That's right, it's currently closed to new messages. But you can still read all the archived messages, you can upload and download files, in fact I think you can do everything except post new messages. Of course you've got to navigate the 'Neo' interface, but there's nothing I can do about that!
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I don't think you responded to my request for volunteers, did you? If you had you would be on my BB4W v6 email mailing list, and you're not.
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Re: Date/Time Picker
« Reply #12 on: Feb 19th, 2014, 04:26am » |
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No, I only just noticed the message about volunteers. If I'm too late, that's fine. I hope, however, that it reassures you that there is still interest in your work.
I couldn't find the area where files are uploaded or downloaded, but that may be due to the new interface.
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Re: Date/Time Picker
« Reply #13 on: Feb 19th, 2014, 08:23am » |
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on Feb 19th, 2014, 04:26am, KenDown wrote:| No, I only just noticed the message about volunteers. |
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I tried to disseminate the information as widely as possible. The message was sent to members of the Yahoo group (with at least 'Special Notices' enabled), to every member of the Wiggio group, and to every member of this forum (with email notifications allowed).
I would therefore have expected most 'interested' BB4W users to have received three copies of the email! If you received none, it would imply that you have disabled email notifications on all three groups, even Special Notices. 
Quote:| If I'm too late, that's fine. I hope, however, that it reassures you that there is still interest in your work. |
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It's possible that there will be a second phase of testing with a larger number of people involved.
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I don't know how you can miss it. The header (immediately below the banner) says 'Conversations Photos Files More': just click on 'Files'!
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Re: Date/Time Picker
« Reply #14 on: Feb 19th, 2014, 4:55pm » |
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Oh, I'm sure it is probably my fault. I don't log in here very often.
So far as I know, I haven't disabled anything - and can see no reason why I would disable communication from a most valued source.
Anyway, not to worry. I'm glad to help if I can.
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