Hi
I have a program that will give you the static time from the system
here is the code
the only thing i need that i can seem to do is to keep it running contantly in the background so it tells the correct time all the timeCode:#include <iostream> #include <ctime> using namespace std; int main() { time_t current; current = time(0); if (current != static_cast<time_t>(-1)) { cout<< ctime(¤t) <<flush; } }
can anyone help?
Thanks
So what exactly do you want to do? You obviously need a loop in your program. And perhaps it's a good idea to put a sleep in there as to not use up 100% of the CPU time and end up with a clock that is scrolling past so quickly that you can't read it.
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i just want a real time clock that tells the time just like the system clock
Yes, and I'm asking you what part of producing such a thing that you are unable to do. I could of course write the whole thing for you (probably quicker than I could play twenty questions with you to figure out what you need to understand), but it would not serve as a good learning experience for you.
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i am finding it hard for the clock to tick, because at the moment the time is just static, i dont understand how to get it to keep changing to the correct time (if that makes sence)
The posted code contains nothing to repeat the output, so I expect it to output one time value. You need some sort of loop to repeat it.
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if i put a loop round it wont it just put the new time underneith the old time?
Yes. That would be a good start, don't you think.
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ok - ill have a go at it
one more question whilst we are on the subject of my clock - do you know how i can get to time to output on a lable?
What do you mean "label" (or lable)?
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label as it is going on a front end of a display rather and in a command prompt window
You mean the title-bar at the top of the window, yes? You can set that, but it's non-trivial. [Of course, for a "command prompt", you could use a little bit of creativity in a batch-script to make "title" change the name.
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well i could have it there i guess but i meant in a text label that you can input in borland for example if you had a addition game you would have 2 edit boxes to put the numbers in, a button to do the calculation and then the label would output the result the lable where the result is i want to be my time.
Last edited by peckitt99; 11-06-2007 at 07:57 AM.
So, you are talking about a windowed application, yes?
In which case, you'd not be using cout and such, I would presume.
If you are writing a windows app, then I would expect to make it real simple and just use a timer to redraw some text (and check the time inside the redraw function, just to make it simple). But whole setup of a windows app is quite different from a console app.
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