WireLess Studio Widgets Developer's Guide

DisplayCurrentTime

This methods enables or disables the display of the time on a WS_LABEL widget.

Parameters

sObjectName

The name of the target widget.

usObjectId

The id of the target widget.

bFormat

Specifies the new format used to display the current time.

Return Value

On success, DisplayCurrentTime returns TRUE, FALSE otherwise. To get extended information, call WStError::GetLastErrorCode.

Remarks

The available formats are:

• WS_TIME_FORMAT_NONE: Default. The current time is not displayed.
• WS_TIME_FORMAT_DD_MM_YYYY: The time is displayed using the format Day/Month/Year.
• WS_TIME_FORMAT_MM_DD_YYYY: The time is displayed using the format Month/Day/Year.
• WS_TIME_FORMAT_DD_MM_YYYY_HH_MM: The time is displayed using the format Day/Month/Year - hour:minutes.
• WS_TIME_FORMAT_MM_DD_YYYY_HH_MM: The time is displayed using the format Month/Day/Year - hour:minutes.

The available formats can be found on the WSTTimeFormats enumeration.

Example

using WirelessStudioOleWidgets;
WStWidget oWidget = new WStWidget();
short iLabelId = 41;
oFactory.CreateWidgetById((short)WSTFactoryConstants.WS_LABEL, iLabelId, "", 0,0, 50, 50, "");
oWidget.DisplayCurrentTimeById(iLabelId, (short)WSTTimeFormats.WS_TIME_FORMAT_DD_MM_YYYY_HH_MM);

Public wsWidget As New WStWidget
...
wsWidget.DisplayCurrentTimeByName "labelTest8", WS_TIME_FORMAT_DD_MM_YYYY_HH_MM
wsWidget.SetBackGroundColorByName "labelTest8", 167, 100, 171
...

See also

ShowBorder | DisplayBatteryLifePercent | Enable

WStWiget class reference | WStForm class reference | WStFactory class reference | WStError class reference