Count Down Timer

#11

I'm writing this from home. Thanks to everyone for the info. Actually
Harry's first "Loop" script was exactly what I was looking for... it was
exactly what I had forgotten!

Having said that, Bill's idea about an animated GIF interested me. I'm
playing with a simple group of blocks that appear/disappear every 10
seconds.

The purpose of this is a timer that begins a countdown when some
disaster warning is sounded or a disaster occurs. Ideally I'd like to
put a "doomsday clock" in the corner of the layouts I'm using. That does
really mess up data entry on the same layout.

Actually, as I write this I'm thinking about using a Keynote
presentation instead of Filemaker.
Hmmmm?

Thanks again to all of you!
Whit Patrick

#12

In article <srWdnUQa1phlXcfeRVn-1g (AT) comcast (DOT) com>, "Bill Marriott"
<wjm (AT) wjm (DOT) org> wrote:

Quote:

Yes... but why oh why can't FileMaker just animate a silly little GIF file?

Please, no!

Can you imagine all the awful user interfaces with tons of blinking,
winking, waving and flashing button grpahics.

O

;o)

Helpful Harry
Hopefully helping harassed humans happily handle handiwork hardships ;o)

#13

Where would we be today if Apple hadn't enabled ugly desktop publishing?

Bill

"Helpful Harry" <helpful_harry (AT) nom (DOT) de.plume.com> wrote

Quote:

In article <srWdnUQa1phlXcfeRVn-1g (AT) comcast (DOT) com>, "Bill Marriott"
wjm (AT) wjm (DOT) org> wrote:

Yes... but why oh why can't FileMaker just animate a silly little GIF
file?

Please, no!

Can you imagine all the awful user interfaces with tons of blinking,
winking, waving and flashing button grpahics.

O

;o)

Helpful Harry
Hopefully helping harassed humans happily handle handiwork hardships ;o)

#14

In article <tI6dnYG4mq69mcbeRVn-vg (AT) comcast (DOT) com>, "Bill Marriott"
<wjm (AT) wjm (DOT) org> wrote:

Quote:

Where would we be today if Apple hadn't enabled ugly desktop publishing?

Without the "blessing" of Quark existing.
("Blessing" is my way of spelling "blight") ;o)

#15

In case you all missed my post from home, Thanks for the help! The simple
Loop script that Harry showed us in his first response was exactly what I
wanted. I have started playing around with displaying/hiding a series of
blocks on 10 sec intervals.

The purpose of this is to start a countdown for activities when a disaster
has occurred or has been announced.

I have also started looking at creating a new table just for the timer
purpose. That seems to allow entry and editing in other tables.

Thanks again!
Whit Patrick

On 10/21/05 1658, in article BF7ECEB0.74F%wcpatrick (AT) cencoast (DOT) com, "Patrick,
Whit" <wcpatrick (AT) cencoast (DOT) com> wrote:

Quote:

I used to have a simple countdown timer and now I can't duplicate it in
FMP8... A function of my failing mind not a failing of FMP!

Can anyone help me? I just want to start at 2:00:00 and count backwards 1
second at a time.

Thanks
Whit Patrick

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