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Beginner Joined: 30 May 2002 Posts: 25 Location: USA

Yeah, me again. Another bout of personal stupidity. I feel as if the answer to this problem is within my grasp, yet still elusive. It would seem straightforward enough...

The MOO outputs a estimated time of arrival in a format similar to "XX minutes and XX seconds" or just "XX minutes" if you catch it on an even 60 seconds or sometimes "XX seconds" if you're within 60 seconds of your destination. So the first hurdle is getting one trigger to capture three different outputs, similar outputs. Or do I use three similar triggers?

Next, I want to have a simple countdown timer in a seperate window or perhaps in a gauge of some sort. It doesn't need to execute a command at 0 or anything fancy, just tell me how long until I get to my destination.

I could use the #MESSage window, but to use it as a countdown timer causes some funky things to happen with other windows (flashing and such). Is there some other way to do this? Should I just use a gauge, then?

And by what method do I get it to display the time? Preferably in a (min):(sec) format.

-McGravin
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SubAdmin Joined: 18 Nov 2001 Posts: 5182

#CLASS {ETACapture} {"enable"}
#VAR ETA {} {0}
#VAR ETAStart {0} {0}
#TRIGGER {(%d) ({minutes|seconds})(*)$} {ETA=0;#IF ("%2"="minutes") {#ADD ETA %eval(%1*60);#IF ("%3"!=%null) { #ADD ETA %word(%trim("%3"),2)}} { ETA=%1};ETAStart=%ctime;#ADD ETA @ETAStart;#T+ ETAGuage}
#CLASS 0

#CLASS {ETACapture|ETAGuage} {"disable"}
#BUTTON 1 {ETA: %eval((@ETA-%ctime)/60) min %mod(%eval(@ETA-%ctime),60) sec} {} {} {} {@ETA-%ctime} {} {} {} {} {} {} {} {} {} {} {Gauge|9|12|@ETA-@ETAStart|0} {} "" {"Explore"|"Inset"} {} {}
#CLASS 0

I put the guage in a sperate class so it can be hidden when not in use. I am assuming that your MOO tells you when you have actually arrived so you can turn the class off and get rid of the button. The colors make it a little hard to read, but I would expect those would have to be adjusted in any case.