Configuring a User Input Animation for a Time Value

You can configure an element with a user input animation for a time value.

To configure an element with a user input animation for a time value

1. Select the element.

2. On the Special menu, click Edit Animations. The Edit Animations dialog box appears.

3. Click the Add icon and select User Input. The user input animation is added to the Animation list and the User Input state selection panel appears.

4. Click the Time button. The Time Value User Input configuration panel appears.

5. In the Time box, type an equipment.item reference or browse for one by using the browse button.

6. In the Message to User box, type a value, equipment.item reference or expression. This is the text that appears as prompt on the time value input dialog box at run time.

7. Verfiy that the input mode of the Message to User box is set correctly. Click the Input Mode icon to set a static value or an equipment.item reference or expression.

8. Specify that the Input dialog box appears by pressing a key or key combination. In the Shortcut area. Select a shortcut key in the Key list. Select CTRL and/or SHIFT to combine the shortcut key with the Ctrl key and/or Shift key.

9. If you don’t want the time value display element to show the time input result on the canvas, select Input Only.

10. To use the current date and time as default, select Use Current Date/Time as Default.

11. Select:

    • Use Input Dialog to use the Time User Input dialog box at run time to type date and time values in individual boxes.

    • Use Calendar to use the Time User Input dialog box at run time to type a date with the calendar control.

12. If you select Use Input Dialog to type the time value, you can select:

    • Date and Time to type date and time.

    • Date to only type a date.

    • Time to only type a time.

      Select Show Seconds if you also want to input seconds.

13. If you want to format your text after input, type a valid text format in the Text Format box. Use the following letters to set the time format:

    h	The one or two-digit hour in 12-hour format.
    hh	The two-digit hour in 12-hour format. Single digit values are preceded by a zero.
    H	The one or two-digit hour in 24-hour format.
    HH	The two-digit hour in 24-hour format. Single digit values are preceded by a zero.
    t	The one-letter AM/PM abbreviation ("AM" appears as "A").
    tt	The two-letter AM/PM abbreviation ("AM" appears as "AM").
    m	The one or two-digit minute.
    mm	The two-digit minute. Single digit values are preceded by a zero.
    s	The one or two-digit seconds.
    ss	The two-digit seconds. Single digit values are preceded by a zero.
    d	The one or two-digit day.
    dd	The two-digit day. Single digit day values are preceded by a zero.
    ddd	The three-character day-of-week abbreviation.
    dddd	The full day-of-week name.
    M	The one or two-digit month number.
    MM	The two-digit month number. Single digit values are preceded by a zero.
    MMM	The three-character month abbreviation.
    MMMM	The full month name.
    y	The one-digit year (2001 appears as "1").
    yy	The last two digits of the year (2001 appears as "01").
    yyyy	The full year (2001 appears as "2001").

    Note: You can use any other characters, except "g" in the property. These characters then appear at design time and run time in the control.

14. Click OK.

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