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Wigand · Post by **Wigand** » 15 Nov 2009, 18:53

Maybe someone would like to use this WorldTimeClock on his SharedSpaceServer

It should show your local time, if you set "longin" to your position on earth.
It is very simple, so no special daylight times or differences in the normal time is
visible, but it is good to see what the time is for different users.

Maybe it could get more improvement...
If the login name of a user containes his position on earth like "Wigand_9" or
an other person "Person_-112", we could show his time directly. It must
be programmed, actually it is not implemented.

More ideas are appreciated

froo · Post by **froo** » 15 Nov 2009, 23:33

Hi Wigand.
Perhaps you could have an input for time zone for users to set.
For example, I think US Eastern is GMT -4
So if you had a dropdown listbox/selection listbox which a user can select.
Each selection corresponds to a number.

Or, allow the user to enter their timezone directly, like: GMT -4
so the vertical bar is correctly positioned.

Really cool! thanks!

EDIT:
The time is correct, but the bar is positioned incorrectly. How can I set that, now?

Froo

Wigand · Post by **Wigand** » 16 Nov 2009, 05:37

froo wrote:Hi Wigand.
Perhaps you could have an input for time zone for users to set.
For example, I think US Eastern is GMT -4
So if you had a dropdown listbox/selection listbox which a user can select.
Each selection corresponds to a number.

Or, allow the user to enter their timezone directly, like: GMT -4
so the vertical bar is correctly positioned.

Really cool! thanks!
Froo

Maybe you (froo) can use your database:
On a "Welcome Port" the user can register and give some of his information, like time zone.
You create a key (a long and crypted key

) out of his information and let him enter the next port. There it is controlled
who enters the space.
The worldclock looks in a loop after the keys and then put the name as a text of the user above the area he lives. So every visitor can look on the clock and sees from where the others are.

froo wrote: EDIT:
The time is correct, but the bar is positioned incorrectly. How can I set that, now?

Froo

What happens if you put your angle (between you and great britain) into
the input field 'longin'? (=longitude in)
Maybe -80 degress for east USA? On my computer it jumps left to east USA or west south america. It still shows 6:30 for the time I am writing this.

pugman 1 · Post by **pugman 1** » 16 Nov 2009, 07:54

Hi Wigand, thanks cool idea , for me it is set wright
maybe while we are both in germany
Thanks again Ralph

Wigand · Post by **Wigand** » 16 Nov 2009, 10:04

I added a new picture from wikipedia. It is better to find the zones.
But be aware the worldclock has now more than 500kb for download.
If it is to much, you have to resize the resolution of the picture.
I tested Shanghai, London and Los Angeles and it seems to fit pretty good.

Wigand · Post by **Wigand** » 16 Nov 2009, 19:51

Now with sun and moon position. Not the exact astronomical position but it
is ok to see where the moon or sun are.

trueBlue · Post by **trueBlue** » 16 Nov 2009, 20:20

Neat project Wigand. I'm getting errors on this version:

Wigand · Post by **Wigand** » 16 Nov 2009, 20:29

That is strange. I had no problems with this line.
Maybe it is a local problem
Try to write the american version like 11-16-2009
or international 2009-11-16 or 2009.11.16
If not, I can do it for you.

Try to change the line like this

mond=360*((DateDiff("s",cdate("11/16/2009 20:15:00"),now())/86400) )/29.53059

On my computer I can change the time format to american but get no error.

Wigand · Post by **Wigand** » 18 Nov 2009, 04:22

After uploading the worldclock to a server, I noticed that it showed the clients time not the servers.
Is it possible by script, to get the servers time? How can I distinguish between server and
client time?

froo · Post by **froo** » 18 Nov 2009, 17:21

Hi Wigand.

At: frooserve.dyndns.org/1111,
look inside the script nodes. I took code from the Windmill object
in the Activities->My Activities library and modified it.

I use code similar to this (this code is in the SDK doc, for Network commands):

StatusObj = Net.GetNodeStatus(Node.FirstSelected());
var status = StatusObj.Param("NtNodeStat");
switch (status)
{
case 0:
strStatus = "Selected object in not in Shared Space";
break;
case 1:
strStatus = "This script runs on server and found that selected object is in Shared Space";
break;
case 2:
strStatus = "This script runs on client and found that selected object is in Shared Space";
break;
}

this is jscript code, but it can be adapted to VBScript. Basically, you are concerned with: case 1.
If status == 1, then you know the server is running the script. So, you insert your time-calculating
code into that section of the script:

case 1:

{
// Add your time calculating code here, since you know the server is executing the script
strStatus = "This script runs on server and found that selected object is in Shared Space";
break;
}

Wigand · Post by **Wigand** » 18 Nov 2009, 17:27

Thank you froo

But as I understand your code right.
You only check if the object is running on server or client.

But my question is: How can I force the script to run on server.
For a worldclock it is necessary to show the servertime.
Later we can add the times of the different users

froo · Post by **froo** » 18 Nov 2009, 21:28

Hi Wigand.
You can force the script command to run on the server, by connecting it to a timer.
On the timer, ensure you have selected: Leave Control.
That submits control of the timer to the server.
That way, when the script executes as a result of the timer submitting a control pulse,
the script is actually running on the server, not the client.

The windmill object in the Activities - My Activities library is setup this way.
Inside the windmill is a timer, which is controlled by the server.

The scene I have at port 1111 is setup the same way.

Wigand · Post by **Wigand** » 19 Nov 2009, 04:36

I tried it on this server (whom is it?)

//98.244.8.157/1109

if I leave control the timer continues to run, but
the displayed time is still the same. I thought it should change
to the servers time.

froo · Post by **froo** » 19 Nov 2009, 04:50

ok.
guess we'll have to look deeper then, into your code if possible.
Basically we need to query the computer's clock, I suppose.

Wigand · Post by **Wigand** » 19 Nov 2009, 16:01

I think we have to accept, that script on TServe works like scripts in a browser.
So we are restricted to use the servers hardware.

Maybe it is possible to use a dll on the server.
But first I will implement input boxes for the clients to choose their timezone.
And the server owner has to put his timezone in. I hope that this will work.

Wigand · Post by **Wigand** » 19 Nov 2009, 18:43

Does someone has an example of the using of comboboxes?
I found Stan's JsManager, but is it really so complicated to access the data of a combobox?

Is it possible to loop the result of a combobox through to an encapsulated script?

I want a combobox for choosing the timezone.

froo · Post by **froo** » 19 Nov 2009, 19:01

Hi Wigand.
The Scene Fluid Controller node, contained in this object,
has a node which manages the data in a combo (dropdown list) box.

The nodes are:

Update Fluids List
reset
ResetOnSceneConstruction
Delete Fluid

You don't need every one of these, but they all show how you manage data in the combo box.

Wigand · Post by **Wigand** » 19 Nov 2009, 19:46

Thank you, I will look in it.

LeonRegis · Post by **LeonRegis** » 22 Nov 2009, 23:50

Oh, thank you!

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