Display a timer

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   Hi group!
Is it possible to display a timer/clock on a character based screen? Here is what I want:
When a service rep enters the customer number a timer is triggered. I want to display the seconds as time goes by. 

I don't want to repaint the screen every second to update the display of the clock. I want to see an object of a clock (something like the windows clock) to display while the rep is on the call. When the rep is done with the customer, the press (F)ile and the clock stops.

Is this possible in character based?

Peter G.

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mdsi2000 Members Profile Find Members Posts Groupie Joined: October 12 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 69	Post Options Post Reply Quote mdsi2000 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Display a timer Posted: March 23 2007 at 4:50am
	Hi group! Is it possible to display a timer/clock on a character based screen? Here is what I want: When a service rep enters the customer number a timer is triggered. I want to display the seconds as time goes by. I don't want to repaint the screen every second to update the display of the clock. I want to see an object of a clock (something like the windows clock) to display while the rep is on the call. When the rep is done with the customer, the press (F)ile and the clock stops. Is this possible in character based? Peter G.

PSchellenbach Members Profile Find Members Posts Admin Group Moderator Joined: December 15 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2150	Post Options Post Reply Quote PSchellenbach Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: March 23 2007 at 8:41am
	Hi Peter - This is not an easy thing to do. I suppose you could write a VB program to display a clock. You would probably need to use some API calls to make the clock window "stay on top". Then you could use an AccuTerm escqpe sequence to "run" the clock program, and an AccuTerm script to close it (AppClose). I can't think of another way to handle this without refreshing a small area of the text screen periodically. Doing this strictly in text mode would require some tricky timed-input functionality. Thanks, Pete