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FormatTime, can't get it correctly.

 
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Smikkel



Joined: 10 Jul 2007
Posts: 23
PostPosted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 5:12 pm    Post subject: FormatTime, can't get it correctly. Reply with quote
Hi, I'm trying to get a variable to be like this :

YYYY-MM-dd(HHhMMmsssec)

... so it would show me : 2007-08-18(18h06m46sec)

I tried using the following :

Code:
FormatTime, Writtendate,, yyyy-MM-dd(HH`hmm`mss`sec)
MsgBox, %writtendate%


But that didn't work ? What did I wrong please ?

Can you please add a working example doing this in the helpfile, right now there's nothing clear about how & which escape characters to use.

For example in the helpfile, this part :
Code:
FormatTime, TimeString
MsgBox The current time and date (time first) is %TimeString%.
will show you this : tralalalala
FormatTime, TimeString, R
MsgBox The current time and date (date first) is %TimeString%.
will show you this : tralalalala
FormatTime, TimeString,, Time
MsgBox The current time is %TimeString%.
will show you this : tralalalala
FormatTime, TimeString, T12, Time
MsgBox The current 24-hour time is %TimeString%.
will show you this : tralalalala
FormatTime, TimeString,, LongDate
MsgBox The current date (long format) is %TimeString%.
will show you this : tralalalala
FormatTime, TimeString, 20050423220133, dddd MMMM d, yyyy hh:mm:ss tt
MsgBox The specified date and time, when formatted, is %TimeString%.
will show you this : tralalalala
FormatTime, TimeString, 200504, 'Month Name': MMMM`n'Day Name': dddd
MsgBox %TimeString%
will show you this : tralalalala
FormatTime, YearWeek, 20050101, YWeek
MsgBox January 1st of 2005 is in the following ISO year and week number: %YearWeek%
will show you this : tralalalala


Adding the green parts will greatly make things clearer for the novice user.
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Ian



Joined: 15 Jul 2007
Posts: 1157
Location: Enterprise, Alabama
PostPosted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 5:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Code:
MsgBox, %A_YYYY%-%A_MM%-%A_DD% (%A_Hour%h%A_Min%m%A_Sec%sec)

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Smikkel



Joined: 10 Jul 2007
Posts: 23
PostPosted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 5:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks a lot dieom, that worked perfectly ! Razz
So actually the line FormatTime, Writtendate,, yyyy-MM-dd(HH`hmm`mss`sec)
ain't needed anymore, great !
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Smikkel



Joined: 10 Jul 2007
Posts: 23
PostPosted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 5:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Just to add, I compiled the following little script
Code:
#NoEnv ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases.
SendMode Input ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability.

Timeformat = %A_YYYY%-%A_MM%-%A_DD%(%A_Hour%h%A_Min%m%A_Sec%sec)
run, regedit.exe /E J:\Boggy\Becky-settings-registry-%Timeformat%.reg "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\RimArts"


a 352 bytes script, but the executable is 412 KB (!!!) (422.734 bytes) big, this is really HUGE for only 4 lines of code. Confused
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SKAN



Joined: 26 Dec 2005
Posts: 5880
PostPosted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 6:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Smikkel wrote:
a 352 bytes script, but the executable is 412 KB (!!!) (422.734 bytes) big, this is really HUGE for only 4 lines of code. Confused


Have you deleted UPX.EXE ? Rolling Eyes
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Smikkel



Joined: 10 Jul 2007
Posts: 23
PostPosted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 6:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Skan wrote:

Have you deleted UPX.EXE ? Rolling Eyes

No, I didn't, it's in the "C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\Compiler" folder. Rolling Eyes
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SKAN



Joined: 26 Dec 2005
Posts: 5880
PostPosted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 6:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
You should not be getting file size over 200K for that kind of code unless UPX.EXE is not working Rolling Eyes
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Smikkel



Joined: 10 Jul 2007
Posts: 23
PostPosted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 1:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
a 4-line script becomming 200kb, what a shame Rolling Eyes
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Lexikos



Joined: 17 Oct 2006
Posts: 2558
Location: Australia, Qld
PostPosted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 5:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Consider this: scripts need AutoHotkey to run. The standard AutoHotkey.exe is 233KB (it's compressed.) AutoHotkeySC.bin, which is put inside every compiled script, is 399KB (before compression.)

With the template script (304 bytes), I get a 201KB exe on lowest compression. On highest compression I get an amazing 201KB exe. Razz If I rename upx.exe, I get 399KB. Clearly if your compiled (4-line) script is that large, upx is either missing or not working.

My question is: why are you even compiling a 4-line script? FYI, you don't need to install AutoHotkey to run uncompiled scripts - you just need AutoHotkey.exe.
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BoBoĻ
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 8:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Quote:
Can you please add a working example doing this in the helpfile, right now there's nothing clear about how & which escape characters to use.

From the helpfile:
Quote:
Letters and numbers that you want to be transcribed literally from Format into OutputVar should be enclosed in single quotes as in this example: 'Date:' MM/dd/yy 'Time:' hh:mm:ss tt

By contrast, non-alphanumeric characters such as spaces, tabs, linefeeds (`n), slashes, colons, commas, and other punctuation do not need to be enclosed in single quotes. The exception to this is the single quote character itself: to produce it literally, use four consecutive single quotes (''''), or just two if the quote is already inside an outer pair of quotes.

So, "Wer lesen kann ist klar im Vorteil!" (AKA RTFM) Wink

FormatTime, Writtendate,, yyyy-MM-dd '(' HH 'h' mm 'm' ss 'sec)'
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