How do I set ":" option for time?

Former Member over 8 years ago

Ok, I am trying create an option for users to use ":" as a time separator. So basically, when it is true, the hour and minute will have ":" in between them. But when it is false, the minute should start from where the ":" should have been and there should not be a space between hour and minute. What I have done (which doesn't work) is this:

1. Created the relevant stuff on properties.xml

<properties>

		<property id="Separator" type="boolean">true</property>

</properties>

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<string id="Separator">Show Time Separator?</string>

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<setting propertyKey="@Properties.Separator" title="@Strings.Separator">

	<settingConfig type="boolean" />

</setting>

But what should I set within the xxxView.mc file itself? I have tried

if ((App.getApp().getProperty("Separator")) == true) {Colon = ":";}

var sep = Colon;

Which works when it is true, but gives me two big blank space when it is false. See picture:

jim_m_58 over 8 years ago

Looks like if you don't use the colon, you are trying to use something else (a space, null,?)

what you may want to do is something like this:

var sep="";
if (App.getApp().getProperty("Separator")) {sep= ":";}

as I think you were just using whatever was in "Colon" before. The boxes indicate something that's not in the font you are using.

You could also do:

var sep=(App.getApp().getProperty("Separator"))? ":" : "";

but the first way may make it a bit clearer as to what's happening.

jim_m_58 over 8 years ago

Yes, in that line, there's condition. The ? shows the options, and the : that's not in quotes separates the two options

so it's kind of like:

if(x) then sep=":" else sep=""