I have noticed that the SYSTEMTIME is defined 3 slightly different ways.
(1)
Type SYSTEMTIME
def wYear As word
def wMonth As word
def wDayOfWeek As word
def wDay As word
def wHour As word
def wMinute As word
def wSecond As word
def wMilliseconds As word
EndType
(2)
type SYSTEMTIME,2
def wYear:WORD
def wMonth:WORD
def wDayOfWeek:WORD
def wDay:WORD
def wHour:WORD
def wMinute:WORD
def wSecond:WORD
def wMilliseconds:WORD
endtype
(3)
TYPE SYSTEMTIME,2
Word wMillisecondsec,wSecond,wMinute,wHour,wDay,wDayOfWeek,wMonth,wYear
ENDTYPE
What does Optional byte packing value of 2 do for us (comparing 1 to 2). The order of the fields seems reversed between 2 and 3, but they are both used the same. I would think that the fields would be reversed as in (wMillisecondsec = wYear, etc). So, how can this work?
Thanks,
Bill
I've never seen a structure defined like 3 is and yes it does look backwards.
As for packing.
Heres a pretty good discussion about it.
http://www.ionicwind.com/forums/index.php?topic=48.msg420#msg420
Thanks Larry, that did help and thinking back, I do remember having to do that kind of stuff to make programs run quicker.
I have switched one of my programs to use #2 instead of #3 and it comes back with the same date/time info (WEIRD!!!).
Bill
Sample:
Using:
type SYSTEMTIME,2
def wYear:WORD
def wMonth:WORD
def wDayOfWeek:WORD
def wDay:WORD
def wHour:WORD
def wMinute:WORD
def wSecond:WORD
def wMilliseconds:WORD
endtype
Output:
2013-01-25 13:03 2013-01-25 13:03 PSG6090_to_PSV0190.exe
2011-03-22 15:02 2011-03-22 15:02 HGL_Comma_Delimited.exe
2013-06-13 12:20 2013-06-13 12:20 Merge_Multi_Files.exe
2013-01-10 17:19 2013-01-10 17:19 SAR0010-SAG5037.EXE
2010-10-11 11:05 2010-10-11 11:05 SHQ0160_Split.EXE
2010-10-11 11:05 2010-10-11 11:05 SHQ0170_Split.EXE
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Using:
type systemtime,2
word wMillisecondsec,wSecond,wMinute,wHour,wDay,wDayofWeek,wMonth,wYear
endtype
Output:
2013-01-25 13:03 2013-01-25 13:03 PSG6090_to_PSV0190.exe
2011-03-22 15:02 2011-03-22 15:02 HGL_Comma_Delimited.exe
2013-06-13 12:20 2013-06-13 12:20 Merge_Multi_Files.exe
2013-01-10 17:19 2013-01-10 17:19 SAR0010-SAG5037.EXE
2010-10-11 11:05 2010-10-11 11:05 SHQ0160_Split.EXE
2010-10-11 11:05 2010-10-11 11:05 SHQ0170_Split.EXE
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Really don't understand why they both come up with the exact same result for date and time. Really weird.
Bill