@T"mmm-dd-yyyy hh.mm.ss", mask quest

Hi,

I have a question about the masks in the macro parameters. First, the help says:

>>>@T" " - Returns current date and time. The actual representation depends on the mask. >>
MessageBox("@T"mmm-dd-yyyy hh.mm.ss"")
Wait 10
MessageBox("@T"mmm-dd-yyyy hh.mm.ss"")
Wait 10
MessageBox("@T"mmm-dd-yyyy hh.mm.ss"")
Wait 10
<<<

When I run the script, the time never seems to change between references to the @T"mask" macro. Are HH, MM, and SS valid masks with the macros? I didn't see them in the help, but yet the MessageBox() statements above do report hours, minutes, seconds. It just seems that the "time" the mask is referencing doesn't update on the second and third calls to the macro.

Any ideas? I'm using V3.3.1.

Robert

The mask is valid. It is just the macro-parameters are substituted with the values just before the job is started. That's why all values are the same.

To get the real-time values use "Today" and "Now" methods

Example:

Dim( time_now, time )
Now( time_now )
MessageBox( time_now )
... some long processing here ...
Now( time_now )
MessageBox( time_now )

: Hi,

: I have a question about the masks in the macro parameters. First, the help
: says: MessageBox("@T"mmm-dd-yyyy hh.mm.ss"")
: Wait 10
: MessageBox("@T"mmm-dd-yyyy hh.mm.ss"")
: Wait 10
: MessageBox("@T"mmm-dd-yyyy hh.mm.ss"")
: Wait 10
: <<<

: When I run the script, the time never seems to change between references to
: the @T"mask" macro. Are HH, MM, and SS valid masks with the
: macros? I didn't see them in the help, but yet the MessageBox() statements
: above do report hours, minutes, seconds. It just seems that the
: "time" the mask is referencing doesn't update on the second and
: third calls to the macro.

: Any ideas? I'm using V3.3.1.

: Robert