MOCTimer

This event is triggered periodically each 55ms while the application is in idle state. It makes it possible to call procedures periodically. Another application is delayed execution.

Parameters

Parameter	Description
none

Exit value:

none

Remarks

See Also

Example

Let a class "Clock" have a class attribute "Time" of type STRING. We use the "MOCTimer" event to periodically write the current time into that class attribute

ON_EVENT "MOCTimer" {
    CC "Core" GET_CLASS_ID classname:"Clock"
    CC "Core" GET_ATTR_ID classid:(classid) attrname:"Time"
    CC "Application" GET_DATE_TIME time-format:"HH:MM"
    CC "Core" SET_ATTR_VAL objid:(classid) attrid:(attrid) val:(time)
}

Now we define a GraphRep which reads the Time class attribute and displays it as a simple analog clock

GRAPHREP sizing:asymmetrical
SHADOW off
PEN w:0.15cm color:$207060
FILL color:$70c0b0
ELLIPSE x:0cm y:0cm rx:2cm ry:2cm
AVAL set-default:"10:03" time:"Time"
SET zwopi:6.2831853
SET h:(set(v, VAL copy(time, 0, 2)), cond(v >= 12, v - 12, v))
    m:(VAL copy(time, 3, 2))
SET dm:(m / 60) dh:((h ** 60 + m) / 720)
LINE x1:0cm y1:0cm
     x2:(sin(dh ** zwopi) ** 1.4cm) y2:(-cos(dh ** zwopi) ** 1.4cm)
LINE x1:0cm y1:0cm
     x2:(sin(dm ** zwopi) ** 1.8cm) y2:(-cos(dm ** zwopi) ** 1.8cm)

All objects of class "Clock" always display the current time now, i.e. a change of the current time (which happens every minute) instantly updates the symbol on the drawing area.

(see: MOCTimer.png)