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This #GROUP generates the code to actually display the Date and/or Time.

**#GROUP(%DateTimeDisplayCode)**

**    #IF(%DisplayDate)**

**      #IF(%ShowDayOfWeek)**

**        #CASE(%DateDisplayLocation)**

**        #OF('Control')**

**  %DateControl{Prop:Text} = CLIP(DisplayDayText[(TODAY()%%7)+1]) & ', ' &  %|**

**                                 FORMAT(TODAY(),%DateUsePicture)**

**  DISPLAY(%DateControl)**

**        #ELSE**

**  %Window{Prop:StatusText,%DateStatusSection} = CLIP(DisplayDayText[(  %|**

**          TODAY()%%7)+1]) & ', ' & FORMAT(TODAY(),%DateUsePicture)**

**        #ENDCASE**

**      #ELSE**

**        #CASE(%DateDisplayLocation)**

**        #OF('Control')**

**  %DateControl{Prop:Text} = FORMAT(TODAY(),%DateUsePicture)**

**  DISPLAY(%DateControl)**

**        #ELSE**

**  %Window{Prop:StatusText,%DateStatusSection} = FORMAT(TODAY(),%DateUsePicture)**

**        #ENDCASE**

**      #ENDIF**

**    #ENDIF**

**    #IF(%DisplayTime)**

**      #CASE(%TimeDisplayLocation)**

**      #OF('Control')**

**  %TimeControl{Prop:Text} = FORMAT(CLOCK(),%TimeUsePicture)**

**  DISPLAY(%DateControl)**

**      #ELSE**

**  %Window{Prop:StatusText,%TimeStatusSection} = FORMAT(CLOCK(),%TimeUsePicture)**

**      #ENDCASE**

**    #ENDIF**

The #IF(%DisplayDate) structure generates the code to display the date. The #IF(%ShowDayOfWeek) structure detects the programmer's choice to display the day along with the date, then #CASE(%DateDisplayLocation) generates the code to display into a STRING display-only control for the #OF('Control') clause.

The assignment statement concatenates the day of the week (from the DisplayDayText[(TODAY() %% 7)+1] expression) with the formatted date (from the FORMAT(TODAY(),%DateUsePicture) expression) into the STRING(text) property (the %DateControl{Prop:Text} property). The %% generates as a single % (modulus operator) for the TODAY() % 7 + 1 expression to get the correct day of the week text from the DisplayDayText array. The #ELSE clause of the #CASE(%DateDisplayLocation) assigns the same expression to the status bar section the programmer chose for the date display.

The #ELSE clause of the #IF(%ShowDayOfWeek) structure performs the same assignments, without the day of the week. The #IF(%DisplayTime) structure performs the same type of assignments of the formatted time to either a STRING display-only control or the status bar.