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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.