clock and echo problem

[Gabriela Cruz]

Hi Jotapan,

I need to do something similar with what you did, I guess... To display a 
clock for the entire slide presentation. Did you sorted it out? Do you a 
have a script sample that I could have a look at?

Thank you very much!

Gaby

On Wednesday, September 5, 2012 2:53:28 AM UTC+1, jotapan wrote:
>
> Hi to all,
>
> I have been trying for some time to add a countdown clock display in my 
> programs that informs the participant on how long he(she) still has to 
> respond in a given task (e.g., during a slide presentation). I have 
> extensivelly looked in the forums for this information. I found a specific 
> post where 2 suggestions are presented (Displaying a countdown timer for 
> participants, originally posted on/ I was able to work around the script 
> /). I could not get the first suggestion to work... I was able to  work 
> around the script provided in the e-prime countdown sample, although it is 
> not perfect; the countdown example deals with seconds and I need minutes. 
> So instead of having "lnCountTime = (lnEndTime - Clock.Read) / 1000", I 
> have lnCountTime = (lnEndTime - Clock.Read) / 60000. Not perfect but ok.
>
> However, I get an echo problem with this. I want the participant to be 
> able to see all the responses he(she) is providing throught the task and 
> them have them disappear when the program moves to the next slide. To get 
> the countdown clock to work I have to set the duration of the slide to 0. 
> If I set the "time limit" to "same as duration" it assumes the 0 duration 
> and so the echo is not displayed anymore... is there a way to add in the 
> inline a command to finish the echo when the time is up?  
>
> Simply displaying a clock on the slide for the entire slide presentation 
> would work for me as well (instead of the countdown clock) and could help 
> solve the echo problem. Is there a simple way to get a clock being 
> displayed on a slide?
>
> I really appreciate all the help I can get on this.
>
> Jotapan
>

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