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78 lines
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' Changing the System Date and Time' || .endOfLine || -
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' This program allows you to change the system date and or time by' || .endOfLine || -
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' setting the displayed date and time in the date and time picker control' || .endOfLine || -
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' in the center of the dialog to the desired new date (and / or new' || .endOfLine || -
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' time.)' || .endOfLine || -
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' User Interface' || .endOfLine || -
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' ==============' || .endOfLine || -
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' Two fields on the left of the dialog show the current system date and' || .endOfLine || -
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' time.' || .endOfLine || -
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' Two fields on the right of the dialog show the date and time the system' || .endOfLine || -
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' date and time will be changed to, if the user clicks the okay button at' || .endOfLine || -
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' that point. When there is no change to the system date and time, the' || .endOfLine || -
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' fields are empty and colored greenish as a visual clue that nothing' || .endOfLine || -
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' will change. When there will be a change to the system date and time' || .endOfLine || -
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' the fields are colored reddish.' || .endOfLine || -
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' The new system date and time are specified by changing the date and /' || .endOfLine || -
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' or time in the date and time picker control in the center of the' || .endOfLine || -
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' dialog. This is done through the standard date and time picker user' || .endOfLine || -
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' interface.' || .endOfLine || -
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' This program allows directly entering what are termed 'shortcut'' || .endOfLine || -
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' strings.' || .endOfLine || -
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' When the program starts, the DTP control is set to the current system' || .endOfLine || -
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' date and time. Of course as the dialog executes the system time is' || .endOfLine || -
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' advancing. If the DTP is changed to a new date and / or time, but then' || .endOfLine || -
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' those changes need to be undone, it would be difficult to manually set' || .endOfLine || -
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' the DTP control to the current system date and time. So that operation' || .endOfLine || -
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' is one set of shortcuts.' || .endOfLine || -
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' The other set of shortcuts allows directly changing the DTP display to' || .endOfLine || -
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' some time or date by just typing it in. For instance, to change the' || .endOfLine || -
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' date to May 12, 2050, rather than page through the DTP control to get' || .endOfLine || -
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' there, 5/12/2050 can be typed directly in the DTP control.' || .endOfLine || -
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'' || .endOfLine || -
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' To directly type in the DTP control, use either the F2 key, or mouse' || .endOfLine || -
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' click on the DTP control's display area when the DTP currently has the' || .endOfLine || -
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' focus. This is a (little known?) feature of the DTP control itself.' || .endOfLine || -
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' The valid shortcuts are these:' || .endOfLine || -
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' Reset shortcut:' || .endOfLine || -
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' This shortcut resets any changes to the date and or time to none. It' || .endOfLine || -
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' also resets the date and time picker control to the current system' || .endOfLine || -
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' date and time.' || .endOfLine || -
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' Type 'reset', 'cancel' 'r', or 'c' Case is not significant.' || .endOfLine || -
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' New date and or new time shortcut:' || .endOfLine || -
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' This shortcut allows directly entering a new date, or a new time,' || .endOfLine || -
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' or both.' || .endOfLine || -
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' Formats for new date: mm/dd, or mm/dd/yyyy' || .endOfLine || -
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' Formats for new time: hh:mm, or hh:mm:ss' || .endOfLine || -
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' When both date and time are entered, the date must precede the time.' || .endOfLine || -
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' The date and time must be separated by one or more spaces. It is not' || .endOfLine || -
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' required to enter both a date and a time. Only a new date can be' || .endOfLine || -
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' entered, or only a new time.' || .endOfLine || -
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' Months (mm), days (dd), hours (hh), minutes (mm), or seconds(ss) can' || .endOfLine || -
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' contain a leading 0, but are not required to. I.e., for June 5th,' || .endOfLine || -
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' the new date string can be 06/05, 6/05, 06/5, or 6/5. The year' || .endOfLine || -
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' (yyyy) portion of the new date string is required to be the 4 digit' || .endOfLine || -
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' year. I.e. 6/5/11 is not valid for June 5th 2011.' || .endOfLine || -
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