[slyfuldragon]

Working on a personal project.
Originally had the file loaded had the program read a number and had trouble converting that number of total seconds into a TimeSpan.

Finally got it working with a simple code, after COUNTLESS tried of different code. lol:

   Dim nmTime As TimeSpan = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(TextBox1.Text)
        TextBox1.Text = nmTime.ToString

Now I'm stuck converting that Timespan (in the DD:HH:MM:SS format) back to a integer of total seconds.
Tried a bunch of codes I could think of but it was time that I had a fresh idea from other people. Any help is much appreciated.

Thanks guys.

[modi123_1]

Wow.. that seems pretty convoluted. Why did you not use the constructor for timespan, fill in a zero for hour.. a zero for minute.. and your seconds into it?

        Dim lSeconds As Int32 = 12

        Dim tsFoo As New TimeSpan(0, 0, lSeconds) '-- hour, minute, seconds
        Console.WriteLine(tsFoo.TotalSeconds.ToString)

        Dim lSecondsReturn As Int32 = 0
        lSecondsReturn = tsFoo.TotalSeconds

        Console.WriteLine(lSecondsReturn)

[CharlieMay]

So what do you have in textbox1.text, I'm just trying to get a grasp of what you're doing and what you want as an end result.

The timespan has a .TotalSeconds property but I'm not sure that's what you're actually after.

[slyfuldragon]

CharlieMay, on 02 February 2012 - 03:43 PM, said:

So what do you have in textbox1.text, I'm just trying to get a grasp of what you're doing and what you want as an end result.

The timespan has a .TotalSeconds property but I'm not sure that's what you're actually after.

Sorry,
Basically I have a file that I load in the program that looks at a particular and set location within that file for a number. That number/integer (Total seconds) is then converted into a timespan string format into a textbox.

I'm trying to get it to where if a person edits that textbox in the timespan format and saves the file, it converts the timespan string format back to the number/integer (Total seconds).

modi123_1, on 02 February 2012 - 03:43 PM, said:

Wow.. that seems pretty convoluted. Why did you not use the constructor for timespan, fill in a zero for hour.. a zero for minute.. and your seconds into it?

        Dim lSeconds As Int32 = 12

        Dim tsFoo As New TimeSpan(0, 0, lSeconds) '-- hour, minute, seconds
        Console.WriteLine(tsFoo.TotalSeconds.ToString)

        Dim lSecondsReturn As Int32 = 0
        lSecondsReturn = tsFoo.TotalSeconds

        Console.WriteLine(lSecondsReturn)

Well I don't have any problems with the number/integer converting into the timespan string format. but the other way around when I go to save the file.

This post has been edited by slyfuldragon: 02 February 2012 - 01:58 PM

[modi123_1]

Yeah except you go about it in an odd fashion. I was showing both ways are easy-peasy to do.

[slyfuldragon]

modi123_1, on 02 February 2012 - 04:05 PM, said:

Yeah except you go about it in an odd fashion. I was showing both ways are easy-peasy to do.

oooooooh lol, ok gotcha.
Other ways are good to know.

[slyfuldragon]

In other words This is what I have when the program reads the file in Hex:

        Reader.Position = &HF122
        TextBox1.Text = Reader.ReadInt32
        Reader.Close()

        Dim nmTime As TimeSpan = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(TextBox1.Text)
        TextBox1.Text = nmTime.ToString

at that location the numeric number is 69149 (total seconds) which shows the user "19:12:29" (19 hours, 12 mins, and 29 second) which is correct

I'm trying to get where the time format will convert back to a numeric number if/when the user makes changes to that time format using something with the write function

        Writer.Position = &HF122
        Writer.WriteInt32(TextBox1.Text)

Hope that helps clear some things up of what exactly I'm trying to do.

This post has been edited by slyfuldragon: 02 February 2012 - 02:35 PM

[CharlieMay]

I guess you could parse through each section and multiply by the number of seconds for each and add them together to get your result

Split the string at the : and then multiply the number of days by 86400, the number of hours * 3600 etc... then add those values together to get the total seconds. There is probably a method built into .Net but I don't know what it is.

[modi123_1]

Timespan's "TotalSeconds" does that already. If I create a timespan with 0h, 1m, 12s that method gives me back 72s

[AdamSpeight2008]

CharlieMay Why are you over complicating things?
String spliting?. Strings that are digits aren't numbers.
Why reinvent the wheel? The wheel has be invented, all you can do is re-imagine it.
Use the stuff already provided.

• Textbox contents have changed (an event you can react to)
  
• TimeSpan has methods that attempt to convert text(string) in to time encapsulation.
  
• When you have a valid parsing. Raise another event to say you've got new one.

or use (or create) a control that is time (not text).

This post has been edited by AdamSpeight2008: 02 February 2012 - 03:20 PM

[CharlieMay]

Using his code above I can see where nmTime.TotalSeconds would display total seconds involved. But his question and I guess mine now too is how to you take the string in the textbox "00:01:12" and create a timespan so that you can use totalseconds?

[slyfuldragon]

CharlieMay, on 02 February 2012 - 05:16 PM, said:

Using his code above I can see where nmTime.TotalSeconds would display total seconds involved. But his question and I guess mine now too is how to you take the string in the textbox "00:01:12" and create a timespan so that you can use totalseconds?

Exactly, yes.
Sorry guys for the mass confusion.

[AdamSpeight2008]

It'll help if you read the {beep} documentation available on TimeSpan.

TimeSpan.TryParse
TimeSpan.TryParseExact

[slyfuldragon]

Regardless, Thanks guys. I pretty much have/had programer's block and needed others views since I've been going at it for a while without breaks. Going to take a small break, do some more reading with this 2 links provided and then get back into it.

This post has been edited by slyfuldragon: 02 February 2012 - 03:36 PM