Clock

A Clock control displays the current date/time in the control.

Create a Clock

Open the destination window to add the Control.

From the Toolbox, select the Clock icon, move the pointer into the window and drag out the initial position and size for the control.

Access Clock properties

If the Property Editor is not displayed, click on RibbonHomeProperty Editor

Click on the Control. The Properties for the control will appear in the Property Editor panel and allow changes to be made.

Clock Properties

Name: Name of the control

Alias: Alias of the control

General

Date Time Format: Select the format for the Date/Time to display

Either select a character designator from the info icon hover box as below (?) or enter a free form format for the date/time. e.g. Enter 'yyyy-mm-dd' to produce the ISO 8601 date format.

 

Template: Select a template to use for this control

 

Layout: Defines the layout parameters for the control

X: X location in the window to place the control

Y: Y location in the window to place the control

Width: Width of the control

Height: Height of the control

Anchor: Which edge of the window the control is anchored to when the window is resized

 

Visual: The Visual category allows the user to configure the look and feel of the control.

Visible: Defaults to visible but untick if you wish this Control to be invisible

Family: Select the Font family for the Clock text

Size: Size for the Clock text

Style: Select from Regular, Bold, Italic, Underline or Strikeout

Alignment: Select from Left, Right or Center

Color: Select the color of the text from the list of available colors defined in the project

 

Binding: The following properties of the Clock Control may be bound to a tag;

Font Color:

Visible: