[jawsscripts] Re: script to insert next days date
- From: "Martin Slack" <m.g.slack@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2010 21:23:08 +0100
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jason Boston" <jwb3301@xxxxxxx>
To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2010 8:36 PM
Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: script to insert next days date
>I can't seem to get this to work. I used it today and it only types
> "error:invalid parameter"
>
> Any ideas why? I inserted the code into a script instead of a function.
> Might that be the issue? If I leave it as a function, how do I call the
> results to a script where I can have the results inserted as text into my
> application?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Martin Slack
> Sent: Friday, September 17, 2010 2:29 PM
> To: JAWSScripts
> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: script to insert next days date
>
> Hi Jason,
>
> I notice that the function SysGetDate returns a string containing the
> magic word "Error" when an incorrect date is entered. You can therefore
> use
> a function similar to the one below to do what you want. It handles leap
> years. You may want to include more safety features, and may well have a
> different preferred date format, separation character etc, but you can
> play
> with all that. I see that the first let finalDate line in the code has
> wrapped.
>
> String Function nextDay (string initialDate)
> Var
> int dayNumber,
> int monthNumber,
> int yearNumber,
> string finalDate
>
> let dayNumber = StringToInt (StringSegment (initialDate, "/", 2))
> let monthNumber = StringToInt (StringSegment (initialDate, "/", 1))
> let yearNumber = StringToInt (StringSegment (initialDate, "/", 3))
>
> let finalDate = SysGetDate ("MM/dd/yyy", monthNumber, dayNumber+1,
> yearNumber)
> if (StringContains (finalDate, "Error")) then
> let finalDate = SysGetDate ("MM/dd/yyy", monthNumber+1, 1, yearNumber)
> if (StringContains (finalDate, "Error")) then
> let finalDate = SysGetDate ("MM/dd/yyy", 1, 1, yearNumber+1)
> endif
> endif
>
> return finalDate
> EndFunction
>
>
> Martin
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jason Boston" <jwb3301@xxxxxxx>
> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, September 17, 2010 5:11 AM
> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: script to insert next days date
>
>
>> Nope, or my task would be much simpler. :)
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Martin Slack
>> Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 1:42 AM
>> To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: script to insert next days date
>>
>> Hi Jason,
>>
>> Are you allowed to use VBScript at work?
>>
>> Martin
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jason Boston" <jwb3301@xxxxxxx>
>> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 3:12 AM
>> Subject: [jawsscripts] script to insert next days date
>>
>>
>>> HI all,
>>> I'm trying to figure out how to write a script that will insert
>>> tomorrow's
>>> date based on the current system date. I then want to expand the script
>>> to
>>> paste in the next 2, next 3, and next 4 date from the current date. I
>>> update
>>> many fields in a database at work, and I would like the ability to hit a
>>> key
>>> combination that will paste in tomorrows date, or the next day, or the
>>> next
>>> day after that.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Jason
>>>
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