User Text Input - Help!

ottoohle

hello out there -

I am in a Programming for Visual artist course at my University. For our midterm project we have to invent some sort of clock, whether that may be a conceptual piece, or just another ordinary clock.

What I want to do is create the interface of an ATM Machine, having the user type in their Birthday, and then have that date be subtracted from the current time, giving the user the length of their life in hours minuets, and seconds.

I practically have no idea on how to create a text box that could save the given information and subtract that from the given time.

Please point me in the right direction!

Chrisir

oh, you posted twice

please do some research

http://forum.processing.org/two/discussion/comment/25782#Comment_25782

quark

I have deleted the duplicate post.

Chrisir

also google java calender or search here in the forum

TechWiz777

You used mine! I'm feel so important :) anyways, I don't really know if this is the one Chrisir pasted will answer your question. I know that if you type it will change something, but probably you can modify it so that it does what you requested.

Chrisir

Well, to be clear, I used my code that I posted for you.

And yes: I didn't write the code for him since he is in a class; I just tried to put him on the track. It is just a starting point; he has to read and understand it and then change it. That's learning. E.g. at the moment it takes only letters, where he needs numbers and the / sign...

;-)

Chrisir

you wrote:

the interface of an ATM Machine

do you mean like screen buttons you type with the mouse?

well, work with the keyboard like in my example first...

It's hard enough

Chrisir

also see

http://forum.processing.org/one/topic/counting-days.html