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Updated Date and Time in JavaFx (Bind)

by Narayan G. Maharjan
November 23, 2009January 31, 2012
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/*
 * Class : DateTrack.fx
 *
 * Created on Nov 20, 2009, 3:35:25 PM
 *
 =============================================================
 This program will update the date of your current System Date
 Now we are tracking date via help of UTILITY CLASS "DATE"
 and we are taking advantage of the Timeline and init()
 If any thing goes wrong then please comment me
 ==============================================================
 */

package practice;  // you can change as per your package

//Import Directives...
import java.util.Date;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.text.Text;
import javafx.scene.text.Font;
import javafx.animation.Timeline;
import javafx.animation.KeyFrame;

/**
 * @author NARAYAN
 */
//--------------------
//Variable declaration
//--------------------

var myDate = "";  // just initializing..

//This will execute init() of Clock Class
var myClock = new Clock(); 

//Declaring Class Clock for updating Date
class Clock {
    public function nextTime() {
        var now = new Date();
        myDate = "{%tEc now}";
        /*
        * {%tEc now} is the extended format used
        * for the java.util.Date object ("now").
        *
        * %tx - Localized date
        * %tX - Localized time
        * %tu - A day of the week (1-7, 1 is for Monday)
        * %tEx - Locale's alternate date representation
        * %tEX - Locale's alternate time representation
        *
        */
    }

    // THIS WILL BE EXECUTED AT FIRST...
    init { //INITIAL
        var time = Timeline {
            repeatCount: Timeline.INDEFINITE
            keyFrames: [
                KeyFrame {
                    time: 1s
                    action: function() {
                        nextTime();
                    }
                }
            ]
        }
        time.play(); // TAKING ACTION TO PLAY
    }
}

Stage {
    title: "Application title"
    width: 250
    height: 80
    scene: Scene {
        content: [
            Text {
                font : Font {
                    size : 16
                }
                x: 10
                y: 30
                // Binding the current date
                // which helps to show updated date
                content: bind {myDate};

            }

        ]
    }
}

* Class : DateTrack.fx

* Created on Nov 20, 2009, 3:35:25 PM

=============================================================

This program will update the date of your current System Date

Now we are tracking date via help of UTILITY CLASS "DATE"

and we are taking advantage of the Timeline and init()

If any thing goes wrong then please comment me

==============================================================

package practice; // you can change as per your package

//Import Directives...

import java.util.Date;

import javafx.stage.Stage;

import javafx.scene.Scene;

import javafx.scene.text.Text;

import javafx.scene.text.Font;

import javafx.animation.Timeline;

import javafx.animation.KeyFrame;

/**

* @author NARAYAN

//--------------------

//Variable declaration

//--------------------

var myDate = ""; // just initializing..

//This will execute init() of Clock Class

var myClock = new Clock();

//Declaring Class Clock for updating Date

class Clock {

public function nextTime() {

var now = new Date();

myDate = "{%tEc now}";

* {%tEc now} is the extended format used

* for the java.util.Date object ("now").

* %tx - Localized date

* %tX - Localized time

* %tu - A day of the week (1-7, 1 is for Monday)

* %tEx - Locale's alternate date representation

* %tEX - Locale's alternate time representation

}

// THIS WILL BE EXECUTED AT FIRST...

init { //INITIAL

var time = Timeline {

repeatCount: Timeline.INDEFINITE

keyFrames: [

KeyFrame {

time: 1s

action: function() {

nextTime();

}

]

}

time.play(); // TAKING ACTION TO PLAY

}

Stage {

title: "Application title"

width: 250

height: 80

scene: Scene {

content: [

Text {

font : Font {

size : 16

}

x: 10

y: 30

// Binding the current date

// which helps to show updated date

content: bind {myDate};

}

]

}

Updated Date and Time in JavaFx (Bind)

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