DataCountdown plugin help

[eLProducer]

Hello everyone, I would like to know how to create control texts for target day, target month and target year for a Scene that has a DataCountdown plugin.
I need to be able to access and change these parameters in Content Pilot.

I'd appreciate any advice, many thanks!

[adishin]

which viz do you run, 3.x or 2.8?

[eLProducer]

Hello adishin, I'm running 3.3

[Lars Henriksen]

Setup some text fields in your template named Days, Months, Years, Hours, Minutes, Seconds and link the text fields to the commands to use when you click a button.

Sub ClickSetClockCountdown(Days, Months, Years, Hours, Minutes, Seconds)
buffer_put "-1 RENDERER*TREE*$COUNTDOWN*FUNCTION*DataCountdown*TargetDay SET " & Days
buffer_put "-1 RENDERER*TREE*$COUNTDOWN*FUNCTION*DataCountdown*TargetMonth SET " & Months
buffer_put "-1 RENDERER*TREE*$COUNTDOWN*FUNCTION*DataCountdown*TargetYear SET " & Years
buffer_put "-1 RENDERER*TREE*$COUNTDOWN*FUNCTION*DataCountdown*TargetHour SET " & Hours)
SCENE*YourPath*TREE*$COUNTDOWN*FUNCTION*DataCountdown*TargetMin SET " & Minutes
SCENE*YourPath*TREE*$COUNTDOWN*FUNCTION*DataCountdown*TargetSec SET " & Seconds
End Sub

Something like this should work

[Subhanuddin]

You can use ControlParameter to set Target Days,Month etc.

[eLProducer]

Thanks a lot for your help guys!
I ended up using ControlParamenter (it was easier to set up) and it worked.

[eLProducer]

Everything is working as expected on the scene.
Now on the VCP template, I have created a DateTimePicker control so the user can select the countdown target date.
The issue I'm having now is that I can't retrieve day or month or year from the DateTimePicker. All I get is a decimal number:

'DateTimePicker: futureDate
'ControlParam for day: dayEdit
'ControlParam for month: monthEdit
'ControlParam for year: yearEdit

dayEdit.Value = futureDate.Date
dayEdit.Text = futureDate.Date

Depending on the date this will return a decimal like 42129.6578; I have tried doing futureDate.Value.Day and futureDate.Date.Day but the error says is not supported.

[eLProducer]

Issue resolved, here is the correct syntax to retrieve data from the DateTimePicker:

Day(DateTimePicker.Date)
Month(DateTimePicker.Date)
Year(DateTimePicker.Date)

Thanks to all for your support.

[Lars Henriksen]

What if i need the template to autoselect todays date instead of having the Journalist choose that via DateTimePicker? The DateTimePicker shows me todays date at the bottom with a red circle around it. That is what I want it to autoselect. What parameter/syntax do i refer to here?

[karak]

sub Init()
  DateTimePicker.Date = Date()
end sub