Roger Is this what you are looking for? on mouseUp set itemdel to ":" put the long time into tTime put char 1 to -4 of tTime into field 1 convert tTime to dateItems set the hms of me to tTime countDown end mouseUp
on countDown put the hms of me into temp subtract 1 from item -2 of temp --The dateItems will take care of the negative seconds convert temp to dateItems set the hms of me to temp put temp into tDisplayTIme put item -4 to -2 of tDisplayTIme into temp2 replace "," with ":" in temp2 put temp2 into field 1 send countDown to me in 1 sec --Change the "1 sec" to "1 Minute" when you are sure it works for you. end countDown Jim Hurley _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
