How can I display current Time in a Static text.

I have already a dialog with Static text, IDC_STATICTIME, I have created a variable using CString m_sTime and with this

COleDateTime m_strTime= COleDateTime::GetCurrentTime();
m_sTime = m_strTime.Format("%b %d %Y);

Question: How can i display it in a certain portion in the dialog? So, the IDC_STATICTIME, i've used should display:

Current Date: the date(say May 23 2005)

I have put the code in DoDataExchange(CDataExchange* pDX)
with DDX_Text(pDX, IDC_STATICTIME, m_sTime); and it display as it should be but any other option without using DDX_text to display it?

with the class wizard you can add a control variable to the control.

Then, m_sTime = m_strTime.Format("%b %d %Y); won't do anything.

you should use the function as m_strTime.Format("%b, %d, %Y", value1, value2, value3);

Then, if you added a control variable, you can use this:
m_lblMyStatic.SetWindowText(m_sTime);

thank you for the reply, but m_strTime.Format("%b, %d, %Y", value1, value2, value3); seems unclear to me, what is value1, value2, value3? I just want to display the current date, put it in a create STATIC TEXT. Sorry but I am new in Visual. Can i also put the code outside DDX

The easiest way is:
SetDlgItemText(IDC_STATICTIME, m_sTime);

Do you even understand the function Format?

Check out the function description in MSDN.

For every %d, %s or whatsoever, you should add values.

So, if you want to add integers and strings to a string, use this code:

Code:

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CString sExample = "hello";
int iExample = 5;
CString sFinalString;

// Because the first % is a s, we should first add the sExample as parameter
sFinalString.Format("%s, how are you doing? This is a number: %d", sExample, iExample);

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The value if sFinalString will be:
hello, how are you doing? This is a number: 5

Do you understand?

yes, i know that, we dont need the value1, value2, value3 since the Format function does that automatically i think in COleDateTime, because we are getting the Current Date of the system. Anyway, thank you all for the reply, I will try to figure it out myself.

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Originally Posted by Tischnoetentoet

Do you even understand the function Format?

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I think scrapage_online is using COleDateTime's Format member, not CString's (despite the actual name of the object, m_strTime, would make you think it's a string).

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Originally Posted by puzzolino

I think scrapage_online is using COleDateTime's Format member, not CString's (despite the actual name of the object, m_strTime, would make you think it's a string).

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sorry about the confusion, yes i am using the COleDateTime format, i just used the m_strTime object just for debug.