"Count Up" Timer (& Need to Display Different Time Denomination)

Question

This is a tough one, so any help or suggestions with just
where to start looking would be fantastic!
I am an academic researcher using authorware for my
dissertation. In my experiment, I need to make my participants
experience a time delay. I want to display something on the screen
that shows the passage of time (i.e., "counts up") in days, even
though they are experiencing it in seconds. For example, while the
participant is experiencing the delay, I want to have the screen
display something like, "It has been 2 days since you have
contacted your partner". I would like to have the "2" change to a
"3" after 10 seconds, and then to a "4" after another 10 seconds,
etc. Eventually after several days have passed, they will move onto
a new screen. I have already used systemseconds to put a time delay
into a different authorware piece (i.e., so that participants could
only access something after a certain amount of time), so I know
how to do that. However, I am not even sure where to start with
displaying the "count up", particularly displaying it in such a way
that it doesn't actually show the number of seconds that have
passed, but a corresponding amount of time.
If this doesn't make sense or needs clarification please let
me know. I appreciate any and all advice!!
Thanks!!
Tamara

Answer 1

You can make a counter for 1/10ths of a second pretty easy.
Calc icon
StartTimer := SystemSeconds
DisplayIcon -
It's been {INT((SystemSeconds - StartTimer) / 10)} days since
you contacted
your partner.
Then you build an interaction with a time limit response that
triggers after
the amount of time you want. That response will trigger the
movement to the
new page.
Mike
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> This is a tough one, so any help or suggestions with
just where to start
> looking would be fantastic!
>
> I am an academic researcher using authorware for my
dissertation. In my
> experiment, I need to make my participants experience a
time delay. I
want to
> display something on the screen that shows the passage
of time (i.e.,
"counts
> up") in days, even though they are experiencing it in
seconds. For
example,
> while the participant is experiencing the delay, I want
to have the screen
> display something like, "It has been 2 days since you
have contacted your
> partner". I would like to have the "2" change to a "3"
after 10 seconds,
and
> then to a "4" after another 10 seconds, etc. Eventually
after several
days
> have passed, they will move onto a new screen. I have
already used
> systemseconds to put a time delay into a different
authorware piece (i.e.,
so
> that participants could only access something after a
certain amount of
time),
> so I know how to do that. However, I am not even sure
where to start with
> displaying the "count up", particularly displaying it in
such a way that
it
> doesn't actually show the number of seconds that have
passed, but a
> corresponding amount of time.
>
> If this doesn't make sense or needs clarification please
let me know. I
> appreciate any and all advice!!
>
> Thanks!!
>
> Tamara
>