Making a clock with hand pointers
Hello macromedia flashers.
im thinking of making a simple clock design and adding hand pointers that tell the time.but im no action script fan and i have a few questions to ask.
a)how hard is it to add action script to the hand pointers?
b)can i use the clock on my desktop to show time?
Thank you.
The difficulty of the task is dependent your ability and knowledge of using Flash. In general it is not that difficult, but you need to become familiar with a variety of code to get it working such as the Date class and movieclip rotation property controls. You should search Google using terms like "Flash analog clock tutorial"
You can open/play an swf file on your monitor.
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here is the code I have so far:
(note: to most of you experienced programmers, it probably looks like something the cat dragged in.)
import java.util.*;
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class ClockPane extends JPanel implements Runnable {
MouseTracker track = new MouseTracker(this);
int secHandX = 30;
int secHandY = 145;
int secHandXmove = 5;
int secHandYmove = 5;
Thread runner;
Image secHand;
JTextField field = new JTextField(15);
int second;
int minute;
int hour;
String secondString;
String minuteString;
String hourString;
String twelve = ("12");
String three = ("3");
String six = ("6");
String nine = ("9");
String currentTime;
String amPM;
Font Big = new Font("veranda", Font.BOLD, 16);
public ClockPane() {
super();
add(field);
addMouseListener(track);
addMouseMotionListener(track);
field.setEditable(false);
field.addMouseMotionListener(track);
field.addMouseListener(track);
Toolkit kit = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit();
secHand = kit.getImage("secHand.png");
runner = new Thread(this);
runner.start();
public void paintComponent(Graphics comp) {
Graphics2D comp2D = (Graphics2D) comp;
if (secHand != null) {
BasicStroke five = new BasicStroke((float) 5, BasicStroke.CAP_ROUND, BasicStroke.JOIN_BEVEL);
BasicStroke tick = new BasicStroke((float) 5);
comp2D.setRenderingHint (RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING,
RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);
comp2D.setColor(Color.white);
comp2D.fillRect(0, 0, 350, 350);
comp2D.setColor(Color.red);
comp2D.setStroke(five);
comp2D.drawLine(130, 145, secHandX, secHandY);
comp2D.setColor(Color.black);
comp2D.drawOval(10, 25, 240, 240);
comp2D.drawOval(30, 45, 200, 200);
comp2D.setFont(Big);
comp2D.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_TEXT_ANTIALIASING,
RenderingHints.VALUE_TEXT_ANTIALIAS_ON);
comp2D.drawString(three, 235, 152);
comp2D.setStroke(tick);
comp2D.drawLine(245, 145, 250, 145);
comp2D.drawString(currentTime, 85, 297);
public void run() {
Thread thisThread = Thread.currentThread();
while (runner == thisThread) {
Calendar time = Calendar.getInstance();
second = time.get(Calendar.SECOND);
hour = time.get(Calendar.HOUR);
minute = time.get(Calendar.MINUTE);
secondString = ("" + second);
if (second < 10) {
secondString = ("0" + second);
minuteString = ("" + minute);
if (minute < 10) {
minuteString = ("0" + minute);
hourString = ("" + hour);
if (hour < 10) {
hourString = ("0" + hour);
if (time.get(Calendar.AM_PM) == 0) {
amPM = ("AM");
if (time.get(Calendar.AM_PM) == 1) {
amPM = ("PM");
if (second == 0) {
secHandX = 130;
secHandY = 45;
if (second == 15) {
secHandX = 230;
secHandY = 145;
if (second == 30) {
secHandX = 130;
secHandY = 245;
if (second == 45) {
secHandX = 30;
secHandY = 145;
if (second == 8) {
secHandX = 200;
secHandY = 75;
currentTime = (hourString + ":" + minuteString + ":" + secondString + " " + amPM);
repaint();
try {
Thread.sleep(10);
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
//do nothing
}(another note: the MouseTracker object is just something I added so that I don't spend a million years trying to find the correct coordinates)
Edited by: fireball_nelson on Feb 15, 2008 8:44 AM
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import java.awt.geom.*;
import java.util.Calendar;
import javax.swing.*;
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Thread runner;
String currentTime;
public ClockPaneRx() {
super();
runner = new Thread(this);
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AffineTransform minTrans = new AffineTransform();
AffineTransform hourTrans = new AffineTransform();
AffineTransform clockPos = new AffineTransform();
protected void paintComponent(Graphics comp) {
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comp2D.setColor(Color.white);
comp2D.fillRect(0, 0, w, h);
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BasicStroke five = new BasicStroke(5f, BasicStroke.CAP_ROUND,
BasicStroke.JOIN_BEVEL);
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RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);
clockPos.setToTranslation(w/2, h/2);
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comp2D.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_TEXT_ANTIALIASING,
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comp2D.translate(w/2, h/2);
comp2D.drawString(currentTime, -45, 150);
comp2D.drawString("1", 48, -85);
comp2D.drawString("2", 87, -47);
comp2D.drawString("3", 105, 7);
comp2D.drawString("4", 90, 60);
comp2D.drawString("5", 50, 100);
comp2D.drawString("6", -4, 115);
comp2D.drawString("7", -60, 98);
comp2D.drawString("8", -97, 60);
comp2D.drawString("9", -110, 5);
comp2D.drawString("10", -99, -48);
comp2D.drawString("11", -60, -87);
comp2D.drawString("12", -10, -100);
comp2D.setStroke(five);
comp2D.drawOval(-120, -120, 240, 240);
Line2D.Double secHand = new Line2D.Double(0, 0, 0, -95);
Line2D.Double minHand = new Line2D.Double(0, 0, 0, -85);
Line2D.Double hourHand = new Line2D.Double(0, 0, 0, -75);
Shape minHand2 = minTrans.createTransformedShape(minHand);
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comp2D.setColor(Color.red);
comp2D.draw(secHand2);
comp2D.setColor(Color.blue);
comp2D.draw(minHand2);
comp2D.setColor(Color.black);
comp2D.draw(hourHand2);
comp2D.fillOval(-6, -6, 12, 12);
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String minuteString;
String hourString;
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minuteString = ("" + minute);
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double minAngle = minute / 30.0 * Math.PI;
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minTrans.setToRotation(minAngle);
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repaint();
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//do nothing
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