Countdown

[vasilis]

Hi all

I have created a java applet that demonstrates an online test. However
I don’t know how I can add a countdown timer that will end the
test in 40 minutes. Could you please give me some guidelines or a link
to a source because I’m a beginner and it seems very difficult
till now. I don’t want a counter that will use images to display
the digits. It will be ok if I can display it simply in a jtextfield
area.


thanks

 

[Andrew Thompson]

I have created a java applet that demonstrates an online test. However
I don’t know how I can add a countdown timer that will end the
test in 40 minutes.

...Could you please give me some guidelines or a link
to a source because I’m a beginner and it seems very difficult
till now.

It sounds you need a different group
for the moment..
<http://www.physci.org/codes/javafaq.jsp#cljh>

 

[Nick Pomfret]

You could try a timer task:

int fourtyMins = 1000 * 60 * 40;

Timer timer = new Timer();
timer.schedule(new TimerTask() {
public void run() {
//insert your code here - but beware your running in a
different thread now
System.out.println("times up!");
}
}, fourtyMins);