Access Methods

Summary

List of Prompts

The following prompts are displayed.

Current time: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 9:54:51:406 AM

Times for this drawing:

Created: Friday, December 12, 2003 1:21:36:203 AM

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 9:49:19:208 AM

Total Editing Time: 0 days 06:44:10.520

Elapsed Timer (on): 0 days 00:07:05.312

Next Automatic Save In: 0 days 01:59:15.570

Enter option [Display/On/OFF/Reset]: Enter an option or press Enter

Current Time

Displays the current date and time to the nearest millisecond using a 24-hour clock.

Created

Displays the date and time that the current drawing was created.

Last Updated

Displays the date and time of the latest update of the current drawing. This date and time is initially the drawing creation time. The time is revised whenever the drawing file is saved.

Total Editing Time

Displays the time spent editing the current drawing. This timer is updated by the program and cannot be reset or stopped. Plotting time is not included in the total editing time. If you quit the editing session without saving the drawing, the time you spent in the editing session is not added to the accumulated editing time.

Elapsed Timer

Runs as another timer while the program is running. You can turn it on and off or reset it whenever you like.

Next Automatic Save In

Indicates the time remaining until the next automatic save. You can set the time interval using OPTIONS or the SAVETIME system variable.

Display

Repeats the display with updated times.

On

Starts the user elapsed timer if it was off.

Off

Stops the user elapsed timer.

Reset

Resets the user elapsed timer to 0 days 00:00:00.000.