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D I G I T A L
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Posted: 19th Nov 2003 16:25
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hi everyone!
i was wondering how can i delete text by using the backspace key, a snippet or code would do the trick.
oh! i wanted to know how can i make a stop watch. like calculating the time by hours:minutes:seconds and starting from 00:00:00. to show how long the player was playing the game. i would b very thankful

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Posted: 20th Nov 2003 19:44
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Assuming that you have text held in a string, you would do it like this



The number 14 is the keyboard scancode of the backspace key.


I've got a timer function in the codebase - it counts both up and down. http://developer.thegamecreators.com/?m=codebase_view&i=c6125a943ea8979ee926dddfe2122168
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D I G I T A L
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Posted: 20th Nov 2003 22:14
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well, can u tell me if this is rite (about the backspace):

becoz it didnt work thankx

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Posted: 21st Nov 2003 01:14
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Is this closer to what you need?



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Unless your name is Bob Ross, then you can do it in thirty minutes.
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ur code was successful! but i have a problem! i'm loading a bitmap image as a background, and whenever i press a character the bitmap disappears! what can i do about that?
thankx u

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Posted: 21st Nov 2003 03:04
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One way is to load the bmp as an image and use Paste Image.
Another way is to load the bmp into a different Bitmap other than zero and use Copy Bitmap.

Both could replace the Cls in the above snippet.

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Posted: 21st Nov 2003 18:53
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thank u it worked nicely.

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