[jawsscripts] Re: Day Of Week format and usage of SysGetDate function
- From: "David Farough" <David.Farough@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:17:41 -0500
Hi Martin:
First of all, this syntax will work.
GetDayOfWeek (SysGetDate ("yyyy/MM/dd"))
If you want to use the optional parameter you would specify either "L"
for the long day which is the default, or "S" which will provide the
abbreviated day string. This is optional as I mentioned earlier so
unless you want the abbreviated day string , you can leave it out.
Also, If you were using the insert I script in script manager to code
this function call, you need to remove the comma for the optional
parameter if you are not going to use it. I noticed that this was not
done when I activated the finish button.
Now about the quirk in the SysGetDate function.
I noticed that you have to be careful when specifying the format for
the date to be returned. The case used for the date format has to be
specific. I found that the month had to be specified using upper case
MM and that the year and day formats need to be specified using Lower
case characters. Therefore, to use this function with the GetDayOfWeek
function, You need to use the following format string for the SysGetDate
function: "yyyy/MM/dd"
I was using Jaws 10.512.
David Farough
Application Accessibility Coordinator/coordonateur de l'accessibilité
Information Technology Services Directorate /
Direction des services d'information technologiques
Public Service Commission / Commission de la fonction publique
Email / Courriel: David.Farough@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Tel. / Tél: (613) 992-2779
>>> "Martin" <martinfc@xxxxxxxxxx> 04:30 pm Thursday, December 11, 2008
>>>
Hello there,
I'm trying to use the getDayOfWeek() function, however I keep getting a
syntax error.
Can someone give me an example on how this function should be
structured.
I'd like to copy the result into a string variable.
Thanks,
Martin
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