[RESOLVED] Little bit of math and VB6

Hey folks.

Let me set my project up for you, I have one Windows Media Player component, and 3 text boxes.

In one text box I have coming from WMP the updating value of this output:
WindowsMediaPlayer1.Controls.currentPositionString
That shows the position of the currently playing clip in this format: “00:00”

The next text box I have shows the total duration of the clip:
WindowsMediaPlayer1.currentMedia.durationString
Which as well shows the duration of the clip in the “00:00” format.

I have a third text box that I would like to show how much time is remaining in the clip.

For example, I would like to be able to have something like:
WindowsMediaPlayer1.currentMedia.durationString (subtract) WindowsMediaPlayer1.Controls.currentPositionString

That would take the total duration of the video, and subtract the current position giving the total time remaining. However, I cannot get this to display, does anyone have any suggestions on how I would get this to work?

Thanks in advance! :)

vb Code:

Private Sub tmrShowTime()
    txtDuration.Text = SecondsToTime(wmp.currentMedia.duration)
    txtPosition.Text = SecondsToTime(wmp.Controls.currentPosition)
    txtRemaining.Text = SecondsToTime(wmp.currentMedia.duration - wmp.Controls.currentPosition)
End Sub
 
Public Function SecondsToTime(ByVal plngSeconds As Long) As String
    Dim lngMinutes As Long
    Dim lngSeconds As Long
 
    lngMinutes = plngSeconds \ 60
    lngSeconds = plngSeconds Mod 60
    SecondsToTime = lngMinutes & ":" & Format(lngSeconds, "00")
End Function

You say you want the time displayed in "00:00" format, but do you really want a leading zero? The above code assumes you don't. If you do, change the last line in the SecondsToTime() function to this:

SecondsToTime = Format(lngMinutes, "00") & ":" & Format(lngSeconds, "00")

Great! Thank you very much. :)

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