Stuck with Seconds to HH:MM:SS format during a countdown

[Qwerty212]

Hello from Barcelona, i'm trying to format a number based on seconds to a format like HH:MM:SS.

I've been searching on Help Files and googling but the topics related didn't help me

In my script I've got a Input box asking for a time in minutes that the user wants something to happen.

$input = GUICtrlCreateInput("", 341, 228, 35, 20)

Then I convert the value of that input to minutes doing a Input*60:

; Application Starting Countdown, Y value is the time you will waiting in seconds.
$X = 0
$Y = GUICtrlRead($input)*60
$message = ""
$message1 = "time until arrive " & $messageh
SplashTextOn("Please wait!", $messageh, 600, 530, -1, -1, 1, "", 110)

Next I show the countdown (in seconds) on a splash screen

While $Y > $X
    $message = $Y & @LF
    ControlSetText("Please wait!", "", "Static1", $message1 & $message)
    sleep(1000)
    $Y = $Y - 1
WEnd

Looking on the forum I've found some scripts to format a number from seconds (in my case the value $message) to HH:MM:SS

$sec2time_hour = Int($vid_duration / 3600)
$sec2time_min = Int(($vid_duration - $sec2time_hour * 3600) / 60)
$sec2time_sec = $vid_duration - $sec2time_hour * 3600 - $sec2time_min * 60
$vid_duration = StringFormat('%02d:%02d:%02d', $sec2time_hour, $sec2time_min, $sec2time_sec)

I'm completely lost. I've tried to change $vid_duration for $message to see if it returns the desired format on the splash screen (HH:MM:SS and the value decreasing until zero) but nothing worked

Could you please help me with that?

[jchd]

Try this:

While $Y > $X
    $message = StringFormat("%02d:%02d:%02d\n", Floor($y / 3600), Mod(Floor($y / 60), 60), Mod($y, 60))
    ControlSetText("Please wait!", "", "Static1", $message1 & $message)
    sleep(1000)
    $Y = $Y - 1
WEnd

[Qwerty212]

Try this:

While $Y > $X
    $message = StringFormat("%02d:%02d:%02d\n", Floor($y / 3600), Mod(Floor($y / 60), 60), Mod($y, 60))
    ControlSetText("Please wait!", "", "Static1", $message1 & $message)
    sleep(1000)
    $Y = $Y - 1
WEnd

It simply WORKED!! You are the man!

Thank you very much!!!

What does the \n value means after the format string?

[jchd]

\n = newline = linefeed = 0x0A = @LF

You're welcome!