Refresh date and time output in systray script?

[Diana (Cda)]

Hi, everyone! Coding along as much as always but now doing fairly well. Well, except when I get stumped, as today <g>. Here's the main part of my troubled script:

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DirCreate($Folder2create)
Beep(1500,35)
Sleep(50)
DirCopy(@ScriptDir, $Folder2create, 1)
Sleep(500)
Beep(1500,35)
Sleep(50)
Beep(1500,35)
Sleep(150)
MsgBox(64,"To open ...","To open the newly created folder, " & @CRLF & _
"click on the icon in the systray." & @CRLF & @CRLF & _
"(this does _NOT_ close the systray script).         "& @CRLF & @CRLF)

;------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#NoTrayIcon  ; AutoIt's icon doesn't show in systray
TraySetIcon($IconsMine, 2)   ; changes the icon displayed in the systray
;------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#include <GuiConstants.au3>
;*****===== Tray "context menu": =====*****=====*****=====*****=====*****=====*****=====*****=====*
Opt("GuiOnEventMode", 1)
Opt("TrayOnEventMode", 1)
Opt("TrayMenuMode", 1)
;--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TrayCreateItem("")   ; creates a "separator" line between items in tray menu
TrayCreateItem("Open target BACKUPS folder ...")
TrayItemSetOnEvent(-1, "_TrayItem1")
;--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TrayCreateItem("")   ; creates a "separator" line between items in tray menu
TrayCreateItem("Open source folder ...")
TrayItemSetOnEvent(-1, "_TrayItem2")
;--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TrayCreateItem("")   ; creates a "separator" line between items in tray menu
TrayCreateItem("....... MAKE A NEW BACKUP .......")
TrayItemSetOnEvent(-1, "_TrayItem3")
;--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
TrayCreateItem("")   ; creates a "separator" line between items in tray menu
TrayCreateItem("")   ; creates a "separator" line between items in tray menu
TrayCreateItem("Exit")
TrayItemSetOnEvent(-1, "_Quit")
TrayCreateItem("")   ; creates a "separator" line between items in tray menu
TrayCreateItem("")   ; creates a "separator" line between items in tray menu
;*****=====*****=====*****=====*****=====*****=====*****=====*****=====*****=====*****=====********
While 1
Sleep(250)
WEnd

Beep(3500,25)
Sleep(50)
Beep(4500,25)
Sleep(50)
Beep(5500,25)
Sleep(50)
Beep(6500,25)
Sleep(50)
Beep(7500,25)

;=========================================================================
Func _TrayItem1()
If NOT WinExists($FolderROOT) THEN ShellExecute($WEReplacement, $FolderROOT, "", "Open", @SW_MAXIMIZE)
EndFunc

Func _TrayItem2()
If NOT WinExists($FolderROOT) THEN ShellExecute($WEReplacement, @ScriptDir, "", "Open", @SW_MAXIMIZE)
EndFunc

Func _TrayItem3()
DirCreate($Folder2create)
Beep(1500,35)
Sleep(50)
DirCopy(@ScriptDir, $Folder2create, 1)
Sleep(150)
EndFunc

Func _Quit()
Exit
EndFunc

I've had this problem before but today the solution is less than ideal. Here's what does work, removing the variable line re $Folder2Create close to the top and putting it down in the _TrayItem3() below and not using my variables from my time UDF:

Func _TrayItem3()
;----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
$Folder2Create = $FolderROOT & "\BKP- Ready2PUB- " & @YEAR & "." & @MON & "." & @MDAY & ", " & @HOUR & "h" & @MIN & "m" & @SEC & "s"
;----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DirCreate($Folder2create)
Beep(1500,35)
Sleep(50)
DirCopy(@ScriptDir, $Folder2create, 1)
Sleep(150)
EndFunc

But this is incredibly clunky and doesn't give me the necessary custom date and time output formats. Is there any way to make the original script work with the special date and time variables, anyone know? Perhaps refreshing the date and time somehow??

Thx.

[BrewManNH]

What "special" date and time variables are you talking about, and what is the problem with your script. You're not explaining very well what help you need.