Changes between Version 154 and Version 155 of Docs/825gen2/Dev/UpdatingLegacyApps

Timestamp:

11/19/25 13:11:47 (2 days ago)

Author:

Don Wilson

Comment:

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Docs/825gen2/Dev/UpdatingLegacyApps

@@ -100 +100 @@
 }}}
 
-    //Some legacy apps may have database or other code that expects the 24-hour time preference. In this case it may be best to document that the indicator preference must be set for 24 hour time. It is also possible to check this upon application startup and provide an error message if the preference is 12 hour time.//
+    //Some legacy apps may have database or other code that expects the 24-hour time preference. In this case it may be best to document that the indicator preference must be set for 24 hour time. It is also possible to check this upon application startup and provide an error message if the preference is 12 hour time. For example://
+   {{{#!c++
+if(((struct param_struct*)PARAM_ADDRESS)->datetime_pref.timefmt != 0) {
+   DrawErrorBox("Preferences must be 24 hour time", 8);
+   exit(0);
+}
+}}}
 
 4. Also (probably rare) if the app communicates with another system by serial port, network, or file import/export that interprets the data content as binary integers, floats, etc... it may be necessary to make changes to account for different [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endianness endianness]. The 825 Gen2 is ARM-64 little-endian, The Legacy 825 is Coldfire big-endian.