ViewPoint Manual

Definition of ViewPoint Screens
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Field Descriptions
You must return to this screen each time you want to change your event view. Your
most recent selection remains in the configuration file until the next time you
change it.
7. After. These fields are modifiable only for alternate-event configurations, since the
primary-event display is for current events only. You use these fields to specify a
starting time (or date and time, or just date) to view events in historical mode; in
fact, your use of this field is one indication to ViewPoint that you want historical
mode. (Another one is your specifying a log file.) The status line on the Alternate
Event screen keeps you informed of ViewPoint progress by displaying historical
events on the screen.
Enter the desired date and time in the following format:
yyyy
The year in four numeric values; for example: 1990.
mm
The month of the year; for example: April is 04 or 4.
dd
The day of the month; for example: 15.
hh
The hour according to a 24-hour clock; for example: 13 is 1 p.m.
mm
The minutes; for example: 30.
ss
The seconds; for example: 05.
If the fields are left blank, they default to the following:
time—the current time
date—the current date
For date, any blank portions are filled in with the current date, and the year can be
specified with two or four digits, such as 93 or 1993.
1. Delay Between Updates. You can use this field to specify a minimum interval (in
seconds) between screen updates. The default interval is 10 seconds.
2. Pages. You can use this field to increase or decrease the size of the alternate-events
cache. (The content of field 2 tells you which cache you are modifying.) The
yyyy-mm-dd.hh:mm:ss