AM/PM indicator

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I started with a simple predefined digital watch design and my first task was to add an AM/PM indicator. So I googled how to do this and found these steps:

  1. Create a text component
  2. Select the Text field text box in the Properties panel
  3. Select AMPM from the tags list

The first two steps were easy, but for step 3 I could not find the tags list in the properties panel. The fields in the properties panel are Placement, Dimensions, Rotate, Color, Text Field, Font Setting, Curved Text, Gyro, Action. And that’s it. No Tags list! Obviously from this question I have no idea how to use this program, so if you want to point me to a tutorial that is fine. (I couldn’t really find one.) I’m usually good at figuring out how to use a program by experimentation, but this one has me baffled.

Back to the more specific question of AM/PM, it seems that you have to use two letters. Is there a way to use just a single letter (A or P). Could this be done by moving the text box so the second letter falls off the edge of the circular boundary?

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Welcome @pmennen . Have a look at this . Sorry it is a bit of a mess .
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Hi,
you found the text field section and that is where the tag will go. To open the list you have to

  1. click the field
  2. click tags
  3. scroll in the list to find your tag. erase the word text from the field and click the line with tag
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    For your other question, you would have to put in place of text a formula (expression with tag) like this:
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I wonder why that “TAG” button disappears. It would be so much easier to discover if it was just there all the time. (I think the designers of this program could use a lesson in discoverability.) Thanks for showing me the way! Also, thanks for your suggestion about using AMPM_PO, but I could not get it to work. I tried this:
([IS_AFTNOON] ? “P” : “A”)
which did work. I don’t understand why your way didn’t work, but I tried it many times and with many variations, and it just didn’t work.
Thanks again
~Paul

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I guess this is solved but maybe someone else will find it useful:

simple tag

[AMPM]

is enough. Shows AM before noon, PM afternoon.

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Can also be done with (same results):

text field:
(([IS_AFTNOON]==0)?"AM":"PM")
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If you want to show object/picture set opacity:

to be shown AM
0 + [IS_AFTNOON]==0?100:0

to be shown PM
0 + [IS_AFTNOON]==0?0:100

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Sample

([IS_24H]<1? [IS_AFTNOON]==0? “AM”:“PM” :" ")