Hi everybody, is there a smart way to set date + time of the CPU via mappview? in my beloved visual components it was so easy, just set system time directly with a component. Now there are 2 widgets, datetime input and output but I don’t understand why they are there if they can’t set the system t…

It is very easy. Local time of the client is shown automatically, you do not need to bind anything. [image]

Set date & time

kovarj (Jaroslav Kovar) Split this topic November 6, 2025, 2:44pm 8

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