JE>      I want to put an on screen clock in the program that i am writing
JE> could someone tell me how to do that?
If you want it on the screen at all times, then you probably should
get a 3rd party library.  In that way, you can install an interrupt
hook and have the clock displayed behind the scenes of clipper.  If
you just want it on a data entry screen, you can add a custom get
reader which instead of sitting on
key := inkey(0)
to wait for user input is in a loop like this:
key := 0
while key == 0
    key := inkey()
    @maxrow(),maxcol()-10 say time()
end
This, of course, is very crude.  You can improve it a lot, but it will
get you started in the right direction.
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