>>>Hi All:
>>>
>>>I am writing an time-card app that is time-sensitive. My client does not want to use the system clock, since it has no security and any of his workers could simply change the time. He wants me to provide him with a time clock app (based presumably on the timerr class) that would be password protected.
>>>
>>>Is there anything like this out there, or do I have to code it myself? How would the one time card EXE retrieve the time from the time-clock EXE?
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>
>>>Yossi
>>
>>You can query a public atomic time NTP service.
>
>Assuming you have internet access :-}
>Alternatively , if the computer is part of a network. you could pull in the time from a domain server (or any other computer that is accessible on the network). You could use this directly or to reset the local computer time
OK, I've spoken to my client and he wants to query a webservice clock (is that the same as a 'NTP' service??)
I once coded for a web service, but I've since forgotten. Could you give me some resources? What files do I need to transfer to my client in order for this to work? How reliable is
http://developer.yahoo.com/util/timeservice/V1/getTime.html?Thanks,
Yossi