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Submitted by Jon on 2010/09/12 19:38

I asked this quite a long time ago. What is schedule ID (I have some idea) and how can we use this? Also, Create Event is not working here.

Jon

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The Calendar is going through a major rework in v0.9.26. Stay tuned !

Jon, what do you mean by:

"Create Event is not working here"

Can you plse describe your steps trying to create a new event.

As Pierre sez he is now focused on the calendar but I use the current calendar almost every day to create new events so I'm not sure what you mean.

Is your focus somewhere in the calendar when you use Maine Menu > Calendar > Create New Item?

I've never used Schedule ID so I haven't the vaguest idea there.

Calendar >> Create event does not work, indeed. Use the mouse to create an event, directly in the Calendar.
This command is removed in v0.9.25B (will return in v0.9.26 of course !)
Schedule ID is not yet implemented

Pierre, I don't understand

Here if calendar is focus & I create event, dialog opens, I fill it in, save > calendar

If calendar is not in focus Main Menu > Calendar does not exist here so I can't create event that way

I'm very confused

If you put the Create Event icon (toolbar customization) somewhere else, the button is not always working (e.g. when viewing a grid)

It was a quick way to create a calendar item from any item in your grid.

Jon

Jon, maybe you've realized this by now but

create new item only works when calendar is visible (Pierre is working on all things calendar)

but creating a calendar event from a grid is still possible

you may know this but, if not:

create an item

either in field properties pane (or you can drag appt field from field properties or right click on column head > context menu > click "displayed columns) select appointment field

then you can easily add appointment date & you will have a choice in the date dialog to put the date in the calendar

Hi Jan:

No, I didn't think about doing this, but it makes sense. Thank you.

Jon

Jon,

I also use this technique for email which may be of use to you

For example:

If I rcv an email notice to remind me that my telephone bill is due on the tenth

I copy the email into IQ

Then I add a DateDue, place it in the calendar w a pop up reminder

So whenever my reminder strikes, i.e 5 days prior to due date or 9am the day it is due

a reminder pops up to remind me to pay the bill

When I've done that I delete (erase) the email from the entire dB or

it could be marked done & archived for a period of time (say 12 months so you have record of it)

And you could archived the email receipt you rcv for payment in the same way

Just a couple of thoughts on uses for the current calendar which will undoubtedly be 58x more powerful & useful when Pierre gets thru w it because you will be able to sync w google, get reminders on your iPad or Android or WebOs phone, etc

any rough idea when Calendar will functionally be able to sync with Google Android calendar ?

Doug Bartlett

Work on v0.9.26 which includes Google Calendar sync has already started. The first pre-release should be out in approx 1 month.

In the meantime, you can setup a Google Calendar and make sure that it syncs perfectly with your Android calendar

In v0.9.25B, I've improved the Create event handling (Item >> Create event, Calendar >> Create event) :

If in the Calendar:
1. If an event is selected, the Event details dialog is shown filled with the selected event details
2. If no event is selected, the Event details dialog is shown
If in a grid:
1. If the selected item has no event, the Event details dialog is shown
  1. and if a date is selected in the grid, that date becomes the event date
2. If the selected item has an event, the Event details dialog is shown filled with the selected event details
3. If the dates of multiple items are selected, an event is created for each date if the item does not already have an event

n.b. Currently, an item can only have an event. Starting v0.9.26, items will be able to have multiple events, one for each date-value. e.g. :

A Contact will be able to appear in the Calendar for its birthday and wedding anniversary
It will be possible to have a task items appear when it starts and when it end

[quote=Pierre_Admin]

In v0.9.25B, I've improved the Create event handling (Item >> Create event, Calendar >> Create event) :

If in the Calendar:
1. If an event is selected, the Event details dialog is shown filled with the selected event details
2. If no event is selected, the Event details dialog is shown
If in a grid:
1. If the selected item has no event, the Event details dialog is shown
  1. and if a date is selected in the grid, that date becomes the event date
2. If the selected item has an event, the Event details dialog is shown filled with the selected event details
3. If the dates of multiple items are selected, an event is created for each date if the item does not already have an event

n.b. Currently, an item can only have an event. Starting v0.9.26, items will be able to have multiple events, one for each date-value. e.g. :

A Contact will be able to appear in the Calendar for its birthday and wedding anniversary
It will be possible to have a task items appear when it starts and when it end

[/quote]

To all of that :

[quote=Pierre_Admin]

In v0.9.25B, I've improved the Create event handling (Item >> Create event, Calendar >> Create event) :

If in the Calendar:
1. If an event is selected, the Event details dialog is shown filled with the selected event details
2. If no event is selected, the Event details dialog is shown
If in a grid:
1. If the selected item has no event, the Event details dialog is shown
  1. and if a date is selected in the grid, that date becomes the event date
2. If the selected item has an event, the Event details dialog is shown filled with the selected event details
3. If the dates of multiple items are selected, an event is created for each date if the item does not already have an event

n.b. Currently, an item can only have an event. Starting v0.9.26, items will be able to have multiple events, one for each date-value. e.g. :

A Contact will be able to appear in the Calendar for its birthday and wedding anniversary
It will be possible to have a task items appear when it starts and when it end

[/quote]

Are you aware that in version W, create event does not work as described in #2.2? At least it does not for me. There may be other glitches too, but I really don't use the calendar all that much. Besides, there are other ways to add an event, so it is not such a big deal.

Jon

Hi Jon,

2.2 works fine here...

Not for me. I have databases created from a new blank database. I cannot get any items in any of my grids to create and event. How do you do it?

Jon

Ah, you're trying to create an event, so in the above list, it is 2.1

You're correct 2.1 does not work. 2.1.1 works fine however. 2.1 will be fixed !

Sorry, yes it is 2.1. When do you plan on fixing it?

Jon

2.1 is fixed in v0.9.25W1. To be released in 1 week approx.

If you select multiple items, and the selection is not a date column, it will show a dialog for each item (sequentially) where the new event information can be entered (new event) or where the event information can be edited (existing events)

Thank you!

Jon