[ANN] calendar widget

Bob Sneidar bobsneidar at iotecdigital.com
Tue Oct 18 11:06:17 EDT 2016


Using 8.1.0

> On Oct 18, 2016, at 07:59 , Bob Sneidar <bobsneidar at iotecdigital.com> wrote:
> 
> I get Module Format not supported. 
> 
> Bob S
> 
> 
>> On Oct 18, 2016, at 05:07 , BNig <bernd.niggemann at uni-wh.de> wrote:
>> 
>> During the conference a calendar widget was used in the widget course.
>> The original author is Elanor Buchanan.
>> I think it is a wonderful example of what widgets can do. Elanor did a very
>> good job.
>> 
>> I extended the calendar to add some useful features.
>> 
>> You can choose via the properties inspector the sytem abbreviated names for
>> month names and day names. Thus using the localized names.
>> Default english
>> 
>> The option to start the week on Mondays which is the case in many countries.
>> Default Sunday
>> 
>> Clicking on Month/Year in the title bar brings up the current date
>> 
>> The option that the font size adapts to the size of the widget (default)
>> 
>> The calendar widget uses a library also written by Elanor Buchanan
>> "datesupport"
>> 
>> to install the widget download and unzip
>> 
>> http://www.berndniggemann.on-rev.com/calendar/calendar.zip
>> 
>> inside the folder there are two .lce files:
>> 
>> community.livecode.elanor.datesupport.1.0.0.lce
>> community.livecode.elanorb.calendarBN.1.0.0.lce
>> 
>> Use the Extension Manager in the Tool Menu to install the files one by one
>> by using the Plus-sign in the upper right corner of the Extension Manager.
>> 
>> The Extension Manager will then install those extensions in your
>> "extensions" folder in your "My LiveCode" folder
>> 
>> You might want to restart Livecode and you should see in your toolbar a
>> widget "calendarBN" with a calendar icon.
>> 
>> You can change a number of properties, please see the dictionary entry API:
>> Choose API: CalendarBN
>> 
>> Calendar sends a dateChanged message when the user clicks on a date. You add
>> this script to the widget to react to the message.
>> 
>> on dateChanged pDate
>> 	put pDate into field "myDate"
>> end dateChanged
>> 
>> Kind regards
>> Bernd
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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