[plugin] Calendar (December 30 Update)

[SSDNAdmin]

Author: mockware@yahoo.com
Short Description: Track events by date and time
Long Description: Enter and delete date specific notations. Pops up Overlay when reminder is set.
Version Number: 2.0
Status: Working Reminders
Last Updated: October 27 2005
Homepage:
Installation Instructions: Double click Calendar.bmplugin If you want to customize the choices for time and reminder, edit the CalendarScreen.xml file - first value is minutes and second value is display text If you want to customize snooze options for the overlay entries, edit the plugin.xml file - first value is minutes and second value is display text

Release Notes: Fixed snooze options for overlay to use OptionListItems. Added recurring features to events Added Find event button Added import to allow importing of csv files exported from outlook Recurring events button is used to delete perpetually recurring events

License: None
Requirements: None


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Download Source code to Calendar 2.0

[dequire]

I like!!! I like!!!

Already installed and testing this plugin. So far... So good. Excellent for a 1.0 release. The basic layout is perfect.

Here are a few suggestions for this plugin:

* Allow times to be associated with events, as well as dates
* Impliment the overlay reminders (which you have already listed)
* Allow variable event reminder times (i.e. 15 minutes, 1/2 hour, hour, day, etc.)
* Integration with email plugin to email reminders to one or more email addresses
* Allow web entry of event info (so that different family members can log events from anywhere)
* Allow events to consist of multiple days (such as "Out of town all week on business", etc.)

Hope this helps!

[mockware]

So the interface was intuitive I assume? My first shot at it failed the WAF so I had to rewrite some of it before submitting it. I really want to focus on it working easily with the remote.

Some clarification on the following:
* Allow times to be associated with events, as well as dates
would it be ok to just have intervals of 30 minutes (ala outlook) and not exact time entries? I'm thinking of using a selector for the entry.

* Impliment the overlay reminders (which you have already listed)
will do

* Allow variable event reminder times (i.e. 15 minutes, 1/2 hour, hour, day, etc.)
I'll use a selector here and copy outlook on the choice of values.

* Integration with email plugin to email reminders to one or more email addresses
Depends on mick providing the interface but I was going to even go so far as to add any type of triggered activity - I can apparently launch other apps and scripts using the SDK.

* Allow web entry of event info (so that different family members can log events from anywhere)
This is tricky. I'm thinking of having import fuctionality and having it do regular importing. That will leave it up to someone else to get a file in place to be imported.

* Allow events to consist of multiple days (such as "Out of town all week on business", etc.)
How about a repeat feature to copy an event for x days, business days, weeks, months.

I'll be adding a Settings menu also to set some defaults for reminders and give some choices for some of the things I hard-coded like the Text colors for days with/without events.

[dequire]

Originally Posted by mockware

So the interface was intuitive I assume? My first shot at it failed the WAF so I had to rewrite some of it before submitting it. I really want to focus on it working easily with the remote.

So far, so good. I'm going to allow the Ms. to play with it and provide feedback. I do like the layout, though. It is very Firefly friendly.

Some clarification on the following:
* Allow times to be associated with events, as well as dates
would it be ok to just have intervals of 30 minutes (ala outlook) and not exact time entries? I'm thinking of using a selector for the entry.

That's perfect.

* Impliment the overlay reminders (which you have already listed)
will do

* Allow variable event reminder times (i.e. 15 minutes, 1/2 hour, hour, day, etc.)
I'll use a selector here and copy outlook on the choice of values.

Also perfect. Many of us use Outlook every day (In my case it is forced on me by my company)

* Integration with email plugin to email reminders to one or more email addresses
Depends on mick providing the interface but I was going to even go so far as to add any type of triggered activity - I can apparently launch other apps and scripts using the SDK.

Sounds interesting. Could you provide some examples of triggered activities beyond email? Text messages / pagers? Launching other apps?

* Allow web entry of event info (so that different family members can log events from anywhere)
This is tricky. I'm thinking of having import fuctionality and having it do regular importing. That will leave it up to someone else to get a file in place to be imported.

I can live with that

* Allow events to consist of multiple days (such as "Out of town all week on business", etc.)
How about a repeat feature to copy an event for x days, business days, weeks, months.

Again, perfect!

I'll be adding a Settings menu also to set some defaults for reminders and give some choices for some of the things I hard-coded like the Text colors for days with/without events.

All I can say is how exited I am for this plugin! Hopefully, Mick provides the hooks necessary to utilize his email plugin. I will be happy to test, etc. or otherwise help in any way possible. Just let me know.

Congratulations on a great start! BM contimues to become a killer app...

[dequire]

Oh, and also a self-indulgent pat-on-the-back to me for 500 posts

[k_kirk]

Mockware, this is way too cool!!! Thanks a lot for the efforts. Your planned features list looks great & very rich. Suggest you also add yearly repeats capability. This is great to record birthdays etc. Regards

[Kilrsat]

This is a cool plugin. Would someone like to create a few screenshots for it?

[mockware]

how do I post the screenshots?

[mockware]

I'm still around and working on the plugin when I can. I rewrote a bunch of stuff to make it more skin friendly and I'm adding the features I said I would. Just taking a while as I learn how things work.

[DonK]

Updated first post. Have at it!

[mockware]

Boy that was quick. Thanks Donk. I'll shrink the pictures next time around. Learning as I go about what to do with posting plugins.

Warning: when you install this, it will likely alarm for all events that have passed already. Sorry about that. If you dismiss them, they'll stop that. I decided to default alarms to alarm on the event date time.

I, also, added edit event capability.

I'm not to happy with how the overlay looks when you snooze/dismiss an event but decided to post this since I've been sitting on it for 2 weeks while I played with it. I plan on having the overlay be optionlists that toggle between snooze/dismiss but having trouble with it.

Still plan on adding the following:
1. repeat event x days, weeks, months ...
2. recurring event weekly, monthly, yearly
3. Import events from external file - format like outlook export
4. Settings screen - defaults and setting snooze length

[k_kirk]

Great Job!!! This plug in is likely to be the next nost used plug in after DVD Library!!! Thanks for all your efforts!!!

[dequire]

Just a bump to inquire as to how things on the 'to do' list are coming along. I really need the ability to import Outlook files, as I travel quite a bit, and would like for my family to have my schedule via this plug-in in case they need to get ahold of me. Also, all of the other to-do's as well! I can gladly help test, if needed.

Originally Posted by mockware

Boy that was quick. Thanks Donk. I'll shrink the pictures next time around. Learning as I go about what to do with posting plugins.

Warning: when you install this, it will likely alarm for all events that have passed already. Sorry about that. If you dismiss them, they'll stop that. I decided to default alarms to alarm on the event date time.

I, also, added edit event capability.

I'm not to happy with how the overlay looks when you snooze/dismiss an event but decided to post this since I've been sitting on it for 2 weeks while I played with it. I plan on having the overlay be optionlists that toggle between snooze/dismiss but having trouble with it.

Still plan on adding the following:
1. repeat event x days, weeks, months ...
2. recurring event weekly, monthly, yearly
3. Import events from external file - format like outlook export
4. Settings screen - defaults and setting snooze length

[mockware]

I'm inherently lazy so this hasn't gotten a lot of my time. Just need to know someone cares to keep me motivated. I got some time to play with it tomorrow so I'll see if I can get a version with 1, 2, and 3 out the door.

1. repeat event x days, weeks, months ...
2. recurring event weekly, monthly, yearly
I incorporated these into the add event and edit event - I'm currently debugging it.

3. Import events from external file - format like outlook export
Looked at it and I know how I'll be doing it. Basically, just need to have your schedule exported as a "comma separated values" (CSV) file.

4. Settings screen - defaults and setting snooze length
not this release. Still thinking about what I need on the settings screen.

[dequire]

Thanks for the fast response! I know what you mean by the 'motivation factor' lol. I'll look forward to your update. Take care.

Originally Posted by mockware

I'm inherently lazy so this hasn't gotten a lot of my time. Just need to know someone cares to keep me motivated. I got some time to play with it tomorrow so I'll see if I can get a version with 1, 2, and 3 out the door.

1. repeat event x days, weeks, months ...
2. recurring event weekly, monthly, yearly
I incorporated these into the add event and edit event - I'm currently debugging it.

3. Import events from external file - format like outlook export
Looked at it and I know how I'll be doing it. Basically, just need to have your schedule exported as a "comma separated values" (CSV) file.

4. Settings screen - defaults and setting snooze length
not this release. Still thinking about what I need on the settings screen.