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    Calendar Component - Scheduling View

    If you go to the Web2Cal website it shows the Beta version of a Scheduling View available for the Calendar. I have a need for this and was wondering when they release this will it be avaiable to Alpha in a future release?

    Thanks

    Tom

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    Re: Calendar Component - Scheduling View

    Selwyn's response:

    If you write your own integration code then you can use any feature of web2cal, (or for that matter any 3rd party javascript product) with a5.
    (in the same way that a .php or .net developer would use web2cal).

    however, as you would quickly find out - it is quite a lot of work to integrate web2cal, (or any 3rd party javascript product) into an app (regardless of what the app is developed in - java, a5, .php, .net, etc).

    what alpha has done with web2cal is build a whole framework around their product to make it trivial to integrate into a5.
    however, if you want to use our framework, rather than write the integration code yourself, you are limited to the feature set of web2cal that we have exposed.

    so the long answer to your question is that when web2cal introduces new features those features do not automatically become available in the alpha five builders for the calendar component.

    the only way to take advantage of their new features would be if you code the whole thing yourself (just like their php, java and .net customers have to do).

    at some point we might revisit our calendar component and expose more of their features, but that is not something that we see as happening in the immediate time frame.

    thanks

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      #3
      Re: Calendar Component - Scheduling View

      So you pay full price for the web2cal and get part of the features.
      Chad Brown

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        #4
        Re: Calendar Component - Scheduling View

        Originally posted by njguy View Post
        Selwyn's response:

        If you write your own integration code then you can use any feature of web2cal, (or for that matter any 3rd party javascript product) with a5.
        (in the same way that a .php or .net developer would use web2cal).

        however, as you would quickly find out - it is quite a lot of work to integrate web2cal, (or any 3rd party javascript product) into an app (regardless of what the app is developed in - java, a5, .php, .net, etc).
        If that the is the option others will simple switch to the competition eq revamp the PHP to A5w pages.
        what alpha has done with web2cal is build a whole framework around their product to make it trivial to integrate into a5.
        however, if you want to use our framework, rather than write the integration code yourself, you are limited to the feature set of web2cal that we have exposed.

        so the long answer to your question is that when web2cal introduces new features those features do not automatically become available in the alpha five builders for the calendar component.

        the only way to take advantage of their new features would be if you code the whole thing yourself (just like their php, java and .net customers have to do).

        at some point we might revisit our calendar component and expose more of their features, but that is not something that we see as happening in the immediate time frame.

        thanks
        Create all that code yourself as answer is for a lot A5 developers question is that realistic? , also buying the Calendar component and the W2C lic is a lot of money for most developers.
        That people <customers> are asking howto and what is next this and that is normal I think.
        Perhaps a small roadmap for the Calendar component not strictly it's ready Q11 Q2 etc would be nice

        m2p

        Eric

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          #5
          Re: Calendar Component - Scheduling View

          Originally posted by chadbrown View Post
          So you pay full price for the web2cal and get part of the features.
          Not fair...
          Win 10 64 Development, Win 7 64 WAS 11-1, 2, Win 10 64 AA-1,2, MySql, dbForge Studio The Best MySQL GUI Tool IMHO. http://www.devart.com/dbforge/mysql/studio/

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            #6
            Re: Calendar Component - Scheduling View

            Agree with Frank above.... I don't think it's fair or reasonable to ask Alpha to keep up with every twist and turn in the Web2Cal road. There's a LOT there that the Alpha folks don't have control over.

            I do think it's fair to ask for a roadmap of a) where things are today and b) what the plans are going forward (not a strict timetable -but a roadmap of which features are in or out support wise.) That way we can make intelligent decisions. For the record, I have had several email discussions on topics of this nature with the Alpha gang, and always found them to be reasonable. They may not always have been able to say what I wanted to hear, but they've always been fair and reasonable.

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              #7
              Re: Calendar Component - Scheduling View

              Strange that we were promissed scheduling in version 11 and it now seems we are not going to get it.

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                #8
                Re: Calendar Component - Scheduling View

                Actually I am agreeing with Chad. I think it is unfair that we have to pay the full price for the Web2Cal but are unable to take advantage of the new features.
                Win 10 64 Development, Win 7 64 WAS 11-1, 2, Win 10 64 AA-1,2, MySql, dbForge Studio The Best MySQL GUI Tool IMHO. http://www.devart.com/dbforge/mysql/studio/

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                  Re: Calendar Component - Scheduling View

                  Originally posted by frankbicknell View Post
                  Actually I am agreeing with Chad. I think it is unfair that we have to pay the full price for the Web2Cal but are unable to take advantage of the new features.
                  Sorry for unintentionally misinterpreting what you meant.

                  And I do see your point. It is understandable that there's a time lag between when features get added to Web2Cal and when they get integrated, in my mind. I can certainly see your point,though, if it's a case of "aren't going to implement this in any fashion" as opposed to "it's going to take us a bit to implement this".

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