Calendar control?

[roffle]

I'd like to design some sort of appointment scheduler using a calendar so I can drag and drop appointments. I'd need it to connect to a database and allow me to double click a time and enter appointment information. Is this possible? I know the supplied calendar feature is a bit limited, are there third party ones I can use? I was using a ComponentOne calendar in Visual Studio 2008, is there any way to use that?

[rmcgaffic]

Re: Calendar control?

I am working with CodeJock's Xtreme Calendar Pro control and have got it half to work. Take a look at their Access sample for how to create your own Outlook! This is what I am trying to replicate with Alpha.

Bob McGaffic
Pittsburgh, PA

[roffle]

Re: Calendar control?

You are working with Xtreme Calendar within Alpha Five or just trying to replicate it? I'm just getting into A5 right now and I don't know how to really code anything, or if it's even going to work out for me. Are there any calendars that will work right off the bat with A5 aside from their own?

Is there even a bundled calendar with A5 or do you have to buy the one on their site to get anything?

EDIT: Just found the calendar. It is very basic.

[rmcgaffic]

Re: Calendar control?

Ted,

I have no interest in re-inventing the wheel. I want a professional Outlook style calendar out of the box.

Attached is a Word document showing how the CodeJock control is working. It is very much a work in process.

I'm encountering troubles with methods, not properties. You may be interested to know that with the setting of one style property, this calendar can be displayed as Outlook style, Windows XP style, Windows VISTA, etc.

To see the real capabilities of this control, download the sample Microsoft Access Application at http://www.codejock.com/downloads/samples/calendar.asp.


Bob McGaffic
Pittsburgh

[roffle]

Re: Calendar control?

Yep, I did check the demo out. The calendar seems to do what I need, just need to find out how to do something like that in A5. Are there any web sites with tutorials on how to do basic XBasic coding or get buttons working or anything? The help file is a little less than optimal for me.

[rmcgaffic]

Re: Calendar control?

Ted,

Just open the Microsoft Access demo.

Open frmCalendar
Click on the [Design] icon
Click on the calendar control, then right click
Click on Build event...

This will expose all the Visual Basic code that you will need to convert to XBasic.

Bob McGaffic
Pittsburgh, PA

[roffle]

Re: Calendar control?

Ok then excuse my ignorance, but I'm confused, because all I got was an exe file and that's all I see in the link. Even if I could see the VB code it wouldn't help much without getting a decent grasp on the XBasic code first. That's why I was wondering if there were any free tutorials out there step by step aside from the "Help" menu, since they assume you know some things about it already.

[roffle]

Re: Calendar control?

Bump. Not understanding how to open it in Access.

[rmcgaffic]

Re: Calendar control?

Ted,

If you'd like, I'll walk you through this. All you have to do is download the trial from CodeJock's web site.

Send me a private message with your phone number. Between 6 pm and 9 pm PST works best for me or this weekend is fine go. I'm working on a project in California so I'm on Pacific time.

Bob McGaffic
Pittsburgh, PA

[JAF]

Re: Calendar control?

This exactly what I would have expected from A5 and Codejock. It looks great. I'm curious if this will work with a web app as well. Has anyone tried that?

[rmcgaffic]

Re: Calendar control?

Jeff,

Unfortunately, we are like wolves crying in the wilderness. I've only got this to partially work with Alpha Five.

Question: If Alpha Five provided easy to use email functionality, wouldn't you think they would provide easy to use calendar functionality as well?

Email + Calendar = Outlook.

Without this capability, is it any surprise that Alpha's CRM product never got off the ground?

Bob McGaffic
Pittsburgh, PA

[gagsoft]

Re: Calendar control?

Hi All

I'll add my 2 cents worth. I am also not for re-inventing the wheel. Why not get Alpha to properly integrate with Outlook Calendar. I am sure Microsoft Outlook is still going to be with us for a while.:)

Peter Gagiano

[rmcgaffic]

Re: Calendar control?

Peter,

I really have a problem with applications that constantly require synchronization and refreshes which is exactly what you're asking for with an Alpha/Outlook interface.

The very weakest CRM applications out there attempt to do just that.

The better approach is for Alpha to do with a calendar what it did with email and allow us to be free of Outlook.

Bob McGaffic
Pittsburgh, PA

[alexmuir]

Re: Calendar control?

Hello

Could someone tell me whether the CodeJock's Xtreme Calendar Pro works with A5V9 please?

All I want is the facility to create a calander interface for our workshop repair system and be able to allocate engineers incoming jobs and a time frame to do teh job?

If so what are the limitations in terms of the numbers

number of engineers
number of jobs
units of time within any given day
appointments per day

Are there any issues when dragging and dropping?

Maybe someone from Alpha could release a video showing how to use the CodeJock's Xtreme Calendar Pro

In all the noise about V10 web functionality it would confirm to us that they haven't forgotten the premise that environemnt will always be secondary to core functionality.