Double-click a CalendarSchedule to see its default Calendar Scheduler view, as shown in Figure 335.
As shown in Figure 335, existing calendar events (if any) are listed in the table by name and summary. When you select a calendar event, its day(s) of occurrence are highlighted in green in the monthly calendars at the top of the view.
Additional Calendar Scheduler topics include:
Click the button to add a new calendar event. An Add dialog appears, as shown in Figure 336.
Dialog options are described as follows:
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Name — Your descriptive name for the calendar days, perhaps “Thanksgiving_Break” or “Cleaning_2.” The default value is simply “Event.” You can change this later, if needed.
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Type — Determines selection criteria for day or days, with the following choices:
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Date — (default) By various combinations of weekday, numerical date, month or month combinations, and year.
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Date Range — By start and end range, using for each a combination of day, month, year.
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Week and Day — By combination of day of week, week in month, month.
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Custom — By various combinations of day, month, weekdays, and year.
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For details on Type selections, see Calendar day selections.
After you have a name and type selected (and defined as needed), click to add it to this calendar’s days. It remains selected for further editing, except for type.
Right-click in the calendar events table for a menu. If you have any calendar event selected, this menu provides the most commands, as shown in Figure 337.
Priority selections (right-click menu or in bottom buttons) only affect the list order for events in a CalendarSchedule—true priority applies only to special events (in weekly schedules).
Calendar event menu options are straightforward, and may include the following:
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Add — Add a new calendar event (same as using button).
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Edit — Edit day(s) selection criteria (but not changing calendar type). Same as button.
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Rename — Rename selected calendar event (same as using button).
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Priority (up) — Move calendar event up in display list (same as using button).
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Priority (down) — Move calendar event down in display list (same as using button).
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Delete — Removes selected calendar event from the schedule component.
When you delete a calendar event, a confirmation dialog appears as shown in Figure 338.
Click to delete the calendar entry, or to keep it.
When you first access the Calendar Scheduler, the current day is highlighted in the left-most calendar month at the top of the view. As needed, click on and , or and to traverse the calendar ahead or back in time.
Return to the current calendar month and day by clicking the button.