PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS PANEL IS NO LONGER MAINTAINED. AN IMPROVEMENT TO THE BUILT IN CALENDAR PANEL IS BEING WORKED ON, WHICH WILL HAVE THE SAME (AND MORE) FEATURES.

This is a very simple calendar panel (version 1).
It includes two skins - one for OpusOS-Blue and the default one, for all skins except OpusOs. To view the skins you must change the skin from DS Options.

FEATURES:
- Supports basic skinning (only the elements in the dsskin file).
- Has an option to show the week numbers and today's date.
- First day of the week is configurable.
- Can show several months if the panel is resized.

Installation file included.

I'm sorry, but I wouldn't be able to respond to feedback in the next week (I'm going on a trip to Turkey).

Nice. You are fast.So many panels in such a short time.

Thanks! This was a very easy one though.

nice start. definitely a must have panel.

i am not able to make it smaller to fit inside my DS though... is there a way to resize it? i can only fit till thursday

also, i hope there will be a way to make the background transparent, and use the normal skin colors for the numbers (same as the panels, body color for numbers, title color for day and month names and week numbers). then it will really integrate very well into DS.

Excellent job. I have been waiting for something like this. I will use it for awhile and see what else you want to add to it, but this is a great start.

Coult69

This is what I get when I tried installing the panel...

Fixed the problem - there was a dsidebarpia.dll in the root directory. . Deleted it. Now all fine.

Some options and features that will be useful :
- Configure the way the name of the day is shown - FirstLetter, Short name, Long name
- Width and height of panel
- font and size (so that my calendar fits in my sidebar) )

this is a very simple calendar indeed. infact it just look the same as the calendar on Clock Panel.

It is the same one actually. .NET framwork has a built in calendar and both the clock panel and the calendar panel uses the same one.Too bad that it is very big.I think that as a panel it should be smaller.

I agree. I keep my DS very narrow, and I can't use the panel at all.

Thanks for reminding me PhTor! My previous post was from right before Build 69 came out. I almost forgot about this panel! Now I can use it.

Because, as yyy mentioned, this is the standard .NET calendar control, I have a limited control over its appearance. For all the appearance options that I had (colors, fonts etc.) I included options in the SimpleCalendar.dsskin file in [DS App Data]\plugins\SimpleCalendar. Try editing the file with notepad (edit the OpusOS section if you're using OpusOS-Blue skin in DS).

what about resizing it. it works good for me if i can resize it. even with floating panels, i still want to resize it so it fits snugly with other panels on my desktop.

maybe it will be good if more sections can be added, not only OpusOS but for other skins too.
and also, options (inproperties) like settings for the calendar (as such) - day strings (short, long, first letter only), maybe culture...

Here are some links to s few calendars I found on the net. Unfortunately they are for MFC/C++... I hope this helps...
http://www.codeproject.com/wtl/wtlminical.asp
http://www.codeproject.com/cpp/Desktop_Calendar.asp
http://www.codeproject.com/miscctrl/minicalendar.asp
http://www.codeproject.com/cpp/Calendar.asp

MFC isn't supported in DS programming, which brings me into the question - what about WTL? Is it supported?

Anymore development on this panel? I am looking forward to the next version...

Thanks,

Coult69

I can continue developing it. I would if I knew of any more requests for it.
What do you want to see in the next version?

Well, this has already been discussed, but if it weren't the .NET calendar control, and you could make it fit to the user's DS width, that'd be great...

...That being said, though, I wouldn't blame you for continuing to use the .NET calendar (at least for now).

Well, I think that for now, I will continue using the .NET Framework component. It makes life so much easier. I could search the net for a better control that supports skinning, and if I'll find one, I'll replace the .NET one. For the time being I won't build a control from scratch (although that won't be too difficult either, I think). I am quite busy right now with the Printer Queue and File Browser panels.

(nodding) Makes sense.

Ya, I think skinning it was the biggest deal for me right now, but it certainly sounds like you are busy...

Coult69

OK, so as soon as I'll get back to developing this panel, I'll try to implement a skinnable calendar control.

GoMa: Any .NET calendar I'd find on the net - it's payed.

Yeah, I saw some calendar controls that ooked good, but they weren'y free. I found a nice sample though. Should be be able to construct a calendar of my own.
Thanks for trying to help though.

Can't you make your own? I know its hard but this is exactly the reason why other caladers have a price.I think you should consider making your own calendar-it will be much better and you'll be able to customize it more

What did I just say? Quote of myself:

Oh,sorry-I read only the first 2 sentences the best thing is to make your own control !

GoMa could you add the option to import from http://www.icalshare.com/.

Umm, if appointments will be supported (which is likely to happen once I create my own control, but that is bound to take some time) I'll try to add that.

Right now, the Calendar panel is a long list of appointments that one has, which can be a little confusing. I wonder whether it is not a better idea by turning it into a monthly view, bold dates which contain appointments. The detail window will appear when a date is clicked, with the details of that day's schedule. It may tidy up the look of the panel, making it less cluttered? I don't know, just a thought.

T

I totally agree. It is in progress. Wues is working on it, and thus I have quit developing this panel.

And, please , support for Outlook appointments in the monthly view...

Did you the post above you?
wues (part of the DS dev team) is working on an improvement for the Calendar panel, and he told me it would support monthly view (that's the main improvement AFAIK). Obviously, it would also support Outlook appointments becuase it's an improvement for the Outlook Calendar.
I do not know how this improvement is progressing though.

I did, I did, veeeeeery sorry! I just wanted to leave a trace of my request just in case wues was looking here to check if he'd implemented everything we were asking for... And then, if I don't post, I'm never gonna reach 100, so I'm afraid you'll have to stand some random ones, just to keep the counter moving

And which skin would that be?

It is possible to theme the calendar's colors, however there's a bug. The calendar will not be skinned until you change to another skin and then switch back.
If you still want that, I'll prepare something.

Where's that Wues? Need to whip him and get him moving along on that calendar.

They also have other things to work on, they're doing this in their free time.

Other work? what other work? You mean he has a job? Didn't Bush give him a tax cut? What else does he want?

(I know, GoMa, just trying to find have fun )

T

Actually, the DS team in Poland....and NeilN in Canada.

I have just found out that Rainlendar (a skinable calendar app) is open source. I think that Rainlendar can be ported for DS. So what do you think?

Porting an open source application is very hard, it's not like "it's open source, you can put it in DS". Also, wues is working on enhancements for the current Outlook Calendar panel. It would include a monthly view and an option to store calendar info on its own (i.e. without using Outlook).

It's also GPL'ed which would make things interesting[1] if the DS developer team incorporated it.

[1] Interesting not in a good way.

Alright then. We all just have to wait for wues to finish. Thanks for infos