Calendar widget

[stam]

Hi all,

I tried to use the (free) Calendar widget on the liveCode store but can't get it to load... i copied the downloaded file to the extensions folder and restarted LC 9.6.1, but there is no way to add this to a card. I also copied it to a 'plugins' folder in the same directory that contains the the extensions folder as I've noticed some plugins won't work otherwise, but again no dice.
No calendar control shows up in the tools palette or in the 'add widget' menu...

What i'm really looking for is a simple date picker.

Can anyone advise if i'm doing something wrong when trying to install this widget or perhaps point me to a better widget?

many thanks
Stam

[stam]

meh please ignore this post... just realised what the process is to install widgets (colour me embarrassed )

[stam]

On this note i'll just also add that the best widget i found was Hermann's date picker widget. Not only does it provide a nice API but when viewing the widget's properties in the inspector it exposes the properties so that they can be modified to your needs/taste visually in the IDE... very cool.
(obviously since i've now ...erm.. paid attention on how to install these ;D)

Anyone using anything different/better?

[marksmithhfx]

meh please ignore this post... just realised what the process is to install widgets (colour me embarrassed )

Hi, I just downloaded the calendar.lce file myself but having never installed an .lce file am unsure of what to do next. Would you mind expanding on your "meh"

Thanks
Mark

[elanorb]

Hi Mark

You install an extension using the Extension Manager from the Tools Palette, just click the '+' button and select your .lce file to install it. It should then show up in the Tools Palette. You can also use the Extension Manager to choose which widgets to show in the Tools Palette, load on startup etc.

I hope that helps.

Kind regards

Elanor

[stam]

meh please ignore this post... just realised what the process is to install widgets (colour me embarrassed )

Hi, I just downloaded the calendar.lce file myself but having never installed an .lce file am unsure of what to do next. Would you mind expanding on your "meh"

Thanks
Mark

Hi Mark,
What Elanor said - Tools menu -> Extension manager -> "+" (top right) & select the '.lce' file

[marksmithhfx]

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Hi Mark,
What Elanor said - Tools menu -> Extension manager -> "+" (top right) & select the '.lce' file
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Great, thanks guys. I'll be plugging it in tomorrow so your comments are appreciated.

Best,
Mark

[marksmithhfx]

Hi Mark,
What Elanor said - Tools menu -> Extension manager -> "+" (top right) & select the '.lce' file
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Great, thanks guys. I'll be plugging it in tomorrow so your comments are appreciated.

Best,
Mark
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Hi everyone,

Ok, just so I am sure I am not missing a beat, the calendar widget that appears on the LC toolbar does not return a date format that is understood by the LC convert function?

I tried (using a standard built in LC date, the short date)

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put the short date into tDate
convert tDate to dateItems
put tDate

and predictably got 2020,11,28,0,0,0,7 (it being 7:56 PM on a Saturday evening when I did this).

I then tried the same conversion using the date format the widget returns, which is YYYY-MM-DD ie:

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put "2020-11-28" into tDate
convert tDate to dateItems
put tDate

and got "2020-11-28" as an answer. ie. no conversion.

Just trying to make sure I am not missing something obvious before I role my own "yyyy-mm-dd" to "mm/dd/yy" conversion routine.

Thanks

[Klaus]

Hi Mark,

yep, the format of the date returned from the widget is erm. un-LC-like, to say the least.
Unfortunaltey this is not recognized by LCs "convert" function

So the answer is you need to write a little function which formats that date to a LC friendly one.


Best

Klaus

P.S.
Sounds like a nice enhancement to LC, since this is also the format SQL uses.
Will file an enhancement request.

[Klaus]

And done:https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=23004

[marksmithhfx]

And done:https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=23004

and Dusted

[marksmithhfx]

And done:https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=23004

Better version. This one handles "date addition" better. Put in 2020-02-31 (Feb 31) and it will return 03/02/20 (Mar 2)

[Klaus]

Put in 2020-02-31 (Feb 31)

I would never do that!

[SparkOut]

How does it deal with 1967-02-24?

[marksmithhfx]

How does it deal with 1967-02-24?

Pretty good I think. I had to figure out the Calendar widget anyway so I put the conversion routines into the test stack. So far so good, although it seems seriously intolerant of anything that might be an illegal date.