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fritzdekatt wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 07, 2019 9:51 pm

Actually, 5.5 builds fine for MacOS and WIndows

"Build" is different from "producing a useful app". While older versions often do the build process well enough, the resulting executables are not 64-bit, and won't run on any system requiring 64-bit apps.

We're way off the topic of the Calendar widget here, but if there's interest in discussing the trade-offs of using older LC versions a thread devoted to that may be useful, perhaps in the "Getting Started with LiveCode - Experienced Developers" section (or any other that seems fitting; the taxonomy here is currently a mess, so use your best judgement on where to place discussions).

FourthWorld wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 07, 2020 6:41 pm

karmacomposer wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 07, 2020 5:09 pm

Is there any code on how to get or set this calendar? I am having a tough time using it.

Can this code be used:

get the selectedDate of widget

set the selectedDate of widget to pDate

If so, what do we replace 'widget' with? Most instructions in LiveCode are so damn vague.

This plugin is from an independent developer, outside the purview of the company's docs team.

I gather from the OP that it's a plugin, not a widget. If instructions for use are not included, given how long it's been since the author first posted here you may have to contact him directly, perhaps through private message if email address is not included in the package.

OK, fair enough. How do you use the included / available calendar plugin that is from Livecode? The command structures seem very close. Both use get and set. What throws me off about the Livecode widget is that the api calls it widget and there are pretty much ZERO code samples for me to utilize.

Can someone just write a simple get and set that would allow a calendar control to work (I am saving the date to a text file and reading it back in) or point me to a code chunk that would allow me to learn from. In the best case scenerio, 'setting' the calendar control would allow me to set the date and it just works.

Thank you for your help.

Mike

karmacomposer wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 07, 2020 9:22 pm

How do you use the included / available calendar plugin that is from Livecode?

Does it include no instructions?

The command structures seem very close. Both use get and set. What throws me off about the Livecode widget is that the api calls it widget and there are pretty much ZERO code samples for me to utilize.

Getting and setting properties is a natural part of working with LC objects, whether they're libraries or plugins made with LC Script, or widgets made with LC Builder. In LC Script we have getProp and setProp handlers to allow all sorts of actions to take place with property settings, e.g. the DataGrid.

Can someone just write a simple get and set that would allow a calendar control to work (I am saving the date to a text file and reading it back in) or point me to a code chunk that would allow me to learn from. In the best case scenerio, 'setting' the calendar control would allow me to set the date and it just works.

I've not used it myself, but I'll bet the author can provide good guidance.

In LC docs, you will see “widget” referenced like that when the command expects a reference to a widget. You can see a similar pattern with other objects as well. I will agree that it would be better to make them more clear with something like ‘pWidgetRef’ to be clear that it is a parameter and that it is a reference to a widget (or whatever the case may be).

I've tried numerous ways to use set with a calendar control and it always ends up not working.

example:
Any help is appreciated.

Mike

For this plugin, the instructions are in the first post. When you click the button to add one to your stack, the default name is "cal". So, to set the date of that group you would use something like:
And you can use the date that is set with something like:

@MaxV: I'm tidying up some of the forum taxonomy and could use clarification on this nice tool you've made: It's described as a "Plugin" to be used in the IDE, but seems to be designed as a library to be included in deployments. Can you clarify the role of this Calendar tool?

I tried to download and install this calendar app but don't know why it doesn't work correctly.