posted February 03, 2003 01:59 PM           

However, I'd also like to add the day name to the date string. In other words, I'd like Feburay 3, 2003 to read:

Monday, Feburary 3, 2003.

Any suggestions?

posted November 25, 2004 03:42 PM            

Dan O.

posted November 25, 2004 08:56 PM         

How would I pass the day name to the date string?

The code I am using for the link to the Event View page is: <A HREF="<%=$CGI_URL_QUERYSTRING%>view=Event&event_id=<%= EVENT FIELD(id) %>&datestring=<%=$DAY->{datestring}%>" CLASS="gridtext"><%= EVENT FIELD(title) %></A><BR>

How would I modify this to include the day name? Thanks,

W

posted November 26, 2004 04:13 PM            

&dayname=<%= $DAY->{dayname} %>

That information should then be available for printing in the template using a tag like:

<%= $in{dayname} %>

Dan O.

posted November 26, 2004 07:04 PM         

w

posted November 26, 2004 09:30 PM            

Dan O.

posted November 26, 2004 10:03 PM         

w

posted November 27, 2004 08:10 PM            

Dan O.

posted December 05, 2004 11:53 AM         

I had to use a tag like this to keep the static dayname from being displayed (passed back in the URL) in Month View when returning via link from a Day or Event View page.

<% if ($VIEW eq "Day" | | $VIEW eq "Event") {%><%= $in{dayname} %><%}%>

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posted December 05, 2004 02:24 PM            

I believe the original question was about modifying the 'Event View' screen so if used just in the Event View part of the template, it shouldn't affect any other displays.

BTW. "dayname" is probably a bad variable name to use for the passed information as it is already a variable used by the calendar. It might be a better idea to use something different like the following so it doesn't over write an existing calendar variable value. Eg.

&thisdayname=<%= $DAY->{dayname} %>

That information should then be available for printing in the template using a tag like:

<%= $in{thisdayname} %>

But you can make up a variable name for yourself which is sure not to be used by CalendarScript otherwise. Maybe "danodayname" ?

This part "$DAY->{dayname}" must remain as it is!

JFYI

Dan O.

posted December 05, 2004 06:53 PM         

Unfortunately, any linkback to Month View from Event View carries &dayname=Tuesday or the like in the URL. Dunno why.

"..."dayname" is probably a bad variable name to use for the passed information as it is already a variable used by the calendar."

Ok, "danodayname" it is!

Thanks again for all your help to us scriptually challenged.

posted December 05, 2004 08:33 PM            

That is true but I don't see anywhere else in the default.html template file where $in{dayname} is used to make it visible to users. If you've only added the <%= $in{dayname} %> inside the Event View section, I don't see how it would be displayed anywhere else for users to see.

** any linkback to Month View carries... Dunno why. **

Because CalendarScript is designed to build onto the previous query string for the next time it is used.

JFYI

Dan O.

posted December 06, 2004 12:06 AM         

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posted January 16, 2005 08:50 PM            

I have tried adding the &thisdayname=<%= $DAY->{dayname} %> to the <A HREF> tag in the Search View section of the default.html, but alas, no joy.

Any ideas?

posted January 17, 2005 02:27 PM            

The $DAY-> variables are only available in the grids AFAIK.

You can try using <%= $DAY_NAMES->[$EVENT->{schedule}->{nextoccurrence}->{wd}] %> to see if it prints the event's day name. I haven't tried it myself.

Dan O.

posted January 18, 2005 07:53 PM            

It works! It printed out the day name, but for the *following* day. So, I had to subtract 1 from the value.

What I ended up with for my link was:

<A HREF="#" onClick="return gotolink('<%= $EVENT->{schedule}->{calendarref} %>', '<%=$CGI_URL_QUERYSTRING%>view=Event&event_id=<%= EVENT FIELD(id) %>&datestring=<%=$EVENT->{schedule}->{nextoccurrence}->{year}%><% print sprintf("%02d",$EVENT->{schedule}->{nextoccurrence}->{month}); %><% print sprintf("%02d",$EVENT->{schedule}->{nextoccurrence}->{date}); %>&thisdayname=<%=$DAY_NAMES->[$EVENT->{schedule}->{nextoccurrence}->{wd}-1] %>&starttime=<%= $EVENT->{schedule}->{start_time} %>&endtime=<%= $EVENT->{schedule}->{end_time} %>')" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;" CLASS="text"><%= EVENT FIELD(title) %></A>

Thanks again -

posted January 19, 2005 12:50 PM            

Glad to hear it.

** It printed out the day name, but for the *following* day. So, I had to subtract 1 from the value. **

I thought the $EVENT->{schedule}->{nextoccurrence}->{wd} variable value was adjusted correctly by the script. Make sure there are no problems with events that fall on a Sunday (first day of the week) and Saturday (last day of the week).

Dan O.