[vicente95650Participant]

I just checked and the button “Redraw” performs the script “Refresh Calendar()”.

[vicente95650Participant]

by the way I have NOT renamed my existing “web viewer” layout to “web_calendar”. I just asked if I should.

[vicente95650Participant]

I am not using FMP Advanced. I set the options to “not store calculation results”. I now see “?” in my “scratch” field!

I am not sure if you are instructing me to rename my current layout “web viewer” (the layout that displays the calendar)  to “web_calendar”.

And now when I click “Redraw” filtering is not occurring properly! I am really confused now.

[vicente95650Participant]

also… you referred to my  “Date Viewer”; I assume you meant the layout (web viewer) on which I have my URL object. Am I correct?

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I remain confused on this issue. I don’t quite understand the purpose of the function you gave me, since I can see the URL explicitly in my “web viewer” layout. I don’t understand  “when” that URL is  actually used.

The  URL in my “web viewer” layout  is:

“http://mydomain.comsosimple/sosimple_cal.php?calendar=<lots of digits>”&”&EventFilterField=”&gEventFilterFieldSelect

where EventFilterField is the name of the field whose value will filter the calendar events and gEventFilterFieldSelect is the name of the global field that provides said value.

I followed your instructions (likely with misinterpretation)  by creating a calculated field (named scratch) with the calculation: GetLayoutObjectAttribute(“web_calendar”;”source”).

I placed this field (scratch) in the same layout named “web viewer” on which the URL is also located. The value of scratch remains empty even after I click on Redraw. However filtering is indeed occurring correctly once I click on Redraw.

 

 

 

 

 

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But I do have a new question related to filtering…

I am filtering events using the URL. I have 3 global fields that I use to specify the desired values for corresponding n0n-global fields.

I noticed that, when I first display the calendar, I see the results of my last previous filter (the filter that I applied just before I closed Filemaker) even though the 3 global fields are empty (which should result in no filtering at all). The display is corrected once I click on the Redraw button. Is this expected behavior or am I doing something wrong?

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Please disregard, as it appears I was wrong  in my claim about the matching with value of  empty field.

[vicente95650Participant]

I suppose I could always create a new field (calculated)  that is never empty and that has a value that will never match but I wonder if there is a more straightforward way.

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related question.

While using the URL method of filtering events I noticed that if a field is empty the comparison (between the value in the field and the value that I specify in the filter) always matches. Do you have a recommendation on how to implement the opposite i.e. “empty field implies never match”?

[vicente95650Participant]

never mind….

Learned that pressing Alt key on my mac while opening the file causes filemaker to present a login prompt.

thanks.

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I was successful in specifying filtering criteria in the URL but I would like to take a look at your starter file “soSIMPLE Calendar”. I started with the trial version and have since purchased and registered your calendar. However I do not know how to login with the Developer credentials that you  sent me. It appears that I am logged in as Manager and cannot do much under that login. I am automatically logged in as Manager everytime! How do I login as Developer?

FYI The last Filemaker version I used was Filemaker 6. I browsed through my keychain and I don’t see relevant entries there.

 

[vicente95650Participant]

works….liking modern Filemaker…. thanks!

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I use a calculation field (called ApptDetail) that displays the contents of other fields and applies some formatting to the contents of those other fields. When ApptDetail is shown in the calendar all formatting is lost. Is there a way to preserve it? Is there another method to accomplish this. Basically I apply formatting (e.g. color) in order to identify the fields that make up ApptDetail.

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I am getting a notice about needing to register with Monkeybread Software the  MBS Filemaker Plugin …. guidance?

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Thanks. I was being fooled by the fact that there is a difference between clicking on the button (which has an effect)  and clicking on the name of the button (which has no effect).  I am a recent immigrant from the country of  Filemaker 6!!!

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Seems to work. After editing an appointment I just click anywhere on the layout (but not on a field) and then press Enter. What is the intended purpose of the Done button described in the tutorial?

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looks like my problem is that I can create an appointment but my “done” button does nothing! I am using Filemaker 15 pro adv and my done button executes a script that has a single step: Pause/Resume Script [ duration : 5 seconds].

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I followed your 5 minute tutorial on integrating my own calendar file and got stuck after creating a layout to house the web object. The instructions said to create a layout associated with a table occurrence that does not have the appointments but I only have one table (which has the appointments) and that is the one I used. Filemaker is basically hung and I will need to force quit! Do you have any idea about where I may have gone astray?

 

[vicente95650Participant]

Thank you ! Looks good. Will now try to link to my own calendar data and will probably buy the plug-in next week.

 

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I was able to open soSIMPLE Calendar (even though it did not show up when I browsed the databases available at fmphost using credentials of config) but have the same problem. I still do not see the calendar.

The only step in your instructions that I am not confident about is permissions for your cache folder. I added write permissions to “group” but not to specific users such as fmserver.

 

[vicente95650Participant]

OK thank you. I got a little farther. I was not getting a login prompt because I had saved my credentials (for my other databases) in my keychain. I deleted the keychain entry and was able to login as user “config”. The only database I see is soSIMPLE Calendar Settings. However I have also uploaded soSIMPLE Calendar but it does not show up. I assume that is because the same credentials do not exist in this file?

 

I had installed the PHP files and when I test by visiting your test web page (http://mydomain.com/sosimple/sosimple_cal.php) everything seems OK.

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