Calendar / date / layout questions

[android]

Hi -

Ok - not sure where this goes, but I saw a bunch of calendar and date related posts upon search in this forum.. so here goes:

I have the demo of 8; previously, my only experience was with v4, which I used to build a rudimentary time tracking/project tracking/project info/billing system. (1998... and they still use it!)

Anyway, I'm off on my own, and want to build a project management system - a simple one, a little at a time.

Ideally, however, I NEED calendars - now, I've seen the popup calendar, but without knowing exactly how it works (and knowing it's not really too adjustable) I thought I'd ask:

1) Can I (elegantly) build a window which holds (basically) a standard calendar, and put dates/links/whatever into its dates?

2) Can I (elegantly) build a timeline-style calendar?

3) Can either of the above be zoomable? (Not click-into-a-date, though it needs that, too, but to increase the visual scale?)

By "elegantly" above, I mean without having to rely on third-party products or hacks, and with an economy of scripting.

That's it for now.

Thanks for any help!

Andrew

[LaRetta]

Hi Andrew,

You might want to take a look at the workings of CC Calendar . It is free and unlocked and you can glean many ideas from it. They also have a Time Tracker and Gantt Charts for project management on their site; all open to explore.

LaRetta

[android]

Thanks!

Wow... yowch. I dug in and looked at some code and MAN I have some learning to do.

I guess it's kind of amazing to me that after all these years, FM doens't have a more user-friendly structure for handling calendar functions. (Or does it?)

Well, the CC stuff looks amazing (and actually -looks- great) so I'm off to nose around.

cheers,

Andrew

Edited September 12, 2005 by Guest