Calendar Skin V.9.8

[Blazingwolf]

rebecker, did you get the color change to work on the last update?

[drumbo]

Boy I must be slipping. I completely missed this post. Drumbo, I apologize. The theme and task bar stuff is from a skin from Juni. It is his controlpad skin for dashboard. It will work without dashboard because he also made a .tsk for the file. Here is his website address.

Thanks Blazingwolf

[bearcatx16]

Blazingwolf:

Thanks for your calendar skin!

I have it set to use my info and apps and am please with the neat appearance it give my today screen.

I would like to change fishboy's launcher tabs to the buttons.  Is there somewhere I can reference so that I might know what lines I am to add and where the .bmp files go.  I have looked for a reference guide but was unable to find anything to help with the proper placement of the code lines.

Thanks again for the skin and in advance for any help on this matter.

EDIT:
I found the Skin Ref. download,  will be playing a lot of "switch" while I read this thing!

[Bogdan]

First - Thank you Blazingwolf
2nd arbitrajeu for your help
and 3rd all that post with helpfull hints.

Here is the result.
A clean (I think) look for Calendar.
McDebb - "softsky" background


I have couple of questions?
What do I keep in my TodayPlus folder
In my "Skins" folder - is "Calendar.txt" all I need or "slider" and "analog-weather" from the original install necessary
In "Images"  - "Colors 3-D"  or should there be anything else
In "Weather Icons" - "Washington Post" is enough - or anything else.

As you can see I'm just starting out, so sorry if these are basic questions.

Once again - thanks all for the great job.

[snsr]

Many props to srs, (Today+), Blazingwolf (this skin), & Eitel (hosting, et al). Am really enjoying working with. I'm a newbie, so am spending a lot of time with the reference guides, but am learning. Couple quick questions.
On the Blazingwolf calendar skin - the month calendar at the top region - seems to be updated by the calendar / agenda region, after a manual update. I'd like to have the top region month be independant, and I can then put imagebuttuns in the top region to page the month forward and back. I'll want to add length to the region to accomodate adding the month / year above the calendarheader.

Specific questions :
Where to look for some reference on calcspace, and understanding of "if region,8,=,0" syntax.
How to seperate the top region one month view from being updated by the calendar region - I'll then put imagebuttons in the top region for paging fore and aft.

Suggestions are appreciated!
s

[Blazingwolf]

Bogdan,
In the TodayPlus folder you should see the following folders: Buffer, Images,Skins and Weather Icons. You should also see the following files: config.txt, forcasttext.txt, TodayPlus.exe and uptime.txt. Inisde the skins folder you will keep any skins you would like to use. If you only use mine then that is all you need. In the Images folder you will need to keep any images folders that are for the seperate skins. In the weather Icons folder you keep whatever weather icons you use. If you like to switch skins then you will probably need a couple. Hope this helps.

[joelw135]

Where is the complete Calender Skin file located?  Do I use the basic config file I have from 0.9.8 clean start?

[Bogdan]

joelw135

As you can see from the reply by Blazingwolf to me - my understanding is that the file called Calendar.txt is in essence a skin file and therefore should go to "Skins" folder.  If the calendar skin is all you need right now or if just do not like cluttered folders then you can delete all other skins.

The config file will go to the TodayPlus main folder and so if put it there it will replace the original config file - if you do not want to loose it you can rename the original config file as something clever like "originalconfig.txt"  

Hope you are having as much fun with it as I am
ARGHHHH

[mamado]

Hello,

 BlazingWolf, this skin is wonderfull.

 I would like to customize it to suit my needs, and to include some neat ideas from other skins, (If I post it I will sure credit the owners, iff they agree first )

 I have a question concerning the top region, There are two regions 0,0 and 0,1 which share the same info, I want to make sure I understand this correctly,

The first one is set to be refreshed every 60 sec, and it updates the status of the buttons, the date display and the calendar.

The second contains the code to launch various regions on clicks, and is not refreshed.

Why is it coded that way?

In the second region there are some defregions:

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updateregions,18
defregion,1,0,18,240,56,6
defregion,4,0,18,240,56,6
defregion,10,0,18,240,56,6

that I don't understand, can you please shed some light on that.

I am sorry if I am intrusive   you can easily tell me to leave your skin alone and I will, no offense  

[Blazingwolf]

Many props to srs, (Today+), Blazingwolf (this skin), & Eitel (hosting, et al). Am really enjoying working with. I'm a newbie, so am spending a lot of time with the reference guides, but am learning. Couple quick questions.
On the Blazingwolf calendar skin - the month calendar at the top region - seems to be updated by the calendar / agenda region, after a manual update. I'd like to have the top region month be independant, and I can then put imagebuttuns in the top region to page the month forward and back. I'll want to add length to the region to accomodate adding the month / year above the calendarheader.

Specific questions :
Where to look for some reference on calcspace, and understanding of "if region,8,=,0" syntax.
How to seperate the top region one month view from being updated by the calendar region - I'll then put imagebuttons in the top region for paging fore and aft.

Suggestions are appreciated!
s

I have not been ignoring your post, just busy. To increse the size of the region you will need to change the size in both region 0,0 and region 0,1. To do this change this line: defregion,0,0,0,240,60,1 to the desired height and this line: offsetadd,0,58. The two offsetadd lines should equal the same size as the defregion.

As for making the month seperate I have not figured out how to do this yet but I am working on it.

I believe fishboy is working on updating his resource guide but has not finished it yet. When he is done that is where you will find the info about calcspace.

If you have more question I will try to answer.

[Blazingwolf]

Hello,

 BlazingWolf, this skin is wonderfull.

 I would like to customize it to suit my needs, and to include some neat ideas from other skins, (If I post it I will sure credit the owners, iff they agree first )

 I have a question concerning the top region, There are two regions 0,0 and 0,1 which share the same info, I want to make sure I understand this correctly,

The first one is set to be refreshed every 60 sec, and it updates the status of the buttons, the date display and the calendar.

The second contains the code to launch various regions on clicks, and is not refreshed.

Why is it coded that way?

In the second region there are some defregions:

Code Select Expand


updateregions,18
defregion,1,0,18,240,56,6
defregion,4,0,18,240,56,6
defregion,10,0,18,240,56,6

that I don't understand, can you please shed some light on that.

I am sorry if I am intrusive   you can easily tell me to leave your skin alone and I will, no offense  

I belive it is coded this way because of the ability of collapsing the different areas(I could be wrong, someone please correct me if I am) and it refreshes to see if changes are made. The region 0,1 is there to make sure you see your info all the time. If it wasn't there then the info dissapears upon the refresh.

I am not sure why the defregions are defined here but it was in the slider.txt skin so I left it. The updateregion I put in to make sure that region 18(the calendar) is updated.

Hope this helps a little. And if you want to change my skin to your liking please feel free. I borrowed from others to make this skin and I would never mind if someone uses or changes something from my skin.

[fishboy]

Blazingwolf is correct, I am working on the next version of the reference guide and hope to have it ready for the next version release.  In the meantime here is some info on the two commands.

if,region...
Test if specified page is active in the specified region.

Syntax
if,region,<region id>,=,<page>  

calcspace
Used to auto-adjust the height of a section (i.e. poom section) to help prevent the scroll bars from appearing.  Subtracts the current y offset from the specified value  (<x>) and stores it in the specified variable.  This variable can be used as a parameter (i.e. height) in subsequent commands (i.e. offsetadd, defregion, outlook, etc.).  Version 0.9.8 and later.

Syntax
calcspace,<x>,var<y>

Parameters
<x>   Number to subtract current y offset from.
<y>   Numeric value of variable to use (0-19).

I need to verify for sure if var<y> is subtracted from <x> or vice versa

[snsr]

I have not been ignoring your post, just busy.

Understood, and thanks. I just downloaded Fishboy's updated reference, and Calcspace and if, else explanations are there, which helps.
With your comments and the newer reference (I was using Eitel's at the start of the thread), I've already added the month header to the top calendar region, and added the length.

If I get the chance to work on seperating myself the top month from the calendar section, I will, but this thing is taking on a life of it's own! Wish I had Juni's, Lightman's, or your eye for what looks good!
Thanx again for all your work on the skin, and thanks Fishboy, for the documentation (from another Indiana guy).
s

[Blazingwolf]

Made a change to the skin based on a request from snsr. The calendar in the zero region can now scroll from month to month. Also has a reset button to bring it back to the current month. I had to make the region a little bigger to accomodate the month and year above the calendar. I also moved last update and the phone # to make it look a little less cluttered.
Pic and zip attached.

Edit: Theme is Tranquility from Juni located here. Icbar theme is Logika posted by rbg08.

[joelw135]

Looks great, where is the rest of the skin files? Thanks.