TodayPlus Boards v2

Hi

This program is exactly what I have been looking for and I have rather ambituously started my own skin.  It is a simple skin, just text based no graphics.  I have created a world clock how I want it next a calendar where I have been partially successful.  I have managed to put two simple calenders on the today screen and two arrows.  My question is this - I would like to use these arrows to move forward/backward month by month and have the calendar change accordingly.  I have two problems with this:-

How do I use the arrows to update a variable?  I have tried

'imagebutton,226,50,right_arrow.png,t,11,6,%var19%=%var19%+1,11'

I am then trying to use this variable as follows:-

'calendar,0,%var19%,3,11,14,8,l'

Second problem, possibly linked to the fact that my only programming experience is in ancient basic and some database work.  How do I loop to go back to the beginning as if to constantly monitor for arrow depressions?  

Should I use paging for the second or is paging the answer for it all - restricting myself to two months ahead, two behind.

Any help would be appreciated.  Apologies for the long question.

Ian T

the way to move to different months in the calendar is to use this (image) button command with action 8 (to advance forward one month), and 9 (to move back one month).

so for example if you have a calendar defined as such

calendar,0,0,0,24,14,13,box.png,t

the first two numbers (0,0) are the calendar id and initial offset.  In this case the calendar id is 0, and the initial offset is 0 (so the calendar will initially show the current month).

to advance the calendar do this

button,<x>,<y>,<width>,<height>,<target region>,8,0

the 8 is the action and specifies that the month should be advanced one month, and the 0 specifies which calendar to advance (calendar id 0 in this case).

for the <target region> enter in the region the calendar is in, so that the region will be redrawn (and will show the updated calendar).

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as for adding values to variables, there is button action 13, and the addvar command, but for what you are trying to accomplish these are not needed.

To add value to a variable with imagebutton, use action 13.  So to add 1 to variable var19 you would use.

imagebutton,226,50,right_arrow.png,t,11,13,var19_1,11'


No need to perform any looping.  Once and area is defined with the imagebutton, or button command, TodayPlus automatically monitors these areas for click events.

EDIT: I knew there was probably a better way to do this (but didnt know this since I was posting at the same time as srs).

Thanks for the quick response.  As I looking to have two calendars on the same section updated by the same button I am currently attempting to implement the second which appears to allow this unless I can have two button commands refer to the same graphic?

Option 13 doesn't appear in my user guide, do I take it this is a recent option?

Many thanks for the help, I'm sure I'll get there.

Ian T

PS.  Next project currency rates on the today screen using RSS - is this possible or already done?  Used journal bar but doesn't do £/Euro due to its feeds being US based.

Quote from: IanTThanks for the quick response.  As I looking to have two calendars on the same section updated by the same button I am currently attempting to implement the second which appears to allow this unless I can have two button commands refer to the same graphic?

To do this, you can use an image button and a button referring to the same coordinates.  For example:

imagebutton,226,50,right_arrow.png,t,<region>,8,0
button,226,50,12,12,<region>,8,1
To advance both calendars with the same button.

That worked, thanks a lot, appreciate it.

Ian T