Calendar Seminar Upgrade? - Microsoft Access Forum


	Back to Access Forum Comments List

Upload Images @Reply Bookmark Link Email Next Unseen

Calendar Seminar Upgrade?

Richard Rost

6 years ago

I initially recorded the Access Calendar Seminar back in 2010. Hard to believe it's been that long.

At the time, my goal was to make something that LOOKED like a monthly calendar, both on the screen and in a printed report. Nothing like that existed at the time (and a few people have copied me since). But I wasn't trying to be a full-featured CALENDAR program. The emphasis was more about formatting and display than storing and tracking appointments.

Flash forward ten years and the emails I've gotten over the past decade have indicated that people are interested in just that: a database that not only displays and prints in a monthly format but also is a full-featured calendar program like Google Calendar. Some of the upgrades requested:

- Weekly view
- Itinerary view with all details and notes
- MULTI-DAY appointments (right now each appt has to be entered separately)
- Recurring appointments
- Multiple "calendars" in the database (work, personal, etc.)
- Other suggestions posted in the Forum for this class

So... my question to you guys is "who is interested in this?" I would also add the material from Addendum 1, Addendum 2, the Date Picker and Time Picker templates.

Of course, if you purchased the original seminar (or any of the add-on templates) you will get a discount towards this seminar, but there will be a bunch of new material in it as well. It needs an update for 2020 and to have all these other bits of information tied together in addition to the new material.

Your thoughts? What do YOU want to see in it?

	Alex Hedley @Reply 6 years ago
Multi Day you say? http://599cd.com/tips/access/121207-calendar-multiple-days/

	Julius Bratton @Reply 6 years ago
I would very much like to see it.

	Richard Rost OP @Reply 6 years ago
Yes, and that's a great tip. However, that technique involves adding multiple records for each day of the appointment. I want to do it with ONE record that's displayed in each box. I got this... :)

	Simon Baynton @Reply 6 years ago
Any chance this could pull data down from a google calendar and push data back up?

	Richard Rost OP @Reply 6 years ago
Simon: I'll definitely look into that. I would use it myself. :)

	Jimmm Manuel @Reply 6 years ago
I learned alot(or a lot) from the old Calendar, so a new one might be great......

Ronald Thompson @Reply

6 years ago

That would be great!I have integrated the customer contact database into the calendar, so I can set appointments/meetings/calls ahead and document them following the contact. It would be great if there were good ways illustrated to streamline that.
Suggestions/Wish List:
- Meeting start and end times that permit appointments with or without schedule conflicts
- Multiple contacts at the same meeting, etc
- Alex did a good sess on events with multiple days, but what about recurring meetings?
- A Daily/Weekly calendar or schedule would be great to see upcoming appts, mtgs (never sure what MS defines as the difference between mtgs and appts), scheduled calls and tasks
- Integration with Outlook or Google calendars
With the original calendar seminar, I was able to create a sophisticated looking calendar that I could see what was/will be discussed, etc with a dbl click. Lots of transferable skills off the back of that.

This thread is now CLOSED. If you wish to comment, start a NEW discussion in Access Forum.

Next Unseen

New Feature: Comment Live View