Using the calendar pattern

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Raksha Jain

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Hi,

Where can I find guidance on how to use the Calendar pattern?

I want to create a custom calendar, and import events from external sources/sites into this calendar.

Thanks in advance.

15 Aug 2018

Justin Babel

Hi Raksha,

Have you looked at the full calendar component:

https://www.outsystems.com/forge/component/966/fullcalendar-2/

It sounds like what you are trying to achieve would be a good fit for using this widget.

Justin

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Raksha Jain

Justin Babel wrote:

Hi Raksha,

Have you looked at the full calendar component:

https://www.outsystems.com/forge/component/966/fullcalendar-2/

It sounds like what you are trying to achieve would be a good fit for using this widget.

Justin

Thanks Justin, much appreciated. I'll look into it.

16 Aug 2018

Jorge Martins

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Hi Raksha,

Are you developing a Web application or a Mobile App? There are two possible Calendar patterns depending on whether it's mobile or web:

for the Mobile Calendar pattern you can find further documentation on how to use it detailed here. You also have an example application here (which you can download from its forge page)
for the Web Calendar pattern, if you want to show that there are events on a certain date it's as simple as assigning to its EventList a string with the dates where there are events, separated by commas. If you want more than a date picker that shows days with events, you probably are better off with the more complete (and complex) FullCalendar2 forge component that Justin mentioned above (or some of its alternatives that you can find on the forge).

Also, following up on Justin's question/suggestion, how will your users be using your calendar?

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Raksha Jain

Jorge Martins wrote:

Hi Raksha,

Are you developing a Web application or a Mobile App? There are two possible Calendar patterns depending on whether it's mobile or web:

for the Mobile Calendar pattern you can find further documentation on how to use it detailed here. You also have an example application here (which you can download from its forge page)
for the Web Calendar pattern, if you want to show that there are events on a certain date it's as simple as assigning to its EventList a string with the dates where there are events, separated by commas. If you want more than a date picker that shows days with events, you probably are better off with the more complete (and complex) FullCalendar2 forge component that Justin mentioned above (or some of its alternatives that you can find on the forge).

Also, following up on Justin's question/suggestion, how will your users be using your calendar?

Thanks Jorge, I'll look at the links you've sent.

It is a Mobile App that I'm developing.

I'm looking to implement a calendar view, into which I can import calendar events from various external websites.

16 Aug 2018

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