DECwindows (calendar) CSH — VMS 5.4
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database error cantupgradedatabase error lockederrorincludecantprint
cantrenamecautiondelete entrycautiondelete databaserepeatquestions
includespecfileopenchoiceerror copying clipboard:error zero time
error clipboard bad formaterror close entrieserror unconfigurableerror empty file
error entry too bigerror day too bigerror cant get prolog
Daynote entry
=TITLE Day Note Editor =KEYWORD Daynote editor entry =INCLUDE csh timeslot_entry repeat_interval =INCLUDE csh timeslot_entry timeslot_icons =INCLUDE csh timeslot_entry timeslot_buttons =INCLUDE glossary Daynote =INCLUDE glossary icons The Day Note Editor allows you to enter Day notes in your calendar, to repeat them, and to set the icons displayed in them. While you can enter a Day Note into your calendar without using the Day Note Editor, the editor provides more flexibility when you want to make longer notes. To display the Day Note Editor, double click on the Day Note (located below the date) in a Day view timeslot.
timeslot entry
=title Entry Editor or Day Notes Editor =Keyword timeslot editor entry =include overview functions_1 =include overview schedule =include overview calendar_menu edit_include_option =include overview functions_1 entry_editing The Entry Editor or the Day Notes Editor allow you to enter an appointment in your calendar, adjust the alarms for an entry, and schedule a regular appointment at specified intervals. While you can enter an appointment into your calendar without using the editor, they do provide more flexibility when you want to make longer entries. To display the Entry Editor, double click on the time in a Day view timeslot. To display the Day Notes editor, double click on the entry box below the date in the Day view. You can also display the Entry Editor by clicking on the timeslot and then choosing the Edit... menu item from the Entry menu. The various functions of the Entry Editor and the Day Notes Editor are described in the additional topics listed below.
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alarm setting
=title Setting Alarms for an Entry =Keyword setting alarm entry =include csh timeslot_entry timeslot_icons =include csh timeslot_entry =include csh timeslot_entry repeat_interval =include csh timeslot_entry timeslot_buttons =INCLUDE overview options_menu customize_alarm The five alarms display their preset values. Alarms that are set not to go off are dimmed. Click on the bell to set or disable an alarm; then click on the button if you want to adjust the time. Move the arrow in the scale to adjust to the desired time. To modify the preset values for the alarms, use the Alarms dialog box.
repeat interval
=title Setting a Repeat Interval for an Entry or Day Note =Keyword setting repeat entry Daynote =include csh timeslot_entry =include csh timeslot_entry alarm_setting =include csh timeslot_entry timeslot_buttons An entry or Day Note can be repeated at almost any regular interval. To select a repeat interval, display the Repeat option menu and choose the desired interval. If you choose a monthly interval, you must also make a choice from the right-hand option menu to tell Calendar which aspect of the current day you want to use as a basis for the interval. For example, to set a meeting for the first Friday of every third month, select the day on which the first meeting occurs. Double click in a timeslot to open the Entry Editor, and choose the Quarterly item from the Repeat option menu. Then choose the first Friday from the right-hand option menu. If you change or delete an entry that is repeated, a dialog box appears, asking how often you want to make the change or deletion: - Just this instance - This and all future instances - All instances, past, present, and future You can also use this dialog box to make exceptions to repeating entries. To do so, make the required adjustment to the text of the relevant entry, then click on the OK button. After this, use the dialog box to specify when the exception should be applied.
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repeat interval nonworkday condition
repeat interval nonworkday condition
=title Setting the Condition Alternatives for Repeating Entries =keyword repeat work nonwork condition =include csh timeslot_entry =include csh timeslot_entry repeat_interval If a repeating entry or day note that normally occurs on a Work day happens to fall on a Non-Work day (for example, if the day is a national holiday), you can tell Calendar to move forward, back automatically, or to skip that particular occurrence of the entry. The same applies to a Non-Work day repeat entry or day note that happens to fall on a Work day. To set this condition, click on the "But," toggle button and choose the appropriate menu items from the two adjacent option menus.
timeslot icons
=title Entry Icons
=keyword icon
=include csh timeslot_entry timeslot_buttons
=include glossary handle
=include csh timeslot_entry
=include overview functions_1 entry_deleting
=include csh timeslot_entry alarm_setting
=include csh timeslot_entry repeat_interval
The Entry Editor includes several icons. The icons
provide quick reminders of the content of the entry.
To add icons to an entry, double click on the entry,
which displays the Entry Editor. In the Entry Editor,
click on the icons you want to associate with the entry.
Each icon you click on is displayed in the handle of the
selected entry.
To delete an icon from an entry, click again on the
icon in the icon selection box.
To change the order of the icons, go to the handle that
appears to the left of the text entry area in the Entry
Editor, and click on the icon that you want to bring to
the top.
Several icons that appear in the entry handle are not
displayed by the Entry Editor. Instead, Calendar inserts
them automatically:
- bell indicating that at least one alarm is set
- (.. indicating the first of a set of repeating
entries.
- ... indicating one in a series of repeating entries.
- ..) indicating the last of a set of repeating
entries
timeslot buttons
=title Entry Buttons
=Keyword timeslot button
=include csh timeslot_entry
=include overview functions_1 entry_deleting
=include csh timeslot_entry alarm_setting
=include csh timeslot_entry repeat_interval
=include csh timeslot_entry timeslot_icons
Four buttons are displayed at the bottom of the window:
OK -- Saves the current text, alarm, and repeat
interval and returns control to Calendar.
The entry is complete.
Delete Entry -- Deletes the whole entry, regardless of
whether you entered something.
Reset -- Returns the text, alarm, and repeat interval
settings to what they were when you opened
the Entry Editor, but leaves the editor
displayed so that you can enter further
changes.
Cancel -- Returns control to Calendar without saving
any changes.
day display timebars
=TITLE Day View Timebars =INCLUDE overview widget_section day_widget =INCLUDE overview options_menu customize_day lunch_hours The Day view contains two timebars, one to the left of the timeslots, the other to the right of the vertical scroll bar. The diagonal shading indicates nonworking hours. The short break in the middle represents the lunch hour (which you can adjust). A darker tone indicates the presence of a calendar entry. The right-hand timebar, the Workday timebar, represents a condensed (all 24 hours) view of working and nonworking hours, and calendar entries for the displayed day. The left-hand timebar, the Working Hours timebar, corresponds directly to your Day view.
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workinghours timebar
=TITLE Working Hours Timebar =INCLUDE csh day_display_timebars day/workday_proportion_timebar =INCLUDE overview widget_section day_widget This vertical line to the left of the timeslots in the Day view indicates the timeslots that are within the period designated as the working day. Diagonal shading indicates that the adjacent timeslot is within what are normally considered to be nonworking hours. Darker shading indicates that the timeslot contains at least one entry.
day/workday proportion timebar
=TITLE Workday Timebar =INCLUDE csh day_display_timebars workinghours_timebar =INCLUDE overview widget_section day_widget This vertical line to the right of the vertical scroll bar shows the working day in relation to the full 24-hour period. The Workday timebar serves two purposes. First, when you use the scroll bar, the timebar indicates the part of the day to which you are scrolling. Second, the timebar provides a useful reference for appointments, which are displayed alongside it and are indicated by darker shading in the corresponding section of the timebar. This enables you to see at-a-glance when appointments are scheduled and how much of the day they occupy. Appointment bars that extend beyond the top or the bottom of the workday timebar show that the day starts early or runs late. If a day contains no appointments, no appointment bars are displayed.
alarm box
=TITLE Alarm Boxes =INCLUDE csh timeslot_entry =INCLUDE csh timeslot_entry alarm_setting The Calendar alarm box notifies you of pending appointments. It displays the day and time of appointments and the corresponding text of the Calendar entry. To delete the box from the screen, click on its Dismiss button.
timeslot menu file
=TITLE Entry Editor File Menu =INCLUDE csh timeslot_entry =INCLUDE overview calendar_menu Use the Include... menu item on the File menu to include the contents of a file in the text of an entry. Enter the name of the file you want to include in the Include dialog box. The Include... menu item is active only when you have selected a timeslot. The included text is inserted following the cursor in the entry's text.
timeslot menu edit
=TITLE Entry Editor and Day Notes Editor Edit Menu =KEYWORD editor edit menu =INCLUDE csh timeslot_entry =INCLUDE overview edit_menu The menu items on the Entry Editor and Day Notes Editor's Edit menu look the same as those in the main window's Edit menu, but in the Entry Editor or Day Notes Editor they affect only the text in the text entry box (and not the whole entry).
timeslot menus
=Title Entry Editor Menu Bar =Keyword menu =INCLUDE csh timeslot_menu_file =INCLUDE csh timeslot_menu_edit =INCLUDE overview help_menu =INCLUDE csh timeslot_entry Calendar displays menu names in a menu bar located immediately below the title bar. The Entry Editor menu bar contains three menus: File, Edit, and Help. For a description of the menu items available from a particular menu, select its name from the list below.
Month
=NOSEARCH =title Dummy Month View Please report the fact that you saw this topic to the Calendar developers.
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day number
=title Day Numbers =include overview options_menu customize_general =include overview options_menu customize_general work_week =include overview options_menu customize_general fill_blank_days =include overview edit_menu options_mark =include overview widget_section day_widget Day numbers correspond to the days of the month. You can select a day for display by double clicking on the day number. Day numbers provide additional information by being displayed in different fonts. Numbers displayed in bold indicate work days; numbers displayed in italic indicate days that contain a Calendar entry. Large (and, on color workstations, red) numbers indicate special days. The italic font is applied automatically when you make a Calendar entry. The other fonts are applied when you choose a menu item from the Mark submenu. See the help topic Marking Days and Weeks for further details. You can also modify the appearance of how the days are displayed by filling the Month view with the days from the previous and succeeding months. See the help topic Enabling and Disabling Blank Days in the Month view for more information.
week number
=title Week Numbers =include overview options_menu customize_general These are the week numbers. By default, January 1 is in week 1. You can change this default in the General dialog box, which is accessible from the Customize menu. The same dialog box enables you to turn the week numbers off.
month name
=title Month Names =include overview widget_section month_widget These are the month names. Double clicking on a month name causes the Month view to appear, displaying the selected month.
year number
=title Year Numbers =include overview widget_section year_widget This is the year number. Double clicking on the year number causes the Year view to appear, displaying the selected year.
Scroll bar
=Title Month View Scroll Bar =include overview widget_section month_widget The scroll bar moves the displayed month up and down through the current year. If you try to scroll up when the slider is at the top, December of the previous year is displayed (the slider jumps to the bottom of the scroll bar). Conversely, if you try to scroll down when the slider is at the bottom, January of the next year is displayed (the slider jumps to the top of the scroll bar).
Day
=NOSEARCH =title Dummy Day view Please report the fact that you saw this topic to the Calendar developers.
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last day
=Title Previous Day Button =include overview widget_section day_widget Previous Day is a button located in the lower left corner of the Day view. Clicking on this button causes the Day view for the previous day to replace the current one.
next day
=Title Next Day Button =include overview widget_section day_widget Next Day is a button located in the lower right corner of the Day view. Clicking on this button causes the Day view for the next day to replace the current one.
Scroll bar
=Title Day View Scroll Bar =include overview widget_section month_widget The scroll bar moves the displayed timeslots through the current day. You cannot scroll from one day to the next.
Year
=NOSEARCH =title Dummy Year view Please report the fact that you saw this topic to the Calendar developers.
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Scroll bar
=Title Year View Scroll Bar =include overview widget_section month_widget The scroll bar moves the displayed year through the current decade. If you try to scroll up when the slider is at the top of the scroll bar, the last year of the previous decade is displayed (the slider jumps to the bottom of the scroll bar). Conversely, if you try to scroll down when the slider is at the bottom of the scroll bar, the first year of the next decade is displayed (the slider jumps to the top of the scroll bar).
database error fatal
=TITLE Calendar Database or Clipboard Error This message means that there is a serious problem with your Calendar datafile. Please submit a Software Performance Report (SPR) to Digital Equipment Corporation. If you submit the SPR electronically, try to include a copy of your datafile. The contents of the database will be treated with the utmost discretion and will be deleted after the investigation.
error fatal
=TITLE Serious Error in Calendar This message means that there is a serious problem with your Calendar software. Please submit a Software Performance Report (SPR) to Digital Equipment Corporation describing the actions that led to this error. If you submit the SPR electronically, try to include a copy of your datafile. The contents of the database will be treated with the utmost discretion and will be deleted after the investigation.
database error neednew
=TITLE Couldn't Open Calendar Datafile The name you specified for the Calendar datafile does not exist or could not be opened for the reason given. This message appears the first time you run DECwindows Calendar and whenever you try to open a datafile that does not exist. If you meant to open a new datafile, click on the Yes button. If not, click on the No button and check the datafile name that you provided.
database error cantopen
=TITLE Couldn't Open New Calendar Datafile Although the datafile you specified exists, you cannot open it. This is probably due to file protection problems, which your system manager should be able to resolve.
database error cantcreate
=TITLE Couldn't Create a Calendar Datafile If Calendar cannot create a datafile, it is often because there is something wrong with the datafile name you have provided. Check the name, then try again. If Calendar still cannot create the file, then there is a more serious problem. See your system manager for help.
database error cantdelete
=TITLE Couldn't Delete Calendar Datafile For the reason given, Calendar could not delete the Calendar datafile you specified. If you do not understand the reason given, or are unable to resolve the problem, see your system manager for help.
database error badfile
=TITLE File is Not a Calendar Datafile DECwindows Calendar opened the file you specified, but it is not a Calendar datafile. If you are on a VAX/VMS system and are using the logical name DECW$CALENDAR_FILE, make sure that it is pointing at a valid DECwindows Calendar datafile.
database error cantupgrade
=TITLE Upgrade File is Read-Only DECwindows Calendar has attempted to upgrade your DECwindows Calendar datafile but failed because the file you specified is read-only. Check that you have provided the correct file name for your datafile, or provide write access for the currently specified file.
database error locked
=TITLE Datafile is Already Open for Exclusive Access For a given DECwindows Calendar datafile, the access granted depends on the file protection of the datafile. DECwindows Calendar supports either one user (session) having exclusive write access to its datafile or multiple users (sessions) having read-only access. Mixed read and write access to the same datafile is not possible. You can open any read-only datafile or any write-access datafile that is not currently opened by another user. In your case, another DECwindows Calendar session has already opened the specified datafile for exclusive write access, so your request to access it is denied. If you must open the datafile, ask the current user to close it. Otherwise, try again later.
errorinclude
=TITLE Include File Error For the reason given, Calendar could not include the file you specified. If you do not understand the reason given or are unable to resolve the problem, see your system manager for help.
cantprint
=TITLE Print File Error For the reason given, Calendar could not write to the print file you specified. If you do not understand the reason given or are unable to resolve the problem, see your system manager for help.
cantrename
=TITLE Rename File Error For the reason given, Calendar could not rename the Calendar datafile you specified. If you do not understand the reason given or are unable to resolve the problem, see your system manager for help.
cautiondelete entry
=TITLE Delete Entry Caution You have asked to delete the entry in a timeslot. Because this is a destructive operation, DECwindows Calendar gives you the opportunity to change your mind. If you do want to delete the entry, click on the Yes button. If not, click on the No button.
cautiondelete database
=TITLE Delete Datafile Caution You have asked to delete the entire datafile. Because this is a destructive operation, DECwindows Calendar gives you the opportunity to change your mind. If you do want to delete the datafile, click on the Yes button. If not, click on the No button.
repeatquestions
=TITLE Altering a Repeating Entry =INCLUDE CSH timeslot_entry repeat_interval Repeating entries are Calendar entries made on one occasion and then automatically repeated at regular intervals (for example, every week). If you attempt to change or delete one of these entries, you must decide whether you want to affect this one occasion (as if it were a single event) or every such occasion from now on. You can also modify individual occurrences. This is useful if, for example, you are looking at a day in the future that contains a repeat entry and decide to make a change. Instead of returning to the first occurrence of the entry, you can modify a future entry by using the Entry Editor. When you exit from the Entry Editor, a dialog box asks you if you want the changes you made to be applied in: -- Just this instance -- This and all future instances -- All instances, past, present, and future
includespec
=TITLE Incorrect File Specification
The file name you have provided is not valid. Retype it
using valid characters:
A - Z 0 - 9
a - z underscore (_)
hyphen (-) dollar sign ($)
A file name is a 1- through 39-character string that
provides a name for a file.
A file type is a 1- through 39-character string that
usually identifies the file in terms of its contents. File
types must be preceded by a period. For example, if you
had a Calendar file containing appointments, you might name
it APPOINTMENTS.DWC.
fileopenchoice
=TITLE Opening Another Calendar Database =INCLUDE overview calendar_menu file_open_option =INCLUDE overview calendar_menu file_open_option create You have asked to open another Calendar datafile. You can choose whether to open the new database in another window (or set of windows) or to use the current windows. If you use the current windows, the datafile you are currently viewing is replaced by the new one. The choice is made by clicking on one of the option buttons in the dialog box. If you do not want to do either of these, click on the Cancel button and you will return to the existing window (or windows) and the existing datafile.
error copying clipboard:
=TITLE Clipboard Copying Error Although you performed the correct procedure, there is a problem with the clipboard. The clipboard is probably locked by another application. Try again later. If the error continues after several retries, report the situation to your system manager.
error zero time
=TITLE Attempting Entries Before 1600 AD =INCLUDE history calendar_background_decwin Calendar is designed to work only from 1600 AD to 9999 AD. There is no straightforward way to change this characteristic. If you must make entries outside this time period, you must use a Calendar application specifically designed for that purpose.
error clipboard bad format
=TITLE Clipboard Contents Not Understood by Calendar The clipboard can contain data in many formats, some of which are incompatible with Calendar. The only way to copy such data into Calendar is to first open an entry, and then to try to paste the contents of the clipboard into the entry. If this does not work, then the data is incompatible with Calendar and cannot be copied into it.
error close entries
=TITLE Entry or Day Note Not Closed You have tried to perform a task (such as removing the Day Note window or changing work days) that requires all entries or Day Notes to be closed, but some are still open. Check that no Day Notes or entries are open in the current Day view. Open entries or Day Notes not associated with the current day must have an editor dialog box open, so closing all of these closes any remaining open entries or Day Notes. Then try your task again.
error unconfigurable
=TITLE Impossible Configurations You have probably changed too many settings in the Day view dialog box without checking the results. Reset the box (by clicking on the Reset button), then change a few settings and click on the Apply button. Continue this process until you have created a display that is acceptable to both you and Calendar.
error empty file
=TITLE Including an Empty File Although you performed the correct procedure, the file you included contained nothing. Check the file name, and if you are on a VMS system, the version number. If these are both correct, then the problem is with the file itself.
error entry too big
=TITLE Including a File Too Large for an Entry Calendar could not save the entry because the file you tried to include was too large for Calendar. You can either leave the data as a file outside Calendar and put a reference to that file in the calendar entry, or find a way to shorten the file.
error day too big
=TITLE Including Too Much Data for One Day Although the current entry may not be very large, you have exceeded the limit that Calendar allows for any one day. You probably have one or more entries with very large amounts of data. A solution to this problem is to copy the large entry to a file outside Calendar, and then put a reference to that file in the calendar entry.
error cant get prolog
=TITLE There is no PostScript Header File The PostScript file you tried to create has no header and therefore cannot be printed. Re-creating the file is not likely to fix the problem. See your system manager for help.