Calendar views are used to display records that are date-dependent in
nature, under a given node and obeying a a given criteria, in calendar
format. Figure 11.2.1 shows an almost-empty Calendar view. A calendar
view can display in year, month, week, or day mode. Selecting the
heading for a given month in year mode will zoom down into month mode.
Selecting the heading for a given day in month or week mode will zoom
down into day mode.
Figure 11.2.1: A Sample Calendar view.
To create a calendar view, begin by selecting File->Organizer
Properties. Next, select the "Views" tab in the Organizer Properties
dialog. You should see something similar to Figure 11.2.2. Double
click in the white space below the last view, else right click anywhere
in the list box, and select "Add View".
Figure 11.2.2: The Organizer Properties dialog open to the "Views"
tab.
The View Properties dialog shown in Figure 11.2.3 will appear. The
first thing you should do is give your view a name. Notice that the View
Type dropdown contains two possible choices; List and Calendar.
Select "Calendar" in this dropdown.
The Toolbar Image is the image that is used if the view is available
from the Toolbar (discussed in the section titled "Customizing The
Toolbar"). To associate an image, click on the [NONE] text (or the
image if one in already selected). The Select
Image From Library dialog will appear. This dialog allows a user
to select from a list of images that have been embedded into the
organizer's central image library. Also in this dialog, users can add
and remove images from this library.
The organizer has a root node, but this is different than the root node
of the view. The Root Node of the
view tells ZxApp IT that only records within the selected Root Node, or
a node contained under the selected Root Node, should be considered for
possible display in the view. By default, the root node of the
organizer is selected. With the root node selected, all records within
the organizer, of the selected data types, could potentially be
displayed. Which records get displayed also depends on the view
Constraints.
Figure 11.2.3: The View Properties dialog for a new (and empty) view.
The Data Types to Display list box contains a list of all Types to be
displayed within the view. The Key Property dropdown, Properties panel,
and Constraints panel are all tied to the currently selected Data Type.
A Type can only be listed once in the Data Types to Display list. The
first Type in this list determines the number of columns to be displayed
in the view. All subsequently listed types are constrained by this,
either by padding the extra columns with blanks, or ignoring additional
property selections.
For a Calendar view, the Key Property must be a property of Date or Date
and Time type. The key property is used to determine which date to
display the record on.
The properties panel lists out the properties for the selected Data
Type. To include a property in the view, select the checkbox for that
property. The order of the columns in the List view is determined by
the order in which the checkboxes are selected. When a checkbox is
checked, a number will appear to the left of it. This number indicates
the index of the column that will contain the selected property. This
number does not account for the Key Property. The Key Property is alway
displayed in the first column. Other selected properties will be pushed
to the next column to the right. Unselecting a property will cause the
column index of other selected properties to adjust. Re-selecting it
will assign it to the last column of the view.
In Year display mode and Month display mode, only two properties will
display. This means that the key property and one other property can be
displayed in year mode or month mode. In addition, Date, Time, and Date
and Time properties will be displayed using the Brief Pattern format.
In Week display mode and Day display mode, all selected properties will
display. Date, Time, and Date and Time properties will be displayed
using the Pattern format.
Constraints are used, optionally, to filter the records to be displayed
on the view. To add a constraint, click the 
button.
A row will appear in the Constraints panel. The first field contains a
dropdown where one of the properties can be selected. The next field
contains the relationship of the constraint, for instance Equal
To, or Starts With. The last
field contains the text expression to use in the comparison.