It will be great if Rico Library could provide a calendar utility.

Hi,

I think this is outside the scope of openRico.  There are already great 
calendar widgets out there - so no point in reinventing them.

Try: http://www.dynarch.com/projects/calendar/

I found it great and easy to use!

Having said that if any javascript developers disagree - then you can 
always join the project and submit your prototype!  This goes for any 
functionality!

Ross

Actually, I am in the process of converting the ltwcalendar from 
codewalkers.com into an AJAX Web Events Calendar using Rico and 
Prototype. So far, I have it changing months and displaying events on 
click of the link in the date.  Not the small calendar utility you're 
probably talking about, but I'll post the link in the examples forum 
when I'm done.

I'd be interested in seeing that.

Thanks!

I have converted popcalendar.js from Tan Ling Wee to be compatible with 
Rico and prototype.js. I will be including it in my next release. A 
screenshot of the original calendar can be seen here:

http://blink.iamjacksdesign.com/2006/01/12/a-decent-javascript-calendar/

Cheers,

Matt Brown
dowdybrown.com

This calendar is now available at http://dowdybrown.com (see the 26 July 
release).

Matt Brown

Kudos to Matt Brown on the new live grid,it is excellent.
please could you give me some clues about how to create a   calendar
instance in a page ?
is this a datepicker that can be used with a html form?

Thanks Matt Brown for "rico-izing" the calendar widget!
However, it seems like the livegrid plus code you have released in your
site seems to be GPL'ed, not like the Apache license that the rico
library uses.

So is your RicoCalendar code GPL-ed too?

To answer some good questions posed here:


1) Could you give me some clues about how to create a calendar instance
in a page? Is this a datepicker that can be used with a html form?

Yes, this is a date picker that can be used on a form. Note that it
requires prototype.js and ricoCommon.js.

Also, it uses month and day names from the RicoTranslate object in
ricoCommon.js. So if you have included a language file from LiveGrid
Plus, then the calendar will display in that language. It will also
follow the date format specified in RicoTranslate.

Since an instance of the calendar object is created in ricoCalendar.js,
all you need to do is call: RicoCalendar.popUpCalendar(imgobj,txtctl)
where imgobj is an img object or img id that the user has clicked on to
invoke the popup calendar (this is used to position the calendar). I use 
calarrow.png, which is included in LiveGrid Plus. txtctl is the textbox 
object or id where the selected date is stored.

2) It seems like the livegrid plus code you have released in your site
seems to be GPL'ed, not like the Apache license that the rico library
uses. So is your RicoCalendar code GPL-ed too?

I apologize for the confusion. I started out by combining Rico's
LiveGrid (Apache license) and movTable (GPL). As of the 1 August release
of LiveGrid Plus, I don't think there is any movTable code left, but I
haven't done a line by line review. To complicate matters, as best I can
tell, Tan Ling Wee didn't include any licensing restrictions in his
original version of popcalendar (which is what I used to create
ricoCalendar). Note that this does not appear to be true for his most
recent version (available at sparrowscripts.com for a $10 fee).

So, as you can see, things are a bit messy. I prefer to stick with the
Rico licensing model as much as possible, but I would like to gather
suggestions here first, before stating anything definitive. Comments?
Richard?

Dear Matt,

1) I am not sure there is a calendar at http://dowdybrown.com.

2) What is the difference between ricoCommon.js and rico.js. There is
only rico.js I could find at Rico's site.
3) I just want to use the calendar js file you developed with rico.js if
at all possible.

Best regards,

Mulugeta Maru

Regards,

A minimalistic flat calendar versión, simplest is best.

I cloned a google calendar just for fun, and I will put it live onto
http://bizroof.com to do some testing with friends. Have a look if you 
interested.

A calendar is included in Rico 2.0. You can download the latest version 
(rc1) from the OpenRico project on SourceForge. It includes several 
examples using the pop-up calendar. The examples in rc1 are running 
online at both the SourceForge site and at dowdybrown.com.

Matt