Upgrading from Calendar+

Calendar+ 2000 should be installed in it's own directory and NOT into a directory Calendar+ is already installed in. Once you have it installed, set the Calendar Data Path (read the network document) to the directory where your existing Calendar+ data is. Calendar+ 2000 will safely update your data to the v3.00.0 format and backup your original data to a \Backup directory on that same data path.

Changes from Calendar+

This is a partial list of changes made to Calendar+.

- a weekly view was added to display items one week at a time, as well as daily and monthly.
- contact management was added with a contacts management view.
- the major change is the way time is handled throughout the program. Instead of saving times as text (12:00 pm), time is now handled as the fractional part of a double number (0.5). This allowed us to remove a lot of code which handled the text as all time calculations are now mathematical. This increased the program speed somewhat and allows for things like individual appointment lengths and individual reminders for all items. This also necessitated a drastic change in the database, as numbers are stored differently than text. Times and dates however, are still dependant on the operating system, so if your OS is Y2K compliant, Calendar+ 2000 is.
- all item notes now use the built in editor, which has removed the 255 character limit from appointment and task notes. These notes now have an upper limit of approx 64k.
- right-click menus were extensively implemented. If your not sure of something, right-click and all the current options you are looking for are probably there.
- the help system was revamped. As there are NO help files shipping with Calendar+ 2000, to get help on any item, click on the question mark ? in the upper left-corner of the screen you're working on, and then immediately click on what you need help on. A Windows pop-up help box will contain context-sensitive information.
- Options were changed to reflect the enormous amount of user-defined options available. Instead of having them on one Options screen, they were split into several. Each can be accessed by right-clicking on the view and selecting options. That will give you all the options pertinent to that particular view. General Options (those which have global effects) can still be accessed from the main menu, under Options|Calendar+ 2000 Options... or by clicking on the Options button on the main toolbar. Options for each view also have their own link under Options.
- Contacts can now be associated with appointments and tasks in their edit screens, and associated appointments and tasks are displayed on the contact management screen when a contact is selected.