Network Information

Calendar+ is a network ready, multi-user information management system that can track appointments, tasks, journals and notes across a network.

Calendar Data Path

By setting this value to multiple network paths, it is possible to maintain up to 25 different calendars, each of which can be accessed by over 60,000 users. Calendar+ shares calendars, journal and notes across a network. Holidays are local and can be customized for each local user.

How to setup Calendar+ in a multi-user environment.

Setting up Calendar+ is a rather straightforward process, needing only 5 steps.

Step 1 - Make sure that one copy of Calendar+ is installed on each workstation you wish to share calendar data with. Do NOT install the program on the server (unless the server is used as a workstation) and run every copy from there. Calendar+ is dependant on the workstation registry for local settings.

Step 2 - Decide where on the network you wish to keep the calendar data and create a directory with full read/write permissions for every user.

Step 3 - On each computer (or workstation) that you wish to share the network data with, map the above directory as a network drive. If this is not done, each individual computer cannot find the network directory when the computer/workstation is restarted.

Step 4 - Start each copy of Calendar+ and go to Options|Calendar Data Path. You will see a data path already entered called My Data. This is the local path, for the users local calendar, and should not be removed. Click on Add Data Path to open a directory dialog and choose the directory you created in Step 2 above. Click on OK and you will be prompted to enter a name for this data path. Office Data (if this is to be shared among the office) or Fred's Data (if this only contains Fred's appointments) are reasonable choices. Click on OK and the new data path and name will appear in the data path list. If this is your first time using and setting this data path, you will be notified that there are no data files at the new location and Calendar+ will automatically create an empty dataset there. If you are attaching to an existing data path, Calendar+ will only verify the file structure and if need be, upgrade the files to the v3.00.0 format.

Step 5 - Close the Options screen and on the main menu a new item has appeared called Calendars. Click on it and you can see which data paths you have entered in Options and the data path you are currently attached to is checked. To switch to another data path, click on the name of the data and the calendar will refresh itself with the new data.

How to import Calendar+ data.

Importing Calendar+ v2.00.0.1 and later data is relatively easy. Choose the existing directory in Options|Calendar Data Path and Calendar+ will upgrade the Calendar+ files to the v3.00.0 format. Existing Calendar+ databases will be backed up during this process to a \Backup directory in that data path.

Archiving

A new feature in Calendar+ is auto-archiving, a process that trims the databases of unneeded and/or unwanted items. Auto-archiving occurs when the program is shut down. In a stand-alone situation, this process is simple. If Options|General|Archiving is turned on, when the program closes, all deleted items are removed from the database and a separate archive database is appended with all items that were marked for archiving in their respective edit screens. In a network situation, archiving only occurs when the last copy of Calendar+ attached to a calendar data set is closed. 

File-Locking

When any item notes, journals or other notes are opened by a user, the file is set to read-only. This means that anyone else on the network can read the file, but can not save any changes, until the original user has closed and released the file.

Internet 

Browser - Calendar+ uses your default Windows web-browser to display URLs clicked on in the item notes. If you are using a modem and dial-up ISP, make sure that Remind Me is checked under Options|Network. This will display a dialog confirming that you are connected to the internet, before proceeding any further. This is not necessary if you have a permament connection to the internet such as a LAN or DSL.