Editing Calendar Attributes

Accessing the Calendar Attributes Page

To access the Calendar Attributes page:

1. Navigate to the appropriate Page Definition:

   1. Navigate to the Database Home Page.

   2. Click the Application Builder icon.

   3. Select an application.

   4. Select a page.

      The Page Definition appears.

2. Under Regions, click CAL next to the region name.

   The Calendar Attributes page appears. The topics that follow describe the specific sections of the Calendar Attributes page.

Calendar Display

Use Calendar Display to specify a calendar template, date columns, and general calendar formatting.

Calendar Template determines what template is used when the Application Express engine renders a calendar. Date Column defines the column from the table or query containing the dates to be placed on the calendar. Display Column defines a specific row that displays on a calendar date.

To select another Display Column:

1. Navigate to the appropriate Calendar Attributes page.

2. Locate the Calendar Display section.

3. To specify another display column, make a selection from the Display Column list.

4. Click Apply Changes.

To specify a custom Display Column:

1. Navigate to the appropriate Calendar Attributes page.

2. Locate the Calendar Display section.

3. From Display Type, select Custom.

4. In Column Format, enter a custom column format. You can use an HTML expression and supported substitution strings.

5. Click Apply Changes.

Calendar Interval

Use Calendar Interval to define the dates that are included in the calendar.

Begin At Start Of Interval determines when the calendar should start. Selecting this option creates a calendar that spans an entire interval (such as a month). For example:

• If Begin at start of interval is selected, the date is June 15th, and the display is monthly, the resulting calendar spans from June 1st to June 30th.

• If Begin at start of interval is not selected, the date is June 15th, and the display is monthly, the resulting calendar spans from June 15th to June 30th.

Date Item holds the date on which the calendar is based.

The next two attributes define which items hold the calendar start date and end date. You can use these attributes to create calendars that span multiple months at a time. Item Containing Start Date points to an item that holds the start date of the calendar. Item Containing End Date points to an item that holds the end date of calendar. Note that format of the date of either item must be YYYYMMDD.

Start of Week determines the day of the week on which the calendar starts.

Column Link

Use Column link to create a link on the column in the calendar.

To create a column link to another page:

1. Navigate to the appropriate Calendar Attributes page.

2. Scroll down to Column Link.

3. From Target is a, select Page in this Application.

4. In Page, specify the target page ID. To reset the pagination for this page, select reset pagination for this page.

5. In Request, specify the request to be used.

6. In Clear Cache, specify the pages (that is, the page IDs) on which to clear cache. Specify multiple pages by listing the page IDs in a comma-delimited list.

   You can set session state (that is, give a listed item a value) using the next two attributes: the Set these items attribute and the With these values attribute.

7. To set session state:

   1. Set these items - Enter a comma-delimited list of item names for which you would like to set session state.

   2. With these values - Enter a comma-delimited list of values for the items specified in the previous step.

      You can specify static values or substitution syntax (for example, &APP_ITEM_NAME.). Note that item values passed to f?p= in the URL cannot contain a colon (:). Additionally, item values cannot contain commas unless you enclose the entire value in backslashes (for example, \1234,56\).

8. Click Apply Changes.

To create a column link to a URL:

1. Navigate to the appropriate Calendar Attributes page.

2. Scroll down to Column Link.

3. From Target is a, select URL.

4. In URL, enter the appropriate address.

5. Click Apply Changes.

Day Link

Use Day link to create a link on a day in the calendar. This attribute creates a link on an actual number (or day) on the calendar.

To create a day link to another page:

1. Navigate to the appropriate Calendar Attributes page.

2. Scroll down to Day Link.

3. From Target is a, select Page in this Application.

4. In Page, specify the target page ID.

   To reset the pagination for this page, select reset pagination for this page.

5. In Request, specify the request to be used.

6. In Clear Cache, specify the pages (that is, the page IDs) on which to clear cache. Specify multiple pages by listing the page IDs in a comma-delimited list.

   You can set session state (that is, give a listed item a value) using the next two attributes: Set these items and With these values.

7. To set session state:

   1. Set these items - Enter a comma-delimited list of item names for which you would like to set session state.

   2. With these values - Enter a comma-delimited list of values for the items specified in the previous step.

      You can specify static values or substitution syntax (for example, &APP_ITEM_NAME.). Note that item values passed to f?p= in the URL cannot contain a colon (:). Additionally, item values cannot contain commas unless you enclose the entire value in backslashes (for example, \1234,56\).

8. Click Apply Changes.

To create a day link to a URL:

1. Navigate to the appropriate Calendar Attributes page.

2. Scroll down to Day Link.

3. From Target is a, select URL.

4. In URL, enter the appropriate address.

5. Click Apply Changes.