Calendar Applications

Chapter Overview

This chapter will cover the nuts and bolts of a calendar application. The Lotus Notes calendar is perhaps one of the most popular and easy to use components of Notes. It's a great collaborative tool that's simple to develop.

Calendars can be used for many different purposes. Some of the more popular uses include

• Vacation planner
• Conference room reservations
• Equipment reservations
• Shared business or department calendar
• Resource or event planner

By the end of the chapter you will have learned

• The elements of a calendar
• The elements of a recurring event
• How to create a calendar application
• How to manage simple recurring events
• How to manage complex recurring events
• How to create a custom dialog box
• How to create and use layout regions

This chapter includes step-by-step instructions for building two distinctly different calendar applications. The first project illustrates how to create a simple recurring event calendar. The second illustrates an alternative design approach that permits complex repeating calendar events.