Event Colors

Yes. Toward the end of the "Load Calendar Settings - On Startup..." script, set the $$sc_ColorCodeBySource variable to "1". Then change the values entered on the "Assign Colors" layout to match the names of your sources. Use the source names exactly as they are being set into the $$sc_SourceName[X] variable in the "Load Source Settings at Startup --- Describe Your Sources Here" script (e.g., "Sample Events").

Yes. Toward the end of the "Load Calendar Settings - On Startup..." script, set the $$sc_ColorCodeBySource variable to "1". Then change the values entered on the "Assign Colors" layout to match the names of your sources. Use the source names that are being set into the $$sc_SourceName[X] variable in the "Load Source Settings at Startup --- Describe Your Sources Here" script (e.g., "Sample Events").

Yes. Toward the end of the script "Load Calendar Settings - On Startup..." you'll see a setting for this: set that to "1". Then change the names entered for the "statuses" in the screen above to be the names of your sources. Use the same names you're using on the first tab on your Source No X layout.

-> '''6.''' Older versions of the calendar can have a problem with operators in the color name (the event status). You can read up on this issue and check out some workarounds %newwin% [[http://www.seedcode.com/support/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=2897&p=7002 | here]].

Yes.

So this is kind of a big-picture thing. The calendar is designed to be easily integrated-- that is why we have field mapping layouts like "Source No 1" and get your color field from there. However, once you HAVE integrated the calendar, you can stop relying on some of our abstractions and hard-code some things. So if your source isn't going to change (you're not going to point the calendar at another table) you can get creative with this....

Edit the script "Write One FileMaker Event in iCal Format" and find the line where we set the variabel $scical_Status

That is the color line. In that calc, replace GetField ( $$sc_FieldForStatus ) with a look at your event's related project and grab that color if there is one. Remember, we're on the Source No 1 layout when this happens, so you'll need a valid relationship to projects from there, but assuming you have one, that calc could begin...

Let ( [
 
-> p = RelatedProject::Color ;
-> s = if ( isempty ( p ) ; GetField ( $$sc_FieldForStatus ) ; p )
] ;

Note that you'll have to make sure your colors match the possible values of a project's status on the Settings tab's "assign colors" screen.

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-> '''4.''' Finally make sure the value list of possible statuses (or whatever value list you're using as possible values for ''your'' color coded field) matches the list of values shown in the Assign Colors layout.

-> '''5.''' Older versions of the calendar can have a problem with operators in the color name (the event status). You can read up on this issue and check out some workarounds %newwin% [url=http://www.seedcode.com/support/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=2897&p=7002]here[/url].

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Yes. The simple day view (go to Settings / click "Use simple...") uses a different display for colors so that the color doesn't fill the whole event. If you want to use this di

-> Let ( [
    p = RelatedProject::Color ;
   s = if ( isempty ( p ) ; GetField ( $$sc_FieldForStatus ) ; p )

   s = if ( isempty ( p ) ; GetField ( $$sc_FieldForStatus ) ; p )  ] ;

   s = if ( isempty ( p ) ; GetField ( $$sc_FieldForStatus ) ; p )
-> ] ;

] ;

Yes. Toward the end of the script "Load Calendar Settings - On Startup..." you'll see a setting for this: set that to "1". Then change the name of the "statuses" in the screen above to be the names of your sources. Use the same names you're using on the first tab on your Source No X layout.

Yes. Toward the end of the script "Load Calendar Settings - On Startup..." you'll see a setting for this: set that to "1". Then, on each of your "Source No X" layouts, edit the assign color section so that it just contains the name of your source in the color you'd want to see. This source name must match the source name used on the fist tab of you "Source No X" layout.

-> Make sure that the field you use for color mapping on the Source No X layout, and the field you use in SampleEvents::z_sc_ColorCalc are the same fields. 

-> If no events show up with colors navigate to the Calendar Rows layout in layout mode and make sure there is a big chunk of color in the field CalendarColorGlob. If there isn't, run the upon opening script again. If that doesn't get any color visible in that field (it should be visible in the field without you having to  enter the field with your cursor), copy and paste the contents of that field from an uncloned copy of the file.

-> Finally make sure the value list of possible statuses (or whatever value list you're using as possible values for ''your'' color coded field) matches the list of values shown in the Assign Colors layout.

-> If no events show up with colors navigate to the Calendar Rows layout in layout mode and make sure there is a big chunk of color in the field CalendarColorGlob. If there isn't, run the upon opening script again.

-> Finally make sure the value list of possible statuses (or whatever value list you're using as possible values for ''your'' color coded field) matches the list of values you've colored on your Sources No X layout.

-> If some/all your events come up colored black, check the color tab of your "Sources No X" layout, a couple things need to be true about this list of colors:

--> There must be at least 2 items there, hence we begin our list with "Edit the colors below".

--> No event color should be the same a the default color for the text object itself (the color that shows in the formatting bar).  "Edit the colors below" can / should be the default color.

--> Items of the same color need to be separated by an item of a different color (even if that isn't a "real" status).

-> The portal on the left

The calendar colors events based on the contents of a field of your choosing. We call this field the event "status" in the documentation, but you can use any field you'd like.

Setting up color coding is done on the Source No X layout (Source No 1, Source No 2, etc.) you made when [[integration | integrating]] the calendar. That layout has a tab called "colors" on which you can specify the field you'd like to use for color coding.

Below that field you'll see a section for assigning colors. Edit the list of "statuses" there in layout mode so that it matches the possible contents of the field you're using for colors. Items left blank, and items left blank, are rendered without color.

We also have a color field in the events table so we can show a color beside the event on the Event List and Event Details layouts. This calc (SampleEvents::z_sc_ColorCalc) begins with a Let() statement were you can specify which field is being used for your colors.

--> No event color should be the same a the default color for the text object itself (the color that shows in the formatting bar).  "Edit the colors below" can / should be the default color.

-> If all your events come up colored black, check the color tab of your "Sources No X" layout, a couple things need to be true about this list of colors:

--> there must be at least 2 items there, hence we begin our list with "Edit the colors below".
--> no event color should be the same a the default color for the text object itself (the color that shows in the formatting bar).  "Edit the colors below" can / should be the default color.

-> Finally make sure the value list of possible statuses (or whatever value list you're using as possible values for ''your'' color coded field) matches the list of values you've colored on your Sources No X layout.

Yes. Toward the end of the script "Load Calendar Settings - On Startup..." you'll see a setting for this: set that to "1". Then, on each of your "Source No X" layouts, edit the assign color section so that it just contains the name of your source in the color you'd want to see. This souce name must match the source name used on the fist tab of you "Source No X" layout.

!! Can I color code by [[Multiple Sources| Source]] instead of by a field?

Yes. Toward the end of the script "Load Calendar Settings - On Startup..." you'll see a setting for this: set that to "1". Then, on the

!! Can I color code by [[Multiple Sources]] Source instead of by a field?