PopCal 2.0

PopCal 2.0 plug-in is compatible with FileMaker Pro 4.1/5.0/5.5/6.0 for Windows and Macintosh 9/Mac OSX. It adds three functions to the FileMaker Pro calculation engine with a large amount of configuration options.

PopCal Functions

This function displays a calendar for date selection. The calendar provides an easy and appealing way to pick or find a date and returns the date selected by the user to be processed by your code.

The date format used in the date returned can be changed dynamically through the plug-in parameters, as it will be shown later.

This function displays side to side calendars to select date ranges, avoiding errors produced by wrong date typing and helping the user to have a visual feedback of the dates selected and the scope of the range required.

The function returns the dates selected formatted as a “find range” as used by FileMaker to perform range searches: 1/1/2001…12/12/2001.

The date format of the returned dates can be changed dynamically through the parameters passed to PopCal. See the configuration file “PopCal_Config.fp5” to have an example on how to use it.

This function returns the version number of the plug-in. A must function in every Filemaker plug-in, which provides a simply method to check plug availability for validation purposes. It provides a safe way to avoid any problem in your application if someone removes the plug-in from the proper folder.

PopCal Power Options

PopCal 2 has a huge range of options which can be easily configured through:

- PopCal Wizard.
- PopCal Studio.
- PopCal Preferences.

Although PopCal 2 has many options, they are very easy to configure. Either dynamically with FileMaker scripts or statically through the plug-in preferences.

PopCal options and capabilities are provided to give developers a wider range of options to fulfill the needs of their applications.

Single & Dual calendars.

PopCal 2 displays single calendar for date selection and dual calendars for range selection.

Size

PopCal 2.0 can display the single calendar and the dual calendars in three different sizes: Small, Medium and Large.

Position.

Calendars can be displayed anywhere on the screen.

Kind

PopCal 2.0 has two different interfaces to navigate in the calendars. Menus or buttons.

Behavior

Calendars can be closed automatically or with confirmation buttons.

First day of the week

Calendars in PopCal can be displayed showing the monthly calendar with the weeks starting on Sunday or Monday.

Error display

When the user fails to pick a date, you can get an error display or get an error result back so it can be trapped and your own custom message can be created within Filemaker.

Message displayed by PopCal.

Error returned by PopCal.

Languages

PopCal 2.0 can show calendars with months in seven different languages:

Date Format

PopCal can return picked date in three different formats with any date separator (slash, dot, underscore, hypen, etc.).

Formats and date separators can be changed dynamically in your code, allowing you to use PopCal in worldwide applications.

Start & End Dates

PopCal 2.0 allow you to set a date to display the calendars, even more, for the RangeSelection function, you can set a start date and an end date one to display each of the calendars.

Date Separator

You can set any date separator (/ - _ . + : ).

Title

PopCal 2 allow you to set the calendar window title.