Choose “I will be using this calendar with FileMaker Server” – this enables our Server-Powered mode.The first window lets you name your calendar – this is for your identification within the settings file.This opens the “New Calendar Wizard” and will walk you through the steps to set up your calendar. Click “New” at the bottom of the list to create a new calendar. The upper left of the calendar setup window lists existing calendars. Open soSIMPLE Calendar Settings file on the server and click “New”Ĭhoose “Open Remote” and open “soSIMPLE Calendar Settings.” As soon as it opens, you’ll be looking at the calendar setup window. If you haven’t already, make sure you’ve installed soSIMPLE Calendar on your FileMaker Server. Then you can upload your own calendar file and soSIMPLE Calendar Settings to the server, if it isn’t already hosted on the server. Server-Powered calendars require FileMaker Server to run. Upload your file to your FileMaker Server
We include a “Resume Script” button in our example to accommodate a “Pause” step in the soSIMPLE Calendar Actions script. We recommend having a specific layout for the soSIMPLE Data Source, that only includes the fields you’ll need, but to get started you can choose an existing layout that contains the required fields. The calendar can only “see” fields and value lists that are on your specified layout. Create (or identify) a layout and add required fields to the layout. ID – sequential or random unique id for each event record ( text or number)Ģ.Date End, if you have events that extend past one day ( date).We usually recommend starting with the basic five or six fields before adding more customization so that you can see your calendar working smoothly before adding too many layers of customization. Create (or identify) the required 5-6 fields This is because we provide instructional information along the way helping you integrate into your file as quickly as possible. We do recommend starting from scratch (by clicking the “New” button), rather than reverse engineering what we’ve done in our example solution. Most of the time, you’ll already have your database set up with events and these basic fields, so the first couple of steps may be unnecessary. This video and the accompanying instructions walk you through the steps to put a soSIMPLE Calendar into your own FileMaker database, or a brand new one. Create a new calendar from scratch, or linked to your own FileMaker file in about 5 minutes.
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