JSCalendarContrib

Mishoo JSCalendar, packaged for use by plugins, skins and add-ons.

Summary of Contents

This module packages the Mishoo JSCalendar Javascript in a form suitable for use with TWiki.

Detailed Documentation

Read the Mishoo documentation or visit the demo page for detailed information on using the calendar widget.

This package also includes a small Perl module to make using the calendar easier from TWiki plugins. This module includes the functions:

TWiki::Contrib::JSCalendarContrib::renderDateForEdit($name, $value, $format [, \%cssClass]) -> $html

This is the simplest way to use calendars from a plugin.

• $name is the name of the CGI parameter for the calendar (it should be unique),
• $value is the current value of the parameter (may be undef)
• $format is the format to use (optional; the default is set in configure). The HTML returned will display a date field and a drop-down calendar.
• \%options is an optional hash containing base options for the textfield.

Example:

use TWiki::Contrib::JSCalendarContrib;
...
my $fromDate = TWiki::Contrib::JSCalendarContrib::renderDateForEdit(
   'from', '1 April 1999');
my $toDate = TWiki::Contrib::JSCalendarContrib::renderDateForEdit(
   'to', undef, '%Y');

TWiki::Contrib::JSCalendarContrib::addHEAD($setup)

This function will automatically add the headers for the calendar to the page being rendered. It's intended for use when you want more control over the formatting of your calendars than renderDateForEdit affords. $setup is the name of the calendar setup module; it can either be omitted, in which case the method described in the Mishoo documentation can be used to create calendars, or it can be 'twiki', in which case a Javascript helper function called 'showCalendar' is added that simplifies using calendars to set a value in a text field. For example, say we wanted to display the date with the calendar icon before the text field, using the format %Y %b %e

# Add styles and javascript for the calendar
use TWiki::Contrib::JSCalendarContrib;
...

sub commonTagsHandler {
  ....
  # Enable 'showCalendar'
  TWiki::Contrib::JSCalendarContrib::addHEAD( 'twiki' );

  my $cal = CGI::image_button(
      -name => 'img_datefield',
      -onclick =>
       "return showCalendar('id_datefield','%Y %b %e')",
      -src=> TWiki::Func::getPubUrlPath() . '/' .
             TWiki::Func::getTwikiWebname() .
             '/JSCalendarContrib/img.gif',
      -alt => 'Calendar',
      -align => 'middle' )
    . CGI::textfield(
      { name => 'date', id => "id_datefield" });
  ....
}

The first parameter to showCalendar is the id of the textfield, and the second parameter is the . See the Mishoo documentation for details of the '$e %B %Y' parameter.

addHEAD can be called from commonTagsHandler for adding the header to all pages, or from beforeEditHandler just for edit pages etc.

Using the Calendar in user forms

You can also use the calendar directly in your own hand-built forms, without having to write any code. Just add this inline in the topic text:

%INCLUDE{"%SYSTEMWEB%/JSCalendarContribInline"}%

Then, to display a calendar icon next to a text input field:

<input type="text" id="cal_val_here" />
<input type="image" src="%PUBURL%/%SYSTEMWEB%/JSCalendarContrib/img.gif" onclick="javascript: return showCalendar('cal_val_here','%e %B %Y')" />

If the contrib is installed, you will see such a field here:

Installation Instructions

You do not need to install anything in the browser to use this extension. The following instructions are for the administrator who installs the extension on the server where TWiki is running.

Like many other TWiki extensions, this module is shipped with a fully automatic installer script written using the BuildContrib.

• If you have TWiki 4.2 or later, you can install from the configure interface (Go to Plugins->Find More Extensions)
  • See the installation supplement on TWiki.org for more information.
• If you have any problems, then you can still install manually from the command-line:
  1. Download one of the .zip or .tgz archives
  2. Unpack the archive in the root directory of your TWiki installation.
  3. Run the installer script ( perl <module>_installer )
  4. Run configure and enable the module, if it is a plugin.
  5. Repeat for any missing dependencies.
• If you are still having problems, then instead of running the installer script:
  1. Make sure that the file permissions allow the webserver user to access all files.
  2. Check in any installed files that have existing ,v files in your existing install (take care not to lock the files when you check in)
  3. Manually edit LocalSite.cfg to set any configuration variables.

• An administrator can customize the appearance of the calendar by setting the following in LocalSite.cfg

  Setting	Default
  $TWiki::cfg{JSCalendarContrib}{style}	'blue'
  $TWiki::cfg{JSCalendarContrib}{lang}	'en'
  $TWiki::cfg{JSCalendarContrib}{format}	'%e %b %Y'

Contrib Info

Another great TWiki extension from the WikiRing - working together to improve your wiki experience!

Author:	TWiki:Main/CrawfordCurrie http://c-dot.co.uk
Version:	16236 (22 Jan 2008) of the Mishoo calendar
Copyright ©:	See the Mishoo documentation
License:	GPL (GNU General Public License)
Dependencies:	None
Change History:
6 Sep 2007	Bugs:Item4030 Added doc for using the calendar in user forms
13603	Bugs:Item2982 cleaned up the interface to the contrib, re-added a date rendering function with a more generic interface
11594	Allow format to be configured.
11415	Add a renderFormFieldForEditHandler so other plugins can forward to this handler to add the date field to the TWikiForms. (TWiki:Main.ThomasWeigert)
10247	Bugs:Item2054 put the calendar at z-index 2000, way above pattern skin divs.
6634	Bugs:Item453 removed EditTablePlugins private copy of the Mishoo JS calendar, and made sure it works with JSCalendarContrib. Improved the documentation of the JSCalendar while I was there.
6626	Bugs:Item468 updated docs for Dakar release
5048	Cairo readiness
5039	Split from SharedCode?
27 Dec 2005	updated to calendar version 1.0; set style for Safari to win2k-1
14 Aug 2004	Separated out from SharedCode? module
Home:	http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Plugins/JSCalendarContrib
Feedback:	http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Plugins/JSCalendarContribDev
Appraisal:	http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Plugins/JSCalendarContribAppraisal

Related Topics: TWikiPreferences