Schedule Management

General

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Description

This component allows for management of schedules. Schedules can be defined by specifying which days of the week and which times of day they are active on. The times of day are defined using a string of time ranges, where the times are specified in 24-hr format with dashes between the beginning and the end. Multiple ranges can be specified by separating them with commas. Examples:

8:00-17:00	Valid from 8am to 5pm
6:00-12:00, 12:45-14:00	Valid from 6am to noon, and then again from 12:45pm to 2pm
0:00-24:00	Always valid.

Schedules that alternate weekly or daily can be specified by using the repetition settings. All repeating schedules need a starting day. For example, you could have a schedule that repeats on a weekly basis, with 1-week on and 1-week off. This schedule would be active for seven days starting on the starting day, and then inactive for the next seven days, then active for seven days, and so on. Note that the days of the week and time settings are evaluated in addition to the repetition settings. This means that both settings must be true for the schedule to be active. Also note that if you set "Repeat / Alternate" to a setting other than "Off" and you do not specify a starting day, the schedule will never be active.

Properties

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Name	Description	Property Type	Scripting	Category
Antialias	Draw with antialias on? Makes text smoother.	boolean	.antialias	Appearance
Border	The border surrounding this component. NOTE that the border is unaffected by rotation.	Border	.border	Common
Data Quality	The data quality code for any tag bindings on this component.	int	.dataQuality	Data
Enabled	If disabled, a component cannot be used.	boolean	.componentEnabled	Common
Name	The name of this component.	String	.name	Common
Schedule Available Color	Changes the color of the available times in the schedule. New in 7.9.5.	Color	.schedulePreviewAvailableColor	Appearance
Schedule Available Text Color	Changes the text color of events on the schedule preview. New in 7.9.5.	Color	.eventForeground	Appearance
Styles	Contains the component's styles.	Dataset	.styles	Appearance
Table Color	Changes the background color of the tables, User Roles and Role Member lists. NOTE: When a row is selected it will revert to highlighted. New in 7.9.5.	Color	.tableBackground	Appearance
Table Header Color	Changes the background color of the table headers. New in 7.9.5.	Color	.tableHeaderBackground	Appearance
Table Header Text Color	Changes the text color of the table headers. New in 7.9.5.	Color	.tableHeaderTextColor	Appearance
Table Text Color	Changes the text color of the tables. NOTE: When a row is selected, it will revert to black. New in 7.9.5.	Color	.tableForeground	Appearance
Touchscreen Mode	Controls when this input component responds if touchscreen mode is enabled.	int	.touchscreenMode	Behavior
Visible	If disabled, the component will be hidden.	boolean	.visible	Common
Window Color	Changes the window background color. New in 7.9.5.	Color	.windowBackground	Appearance
Window Header Color	Changes the window header background color. New in 7.9.5.	Color	.windowHeaderBackground	Appearance
Window Header Save Button Background Color	Changes the window header save button background color. New in 7.9.5.	Color	.windowHeaderSaveButtonBackground	Appearance
Window Header Save Button Text Color	Changes the window header save button text color.	Color	.windowHeaderSaveButtonForeground	Appearance
Window Header Text Color	Changes the window header text color. New in 7.9.5.	Color	.windowHeaderForeground	Appearance
Window Text Color	Changes the text color of the window. New in 7.9.5.	Color	.windowForeground	Appearance

Scripting

Scripting Functions

This component does not have scripting functions associated with it.

Extension Functions

filterSchedule

Description

Called for each schedule loaded into the management table. Return false to hide this schedule from the management table. This code is executed in a background thread.

Parameters

Component self - A reference to the component that is invoking this function.

String schedule - The schedule name

Return

Boolean

Scope

Client

filterHoliday

Description

Called for each holiday loaded into the management table. Return false to hide this holiday from the management table. This code is executed in a background thread.

Parameters

Component self - A reference to the component that is invoking this function.

String holiday - The holiday name.

Return

Boolean

Scope

Client

onCreateSchedule

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Description

Called when the add button is pressed when adding a schedule. This code is executed in a background thread.

Parameters

Component self - A reference to the component that is invoking this function.

Object saveContext - An object that can be used to reject the add by calling saveContect.rejectSave('reason').

Return

Nothing

Scope

Client

onDeleteSchedule

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Description

Called when the delete button is pressed for one or more schedules. This code is executed in a background thread, once for each schedule to be deleted.

Parameters

Component self - A reference to the component that is invoking this function.

Object saveContext - An object that can be used to reject the deletion by calling saveContect.rejectSave('reason').

String name - The name of the schedule to be deleted.

Return

Nothing

Scope

Client

onSaveSchedule

Description

Called when the save button is pressed when adding or editing a schedule. This code is executed in a background thread.

Parameters

Component self - A reference to the component that is invoking this function.

Object saveContext - An object that can be used to reject the edit by calling saveContect.rejectSave('reason').

String oldName - The schedule name before editing. Will be None for a schedule being added.

String newName - The new name of the edited schedule.

Return

Nothing

Scope

Client

onCreateHoliday

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Description

Called when the add button is pressed when to add a holiday. This code is executed in a background thread.

Parameters

Component self - A reference to the component that is invoking this function.

Object saveContext - An object that can be used to reject the add by calling saveContect.rejectSave('reason').

Return

Nothing

Scope

Client

onDeleteHoliday

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Description

Called when the delete button is pressed for one or more holidays. This code is executed in a background thread, once for each holiday to be deleted.

Parameters

Component self - A reference to the component that is invoking this function.

Object saveContext - An object that can be used to reject the edit by calling saveContect.rejectSave('reason').

String name - The name of the holiday to be deleted.

Return

Nothing

Scope

Client

onSaveHoliday

Description

Called when the save button is pressed when adding or editing a holiday. This code is executed in a background thread.

Parameters

Component self - A reference to the component that is invoking this function.

Object saveContext - An object that can be used to reject the edit be calling saveContext.rejectSave('reason')

String oldName - The holiday name before editing. Will be None for a holiday being added.

String newName - The new name of the edited holiday.

Return

Nothing

Scope

Client

Event Handlers

mouse

mouseClicked

This event signifies a mouse click on the source component. A mouse click the combination of a mouse press and a mouse release, both of which must have occurred over the source component. Note that this event fires after the pressed and released events have fired.

.source	The component that fired this event
.button	The code for the button that caused this event to fire.
.clickCount	The number of mouse clicks associated with this event.
.x	The x-coordinate (with respect to the source component) of this mouse event.
.y	The y-coordinate (with respect to the source component) of this mouse event.
.popupTrigger	Returns True (1) if this mouse event is a popup trigger. What constitutes a popup trigger is operating system dependent, which is why this abstraction exists.
.altDown	True (1) if the Alt key was held down during this event, false (0) otherwise.
.controlDown	True (1) if the Control key was held down during this event, false (0) otherwise.
.shiftDown	True (1) if the Shift key was held down during this event, false (0) otherwise.

mouseEntered

This event fires when the mouse enters the space over the source component.

.source	The component that fired this event
.button	The code for the button that caused this event to fire.
.clickCount	The number of mouse clicks associated with this event.
.x	The x-coordinate (with respect to the source component) of this mouse event.
.y	The y-coordinate (with respect to the source component) of this mouse event.
.popupTrigger	Returns True (1) if this mouse event is a popup trigger. What constitutes a popup trigger is operating system dependent, which is why this abstraction exists.
.altDown	True (1) if the Alt key was held down during this event, false (0) otherwise.
.controlDown	True (1) if the Control key was held down during this event, false (0) otherwise.
.shiftDown	True (1) if the Shift key was held down during this event, false (0) otherwise.

mouseExited

This event fires when the mouse leaves the space over the source component.

.source	The component that fired this event
.button	The code for the button that caused this event to fire.
.clickCount	The number of mouse clicks associated with this event.
.x	The x-coordinate (with respect to the source component) of this mouse event.
.y	The y-coordinate (with respect to the source component) of this mouse event.
.popupTrigger	Returns True (1) if this mouse event is a popup trigger. What constitutes a popup trigger is operating system dependent, which is why this abstraction exists.
.altDown	True (1) if the Alt key was held down during this event, false (0) otherwise.
.controlDown	True (1) if the Control key was held down during this event, false (0) otherwise.
.shiftDown	True (1) if the Shift key was held down during this event, false (0) otherwise.

mousePressed

This event fires when a mouse button is pressed down on the source component.

.source	The component that fired this event
.button	The code for the button that caused this event to fire.
.clickCount	The number of mouse clicks associated with this event.
.x	The x-coordinate (with respect to the source component) of this mouse event.
.y	The y-coordinate (with respect to the source component) of this mouse event.
.popupTrigger	Returns True (1) if this mouse event is a popup trigger. What constitutes a popup trigger is operating system dependent, which is why this abstraction exists.
.altDown	True (1) if the Alt key was held down during this event, false (0) otherwise.
.controlDown	True (1) if the Control key was held down during this event, false (0) otherwise.
.shiftDown	True (1) if the Shift key was held down during this event, false (0) otherwise.

mouseReleased

This event fires when a mouse button is released, if that mouse button's press happened over this component.

.source	The component that fired this event
.button	The code for the button that caused this event to fire.
.clickCount	The number of mouse clicks associated with this event.
.x	The x-coordinate (with respect to the source component) of this mouse event.
.y	The y-coordinate (with respect to the source component) of this mouse event.
.popupTrigger	Returns True (1) if this mouse event is a popup trigger. What constitutes a popup trigger is operating system dependent, which is why this abstraction exists.
.altDown	True (1) if the Alt key was held down during this event, false (0) otherwise.
.controlDown	True (1) if the Control key was held down during this event, false (0) otherwise.
.shiftDown	True (1) if the Shift key was held down during this event, false (0) otherwise.

mouseMotion

mouseDragged

Fires when the mouse moves over a component after a button has been pushed.

.source	The component that fired this event
.button	The code for the button that caused this event to fire.
.clickCount	The number of mouse clicks associated with this event.
.x	The x-coordinate (with respect to the source component) of this mouse event.
.y	The y-coordinate (with respect to the source component) of this mouse event.
.popupTrigger	Returns True (1) if this mouse event is a popup trigger. What constitutes a popup trigger is operating system dependent, which is why this abstraction exists.
.altDown	True (1) if the Alt key was held down during this event, false (0) otherwise.
.controlDown	True (1) if the Control key was held down during this event, false (0) otherwise.
.shiftDown	True (1) if the Shift key was held down during this event, false (0) otherwise.

mouseMoved

Fires when the mouse moves over a component, but no buttons are pushed.

.source	The component that fired this event
.button	The code for the button that caused this event to fire.
.clickCount	The number of mouse clicks associated with this event.
.x	The x-coordinate (with respect to the source component) of this mouse event.
.y	The y-coordinate (with respect to the source component) of this mouse event.
.popupTrigger	Returns True (1) if this mouse event is a popup trigger. What constitutes a popup trigger is operating system dependent, which is why this abstraction exists.
.altDown	True (1) if the Alt key was held down during this event, false (0) otherwise.
.controlDown	True (1) if the Control key was held down during this event, false (0) otherwise.
.shiftDown	True (1) if the Shift key was held down during this event, false (0) otherwise.

propertyChange

Fires whenever a bindable property of the source component changes. This works for standard and custom (dynamic) properties.

.source	The component that fired this event
.newValue	The new value that this property changed to.
.oldValue	The value that this property was before it changed. Note that not all components include an accurate oldValue in their events.
.propertyName	The name of the property that changed. NOTE: remember to always filter out these events for the property that you are looking for! Components often have many properties that change.

Customizers

Component Customizers

Examples

Here is an example of the schedule management component and its property table.

Property Name	Value
Name	Schedules
Enabled	True
Visible	True
Touchscreen Mode	Single-Click
Data Quality	-1

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