JSCalendar Add-On

The JSCalendarAddOn allows the javascript calendar from JSCalendarContrib to be used for any form. It also supports the use of the contrib from EditTablePlugin. Credit goes to TWiki:Main.ColasNahaboo (whose TWiki:Codev.JavaScriptDatePickerForForm I modified slightly) and TWiki:Main.CrawfordCurrie (who packaged JSCalendarContrib).

Usage

• Install the add-on
• You may modify date format, language, or other options used in the calendar by setting the preference variables JSCALENDARDATEFORMAT, JSCALENDARLANGUAGE, and JSCALENDAROPTIONS as discussed in the documentation included in JSCalendarContrib
• A patch to lib/TWiki/Plugins/EditTablePlugin.pm is attached also which makes EditTablePlugin depend on JSCalendarContrib rather than duplicating this functionality.

Add-On Installation Instructions

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

• Download the patch file from the Add-on Home (see below)
• Patch the following files with JSCalendarAddOn.patch in your twiki installation directory. Content:

  File:	Description:
  lib/TWiki/Form.pm
  lib/TWiki/UI/Edit.pm
  lib/TWiki/UI/View.pm

• Test if the installation was successful:
  • Create a form with a date field. A popup calendar should appear.

Add-On Info

• Set SHORTDESCRIPTION = Allows the javascript calendar provided by TWiki:Plugins/JSCalendarContrib to be used for any form.

Related Topic: DateFieldPlugin

-- TWiki:Main/ThomasWeigert - 07 Feb 2005