Re: [xsl] Re: A Calendar Project...

["Karl Stubsjoen" <karl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

So do I need to download xselerator?  If so, is this something that I would
also need to add to my server box (currently, developing calendar app at
home).
Karl

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dimitre Novatchev" <dnovatchev@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2003 1:51 PM
Subject: [xsl] Re: A Calendar Project...


> See: "A Calendar, using the XSelerator's datetime library",
> http://www.topxml.com/code/default.asp?p=3&id=v20020711152545
>
> In addition to your requirements this XSLT app supports two display
formats
> for a week (with Sun starting the week and with Mon starting the week) and
> also hilighting holidays and events from an external xml file.
>
>
> Hope this helped.
>
>
>
> =====
> Cheers,
>
> Dimitre Novatchev.
> http://fxsl.sourceforge.net/ -- the home of FXSL
>
>
> "Karl Stubsjoen" <karl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:003401c33308$20ee7800$71d76844@xxxxxxx
> > Hello,
> > I'm embarking on a calendar project... from the ground up.  So, I have
the
> > luxuray of putting it together any way I like : )
> > I'm trying to determine the best XML data structure to suit XSLT
> processing.
> >
> > Thinking in terms of the XSLT processor:
> >     1)  I need to be able to create standard 7 day week wide calendar by
> > 30/31 day month view
> >     2)  I need to be able to create a week view in a vertical and
> horizontal
> > display format
> >     3) As well an assortment of calendar views...
> >
> > With item # 1 above, the challenge is to create 7 TD's then a new TR...
7
> > TD's a new TR and so on...
> > The challenge in general is the grouping of different calendar parts,
and
> > the discovery of first day of week, etc...
> >
> > Has anyone else done such a project?
> > I will be building my XML data source from ASP, so I will script it on
the
> > fly in a suitable structure to be processed by XSLT.  I guess my real
> > question is:  what would be a good XML structure for XSLT processing of
a
> > calendar?
> >
> > Here is a couple of ideas I had (very prelimary):
> >
> > <CAL D="2003-06-04">
> >  <DATE D="2003-05-29" DOW="1" WK="100"/>
> >  <DATE D="2003-05-30" DOW="2" WK="100"/>
> >  <DATE D="2003-05-31" DOW="3" WK="100"/>
> >  <DATE D="2003-06-01" DOW="4" WK="100"/>
> >  <DATE D="2003-06-02" DOW="5" WK="100"/>
> >  <DATE D="2003-06-03" DOW="6" WK="100"/>
> >  <DATE D="2003-06-04" DOW="7" WK="100"/>
> >     <DATE D="2003-06-05" DOW="1" WK="101"/>
> > ....
> > </CAL>
> >
> > Where CAL/@D is the current date (not necessarily todays date but the
> > selected date)
> > Where CAL/DATE/@DOW is the day-of-week (sunday..monday..tuesday.. ..)
> > Where CAL/DATE/@WK is the week of the year
> >
> > Here is another format:
> > <CAL D="2003-06-04">
> >  <WEEK W="100">
> >      <DATE D="2003-05-29" DOW="1" />
> >      <DATE D="2003-05-30" DOW="2" />
> >      <DATE D="2003-05-31" DOW="3" />
> >      <DATE D="2003-06-01" DOW="4" />
> >      <DATE D="2003-06-02" DOW="5" />
> >      <DATE D="2003-06-03" DOW="6" />
> >      <DATE D="2003-06-04" DOW="7" />
> >   </WEEK>
> >   <WEEK W="101">
> >     <DATE D="2003-06-05" DOW="1">
> >     ...
> > </CAL>
> >
> >
> > Again, the challeng (that I see) is grouping calendar dates into the
> > different calendar views we are use to seeing.
> > I've built a calendar before using ASP and recall the struggle I had of
> > discovering first day of the month... what week day the first day of
month
> > fell on... I recall the "skipping" of non-current month dates, and so
> on...
> >
> > Any ideas would be appreciated!  I'm working on this all day today.  Oh,
> and
> > if anyone is interested in collaboriting on this project, let me know.
> >
> > Karl
> >
> >
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> >
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