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Problem with Events Calendar - ASP Classic

Asked by: sk1922

I'm trying to modify a events calendar I found online. The calendar works fine, but I want to modify the code to highlight the day that has events versus showing the actual event title/description. Essentially, I would like all <TD> cells that have events to show in say green and make that particular date click-able and all <TD> cells that have no events just display in plain text. I tried to modify the code but when I did it worked for the current month, then next month was completely blank - no dates were showing up. I've attached the original code I found. Any suggestions and/or guidance would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Set objRecordset = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
objRecordset.Open "EventsTbl", strConn, adOpenStatic, adLockPessimistic, adCmdTable
 
Dim dDate     ' Date we're displaying calendar for
Dim iDIM      ' Days In Month
Dim iDOW      ' Day Of Week that month starts on
Dim iCurrent  ' Variable we use to hold current day of month as we write table
Dim iPosition ' Variable we use to hold current position in table
 
If IsDate(Request.QueryString("date")) Then
	dDate = CDate(Request.QueryString("date"))
Else
	If IsDate(Request.QueryString("month") & "-" & Request.QueryString("day") & "-" & Request.QueryString("year")) Then
		dDate = CDate(Request.QueryString("month") & "-" & Request.QueryString("day") & "-" & Request.QueryString("year"))
	Else
		dDate = Date()
 
		If Request.QueryString.Count <> 0 Then
			Response.Write "The date you picked was not a valid date.  The calendar was set to today's date.<BR><BR>"
		End If
	End If
End If
 
iDIM = GetDaysInMonth(Month(dDate), Year(dDate))
iDOW = GetWeekdayMonthStartsOn(Month(dDate), Year(dDate))
 
Response.Write "<div id='EventsCalContainer'>"
Response.Write "<table id='Events' width='285px' height='230px' cellspacing='2' cellpadding='0'>"
Response.Write "<tr>"
Response.Write "<td bgcolor='#f1f1f1' align='center' colspan='7'>"
Response.Write "<table width='100%' border='0' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0'>"
Response.Write "<tr>"
Response.Write "<td align='right'><b><A HREF='index.asp?date=" & SubtractOneMonth(dDate) & "' style='color: #FFFFFF'>&lt;--</A></b></TD>"
Response.Write "<td id='CalCurrDate'>" & MonthName(Month(dDate)) & " " & Year(dDate) & "</td>"
Response.Write "<td align='left'><b><A HREF='index.asp?date=" & AddOneMonth(dDate) & "' style='color: #FFFFFF'>--&gt;</A></b></TD>"
Response.Write "<td align='right' valign='top'>&nbsp;</td>"
Response.Write "</tr>"
Response.Write "</TABLE>"
Response.Write "</td>"
Response.Write "</tr>"
Response.Write "<tr>"
Response.Write "<td class='CalDayofMonth'>Sun</td>"
Response.Write "<td class='CalDayofMonth'>Mon</td>"
Response.Write "<td class='CalDayofMonth'>Tue</td>"
Response.Write "<td class='CalDayofMonth'>Wed</td>"
Response.Write "<td class='CalDayofMonth'>Thu</td>"
Response.Write "<td class='CalDayofMonth'>Fri</td>"
Response.Write "<td class='CalDayofMonth'>Sat</td>"
Response.Write "</tr>"
 
If iDOW <> 1 Then
	Response.Write(vbTab & "<tr>" & vbCrLf)
	iPosition = 1
	Do While iPosition < iDOW
		Response.Write(vbTab & vbTab & "<td>&nbsp;</td>" & vbCrLf)
		iPosition = iPosition + 1
	Loop
End If
 
	'-- Write days of month in proper day slots --
 
iCurrent = 1
iPosition = iDOW
 
Do While iCurrent <= iDIM
 
	'-- open the table row --
 
	If iPosition = 1 Then
		Response.Write(vbTab & "<tr>" & vbCrLf)
	End If
	
	Response.Write(vbTab & vbTab & "<td align=left valign=top height=30>" & iCurrent)
  
	If Not objRecordset.BOF Then
	objRecordset.MoveFirst
	Do Until objRecordset.EOF
	If objRecordset.Fields("Year") = Year(dDate) Then
	    If objRecordset.Fields("Month") = Month(dDate) Then
	    
	        If objRecordset.Fields("Day") = iCurrent Then
		      Response.Write("<div class='ActiveEvent'><b><a href=" & Chr(34) & "display_event.asp?ID=" & objRecordset.Fields("ID") & Chr(34) & ">" & objRecordset.Fields("Title") & "</a></b></div>")
          'Else
          'Response.Write(iCurrent)
          End If
 
	    End If
	End If
	objRecordset.MoveNext
	Loop
	Else
	End If
	
	'-- Close the table row --
 
	If iPosition = 7 Then
		Response.Write vbTab & "</tr>" & vbCrLf
		iPosition = 0
	End If
 
	'-- Increment variables --
 
	iCurrent = iCurrent + 1
	iPosition = iPosition + 1
Loop
 
If iPosition <> 1 Then
	Do While iPosition <= 7
		Response.Write(vbTab & vbTab & "<td>&nbsp;</td>" & vbCrLf)
		iPosition = iPosition + 1
	Loop
	Response.Write vbTab & "</tr>" & vbCrLf
End If
Response.Write "</table>"
Response.Write "</div>"
                                  
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2008-07-24 at 08:53:53ID23592565
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Answers

 

by: b0lsc0ttPosted on 2008-07-24 at 16:40:39ID: 22084753

sk1922,

Can you provide some of the html that is made by that?  Specifically a sample of the table that shows the calendar with some events.

A quick and simple way to "highlight" the day would be to change line 82 in the snippet above to (see snippet).

You could also add some CSS code in the head section or other CSS for this page to add a background color for the ActiveEvent class.  E.g.

.ActiveEvent { background-color: blue; }

Of course you can use any color you want.  If doing this in the div is not enough and you want the cell then the html I asked for will help us do that.  I don't believe just CSS can do this though so we would need some Javascript to run onload of the page.  I can help with that if need but hopefully the div will provide the effect you want.

Let me know if you have any questions or need more information.

b0lsc0tt

EDITED - moved code to snippet in new comment **

 

by: b0lsc0ttPosted on 2008-07-24 at 16:42:24ID: 22084762

Darn.  EE messed up my code in the first sample.  I will put it in the snippet below.  They are working to fix that and I thought it was.

bol

	Response.Write("<div class='ActiveEvent' style='background-color: blue;'><b><a href=" & Chr(34) & "display_event.asp?ID=" & objRecordset.Fields("ID") & Chr(34) & ">" & objRecordset.Fields("Title") & "</a></b></div>")
                                              
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by: sk1922Posted on 2008-07-25 at 08:25:34ID: 22089394

Thanks for replying to my post b0lsc0tt. I appreciate your assistance.

I don't think it's problem on the CSS side of the code. My problem is that I don't want to show the event info at all - just highlight the day instead when an event exists. I'm posted the HTML code you requested and also attached a screen shot of the calendar to give you a better idea. The code looks like it's populating the dates first then pulling all events for each day in a loop. HTML code below. Any further guidance or suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thanks again.

<table id='Events' width='285px' height='230px' cellspacing='2' cellpadding='0'>
  <tr>
    <td bgcolor='#f1f1f1' align='center' colspan='7'>
      <table width='100%' border='0' cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0'>
        <tr>
          <td align='right'><b>
              <A HREF='index.asp?date=6/25/2008' style='color: #FFFFFF'>&lt;--</A></b></TD>
          <td id='CalCurrDate'>July 2008</td>
          <td align='left'><b>
              <A HREF='index.asp?date=8/25/2008' style='color: #FFFFFF'>--&gt;</A></b></TD>
          <td align='right' valign='top'>&nbsp;</td>
        </tr>
      </TABLE></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td class='CalDayofMonth'>Sun</td>
    <td class='CalDayofMonth'>Mon</td>
    <td class='CalDayofMonth'>Tue</td>
    <td class='CalDayofMonth'>Wed</td>
    <td class='CalDayofMonth'>Thu</td>
    <td class='CalDayofMonth'>Fri</td>
    <td class='CalDayofMonth'>Sat</td>
  </tr>	
  <tr>		
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>		
    <td align=left valign=top height=30>1</td>		
    <td align=left valign=top height=30>2</td>		
    <td align=left valign=top height=30>3</td>		
    <td align=left valign=top height=30>4</td>		
    <td align=left valign=top height=30>5</td>	
  </tr>	
  <tr>		
    <td align=left valign=top height=30>6</td>		
    <td align=left valign=top height=30>7</td>		
    <td align=left valign=top height=30>8</td>		
    <td align=left valign=top height=30>9</td>		
    <td align=left valign=top height=30>10</td>		
    <td align=left valign=top height=30>11</td>		
    <td align=left valign=top height=30>12</td>	
  </tr>	
  <tr>		
    <td align=left valign=top height=30>13</td>		
    <td align=left valign=top height=30>14</td>		
    <td align=left valign=top height=30>15</td>		
    <td align=left valign=top height=30>16</td>		
    <td align=left valign=top height=30>17</td>		
    <td align=left valign=top height=30>18</td>		
    <td align=left valign=top height=30>19</td>	
  </tr>	
  <tr>		
    <td align=left valign=top height=30>20</td>		
    <td align=left valign=top height=30>21</td>		
    <td align=left valign=top height=30>22</td>		
    <td align=left valign=top height=30>23
      <div class='ActiveEvent'><b>
          <a href="display_event.asp?ID=2">Event 1</a></b>
      </div>
      <div class='ActiveEvent'><b>
          <a href="display_event.asp?ID=3">Event 2</a></b>
      </div></td>		
    <td align=left valign=top height=30>24</td>		
    <td align=left valign=top height=30>25</td>		
    <td align=left valign=top height=30>26</td>	
  </tr>	
  <tr>		
    <td align=left valign=top height=30>27</td>		
    <td align=left valign=top height=30>28</td>		
    <td align=left valign=top height=30>29</td>		
    <td align=left valign=top height=30>30</td>		
    <td align=left valign=top height=30>31</td>		
    <td>&nbsp;</td>		
    <td>&nbsp;</td>	
  </tr>
</table>

                                              
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by: sk1922Posted on 2008-07-28 at 10:39:11ID: 22105159

Any ideas on this? I posted the HTML code and the screen shot of the calendar itself.


I appreciate all your help on this.

 

by: peh803Posted on 2008-08-01 at 09:15:33ID: 22139682

Try the code posted below -- this should highlight dates with events in yellow (you can change this to whatever you like) and will not write out event detail (as shown in the screenshot).

Let me know how it looks,
Phil / peh803

' BEGIN OLD CODE SNIPPET -- this is the section that should be changed with the new code below
        Response.Write(vbTab & vbTab & "<td align=left valign=top height=30>" & iCurrent)
  
        If Not objRecordset.BOF Then
        objRecordset.MoveFirst
        Do Until objRecordset.EOF
        If objRecordset.Fields("Year") = Year(dDate) Then
            If objRecordset.Fields("Month") = Month(dDate) Then
            
                If objRecordset.Fields("Day") = iCurrent Then
                      Response.Write("<div class='ActiveEvent'><b><a href=" & Chr(34) & "display_event.asp?ID=" & objRecordset.Fields("ID") & Chr(34) & ">" & objRecordset.Fields("Title") & "</a></b></div>")
          'Else
          'Response.Write(iCurrent)
          End If
 
            End If
        End If
' END OLD CODE SNIPPET
 
' BEGIN NEW CODE SNIPPET
        ' DO NOT FORGET TO DECLARE THE my_style variable up with your other declarations
        ' that detail has been omitted here...
        my_style = ""
 
        If Not objRecordset.BOF Then
        objRecordset.MoveFirst
        Do Until objRecordset.EOF
        If objRecordset.Fields("Year") = Year(dDate) Then
            If objRecordset.Fields("Month") = Month(dDate) Then
                If objRecordset.Fields("Day") = iCurrent Then
                   my_style = "style=""background-color:yellow;"""
                End If
            End If
        End If
 
        Response.Write(vbTab & vbTab & "<td align=left valign=top height=30 " & my_style & ">" & iCurrent)
 
' END NEW CODE SNIPPET
                                              
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by: sk1922Posted on 2008-08-05 at 06:05:41ID: 31483491

Hey Phil,

The code you posted worked like a charm!! I really appreciate your guidance and the code post.

 

by: sk1922Posted on 2008-08-05 at 06:13:35ID: 22160520

Phil -

Here's how I applied your code. I styled the ActiveEvent class to highlight the date and link. The NoEvent class simply leaves the dates in plain text to help identify no events are available for that day.

Thanks again for your assistance on this.

SK

        my_styleSrt = "<td class='NoEvent'>"
        my_styleEnd = "</td>"
        If Not objRecordset.BOF Then
        objRecordset.MoveFirst
        Do Until objRecordset.EOF
        If objRecordset.Fields("Year") = Year(dDate) Then
            If objRecordset.Fields("Month") = Month(dDate) Then
                If objRecordset.Fields("Day") = iCurrent Then
                   my_styleSrt = "<td class='ActiveEvent'><a href='calView.asp'>"
                   my_styleEnd = "</a></td>"
                End If
            End If
        End If
 
        Response.Write(vbTab & vbTab & my_styleSrt & iCurrent & my_styleEnd)

                                              
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by: peh803Posted on 2008-08-05 at 08:27:01ID: 22161869

Thanks for the update, and happy to assist!

Regards,
Phil / peh803

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