NAME

dtcm_entry — format of calendar/appointment entry

DESCRIPTION

The calendar entry file format defines how one entry is saved to a file or used in a drag-and-drop transaction with another client. A grammar for the entry format is:

appt_file	::=	header_string entry_definition
	::=	`0tCalendar Appointment 0&'
entry_definition	::=	appt_def
`0&' old_appt
	\|	old_appt;
old_appt	::=	date_mark start_mark end_mark repeat_mark
	\|	duration_mark text_mark
date_mark	::=	`Date: ' date_value `0&'
date_value	::=	Date as mm/ dd/ yyyy
start_mark	::=	`Start: ' start_value `0&'
start_value	::=	Entry begin time as hh:mm[ampm ], where hh and mm represent two-digit hours and minutes and the optional ampm suffix is the string am or pm
end_mark	::=	`End: ' end_value `0&'
end_value	::=	Entry begin time as hh:mm[ampm ]
repeat_mark	::=	`Repeat: ' repeat_value `0&'
repeat_value	::=	`One Time' \| `Daily' \| `Weekly' \| `Every Two Weeks'
	\|	`Monthly By Date' \| `Yearly' \| `Monthly By Weekday'
	\|	`Monday Thru Friday' \| `Mon, Wed, Fri' \| `Tuesday, Thursday'
duration_mark	::=	`For: ' duration_value `0&'
duration_value	::=	Integer that describes the number of repetitions.
text_mark	::=	`What: ' text_value
text_value	::=	Up to 5 lines of text. Each line after the first must have a leading <tab> character.
appt_def	::=	appt_start_marker attr_list appt_end_marker
attr_list	::=	attr_def att_list
	\|	attr_def
appt_start_marker	::=	appt_marker
`:string:begin0&'
appt_end_marker	::=	appt_marker
`:string:end0&'
appt_marker	::=	`-//CDE_XAPIA_PRIVATE/CS/API/ENTRYATTR//NONSGML ApptDelimiter//EN'
attr_def	::=	attr_name `:' attr_type `:' attr_value `0&'
attr_type	::=	`string' \| `integer' \| `reminder'
	\|	`accesslist' \| `repeatdefinition' \| `custom'
attr_name	::=	XAPIA string. The span of characters that can be used in the definition of an attribute name is specified in the CAE Specification, XAPIA Calendar API.
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An example entry:

        ** Calendar Appointment **
-//CDE_XAPIA_PRIVATE/CS/API/ENTRYATTR//NONSGML ApptDelimiter//EN:string:begin
-//XAPIA/CS/API/ENTRYATTR//NONSGML Start Date//EN:integer:775148400
-//XAPIA/CS/API/ENTRYATTR//NONSGML End Date//EN:integer:775148900
-//XAPIA/CS/API/ENTRYATTR//NONSGML Type//EN:string:CSA_TYPE_EVENT
-//CDE_XAPIA_PRIVATE/CS/API/ENTRYATTR//NONSGML Showtime//EN:integer:1
-//XAPIA/CS/API/ENTRYATTR//NONSGML Summary//EN:string:Foundation planning meeting


        in Hari's office
-//XAPIA/CS/API/ENTRYATTR//NONSGML Status//EN:integer:0
-//XAPIA/CS/API/ENTRYATTR//NONSGML Recurrence Rule//EN:string:M60 #12
-//XAPIA/CS/API/ENTRYATTR//NONSGML Audio Reminder//EN:reminder:-60:
-//XAPIA/CS/API/ENTRYATTR//NONSGML Flashing Reminder//EN:reminder:-60:
-//XAPIA/CS/API/ENTRYATTR//NONSGML Mail Reminder//EN:reminder:-1800:hseldon@trantor
-//XAPIA/CS/API/ENTRYATTR//NONSGML Popup Reminder//EN:reminder:300:
-//CDE_XAPIA_PRIVATE/CS/API/ENTRYATTR//NONSGML ApptDelimiter//EN:string:end


        Date: 7/25/1994


        Start:  8:00am


        End:  9:00am


        Repeat: Every Two Weeks, last


        For:26


        What: Foundation planning meeting


                in Hari's office

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