GETTING STARTED

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Start with a new or existing window. Add the NoBCTCal extension template or a calendar Control(small or large). The Listbox templates in the Suite will not become available for selection until you have the extension or a Calendar on the current window. The NoBCTCal defaults to today(), but can be changed to a variable on the extension prompts.  The Calendar has little in the way of prompts unless you want to change the bevel on the Calendar for the date selected.  Since the calendar is a control, you can change colors, etc. The Calendar has a runtime control available to let the end user change the colors.  You must have a calendar or the NoBCTCal extension installed in order to use the other templates.  They require them as they are tightly synchronized to operate together.

The defaults on all templates are Refined so very little setup is required.  Pick the Listbox control you want to use, right click and go to actions, and fill in the prompts for the files and fields.  Various default options are configurable, but they are pretty decent as they come out of the box.  See File Structures Required for the minimum fields, keys needed in your files to use with each style template.

You should not need any embeds or code to create the various browses you may need. It is all template driven.  Embeds have been added for those that need them.

STEP BY STEP - USING THE TEMPLATES

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Be Sure the Templates are registered!!

Here is a step by step with short explanations;

1. Create a window procedure, adding sheets, tabs, etc.  Or start with an existing window.

2. If the Files you need are not already available in the procedure, add the files under "other" . This makes them available in the template prompts.

3. Put a calendar on the window from the control templates. The calendar has group handles to move/drag the calendar around for positioning.  If you want to use a predetermined variable date, or today(), and not dynamically drive the BST Listbox templates, add the NoBCTCal extension template instead.

4. Add a Sched, Booking, TimeLine, or Graph Listbox  The Listbox templates (Sched, Booking, TimeLine, Graph) are all Control templates that drop on the window.  Right click on the controls and select actions to fill in the required prompts.  Remember the Schedule templates install the list on the first click, and the runtime update buttons on the second click.

5. Add additional runtime controls for the Chosen Listbox if you wish for colors,fonts, etc. to be controlled by the end user.

6. You can create multiple tabs using multiple Listboxes/Grids in one procedure.