So how do they do that?

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I found a website that displays a calendar. It's possible to click on a date,
and a dialog box pops up. In the particular instance I'm referring to it has
a brief quote, but this could be used for a number of other items, including
birthdays, special events, quotes, reminders, whatever.

So how do they do that? With Access or another program? Could Access be used
for this purpose?
 
NC_Sue said:
I found a website that displays a calendar. It's possible to click on
a date, and a dialog box pops up. In the particular instance I'm
referring to it has a brief quote, but this could be used for a
number of other items, including birthdays, special events, quotes,
reminders, whatever.

So how do they do that? With Access or another program? Could Access
be used for this purpose?
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Since Access doesn't run inside a web page it's safe to assume that they
used something else. An Access application could certainly be made that had
that capability, but not to run in a web browser.
 
There are two pieces to the puzzle. The first is where to save the
data (quote, birthday, etc.). The two main possibilites are XML or
database. Personally, I would use a database. As for which database,
it really wouldn't matter which one (SQL Server, Oracle, Access, etc.)
as long as the database and/or drivers were loaded on the server. If
it's a Windows server, you could just copy your access database up to
it and be good to go.


The second piece is the language that is used to display the
information. Again, there are lots of possibilites (ASP, ASP.NET, php,
ColdFusion). I would stick to classic ASP (assuming it's loaded) as
the learning curve is smaller. After it works, you could update it to
ASP.NET for more functionality.

Check the extension of the page you are loading. If it ends in .asp,
it is a ASP page. .aspx= ASP.NET, .php = php, .cfm = ColdFusion, etc.



Chris Nebinger
 
Thanks for responding.
I don't really need/want it to operate within a web browser - I want it for
personal use. Do you know of a resource or template that can be used?
 
Microsoft has a DatePicker control (which is buggy as all get-up) and
they also have a Calendar control. The DatePicker looks slicker but
doesn't always work properly. Use the Calendar control, slap it on its
own form and use OpenArgs to pass info to and from it. I wrote it up
in about a half hour and now my whole shop uses my calendar form
instead of MS' datepicker control.
 
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