DayBack’s custom Event Actions are powerful tools for adding additional logic to your calendar workflow. They let you add your own scripts to everyday behaviors in the calendar, like dragging or editing an event. Each action is tied to a specific “trigger” like “On Event Create” or “On Event Save. ” The On Event Save […]
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Make Your Own Calendar Selector
DayBack lets you set up multiple calendars from different data sources. When creating a new event in DayBack, a few different rules govern to which calendar the event will belong. First, you can specify a single default calendar for new events in DayBack’s settings: this can be for the whole group or an individual user. […]
Add Decision Points to Your Calendar Workflow – Using Forms
In our previous article, we looked at creating custom dialogs for DayBack with multiple button options. This article will expand on this pattern and add different input types to these dialogs to create simple forms. With forms, DayBack’s Event Actions can present users with a rich set of controls for gathering data and support more varied workflows. […]
Add Custom Dialogs to Your Calendar – Including Buttons
Your workflows may need to present users with choices in the form of custom dialogs. DayBack provides a straight-forward function to include dialogs like this in your custom actions and show dialogs when users edit events. This function offers a way to specify the dialog title, message, and one or two button options. However, needing […]
Preventing Conflicts in DayBack for FileMaker 19
DayBack Calendar does a great job visualizing conflicts in your schedule. But sometimes you may want to alert users when they’re creating a conflict. We’ve created a simple script you can paste into your copy of DayBack Calendar to help notify users when they’re creating a conflict. Here’s the script in action: Add Conflict Detection […]