| Chapter 7 Customizing Calendars |
1. In XLCalendar, select the calendar template file, and press Modify button. The Modify Parameters dialog box appears.
2. In the Modify Parameters dialog box, you can modify the parameters for monthly calendar or yearly calendar.
(1) Click the Monthly Calenar tab, change the parameters for monthly calendar. Press Change button to change holidays for monthly calendar.
(2) Click the Yearly Calendar tab, change the parameters for yearly calendar. Press Change button to change holidays for yearly calendar.
(3) Press OK button to confirm the changes, press Cancel button to discard the changes.
3. In XLCalendar window, press Save button to save the parameters.
1. In XLCalendar, select the calendar template file, and press Open button to open the calendar template file. You can modify the calendar template as you like.
2. In general, you should modify the calendar parameters after you modified the calendar template file.
Using XLCalendar, you can add your own calendars. To add a calendar, you should do as follows:
1. Create a calendar template file
Create a calendar template file using Microsoft Excel, and put the template file into the template folder. The template folder is the template under the data folder. For more detail information about the data folder, refer to "Directories and Files" in this document.
2. Modify the calendar template file
In XLCalendar, select the calendar template file you have created, press Open button to open and modify the calendar template file.
3. Modify and save parameters
In XLCalendar, select the calendar template file you have created. Press Modify button to change the parameters. Press Save button to save the parameters. The parameters are saved in the parameter file under the template folder.
4. Generate and check the calendar
Press Generate button to generate the calendar. You can repeat 2-4 steps until you are satisfied with the calendar.
You can create your own holiday files. For example, you can create a holiday file for your country. Or you can create a holiday file for your family and friend. In your own holiday file, you can add your wedding anniversary, the birthday of your wife or husband, the birthday of your baby or other special events.
To add a holiday file, you should create a holiday file using a text editor, and put the holiday file into the holiday file folder. The folder of the holiday files is the holiday under the data folder. For more detail information about the format of holiday file, refer to "Holiday File" in this document.
You can add month names and weekday names as you like. To add a name list of month or weekday, open the XLCalendar.ini, and add an entry in the [MonthName] section or [WeekdayName] section. For more detail information about the format of XLCalendar.ini, refer to "XLCalendar.ini" in this document.