Event Entry


The Event Entry window is used to enter new events and to modify existing events

Name

The name of the person or event (John Doe, Car Payment, etc.). This field is required.

Notes

Any notes about the event. These notes can be viewed by hovering your mouse over the event name in the calendar. This will display a data tip showing the notes.

Calendar

Allows selection of the calendar file to save the event to.  Existing events may be moved to a different calendar file by selecting the new calendar.  See the Calendar topic for more information.

Type

Allows selection of an event type.  See the Event Type and Type Setup topics for more information on setting up and using event type.

Disabled

Events can be disabled by marking the "Disabled" checkbox. Disabled events are not shown in the Event List or Calendar but may be accessed through the Event Manager.

Frequency

The frequency section allows you to control whether the event occurs only once or is a recurring event.  See the Recurrence Types topic for detailed description of the frequency types.

When an event is set to a frequency other than one time, a "recurrence interval" setting is displayed which allows you to specify the number of days, weeks, months or years between occurrences of an event depending on the recurrence type.  For example, a daily event with a Recurrence Interval set to 5 would occur every 5 days and a weekly event with a Recurrence Interval of 2 would occur every 2 weeks.

Also when an event is set to a frequency other than one time, a button appears that may be selected to set Advanced Recurring Options.  When advanced options are in effect for an event, an "Advanced Criteria In Effect" message is displayed directly below the advanced button.  Advanced options are cleared and this indication is removed if the recurrence date or event date/time are changed.

Date/Time

These settings specify when the event occurs.  If the event has a frequency other than one time, this date/time specifies the first occurrence of the event.  See the following topics for details of each settings.

Alarm Enabled

The "Alarm" checkbox specifies whether an Alarm is enabled for this event. If the event is enabled, the Alarm Lead Time controls are enabled.  The default value for this option can be set in Event Options.

Alarm Actions

This button leads the alarm action dialog which provides the ability to setup actions that are performed when an alarm goes off.  The following alarm types are available.