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EXCAL, THE WORKPLACE CALENDAR, VERSION 3.0m
If you are upgrading from ExCal 2.x, please read the section
below titled "UPGRADING TO NEW VERSIONS OF EXCAL".
INSTALLING EXCAL ON YOUR SYSTEM FOR THE FIRST TIME:
Start the installation program, EXCINST.EXE, then select "Install".
INSTALLING EXCAL ON YOUR SYSTEM FOR THE FIRST TIME *WITHOUT PROMPTING*:
EXCINST path helpPath Where 'path' is where EXCAL.DLL
should be copied, 'helpPath' is where
EXCAL.HLP should be copied.
If 'path' = /USELIBPATH, EXCAL.DLL is
copied to your \OS2\DLL directory and
registered without an explicit path (ie,
LIBPATH is used to find EXCAL.DLL).
A progress dialog is displayed during installation.
ALSO INCLUDE IN THIS PACKAGE:
EXCAL.CMD is the REXX equivalent of the installation utility
EXCINST.EXE. It shows how the REXX API can be used to create and
modify ExCal objects.
Online help is available from any of the ExCal objects (calendar, event,
time, place).
UPGRADING TO NEW VERSIONS OF EXCAL:
Start the installation program, EXCINST.EXE, specify the directory
which contains the prior version of EXCAL.DLL, then select
"Reinstall". The DLL will be replaced, but will not take effect until
the next reboot.
After you have replaced EXCAL.DLL, some unneeded alarm files from the
prior version must be deleted. You can:
-- Run the Uninstall of EXCINST to delete the unneeded files of prior
versions and then re-run the Install of EXCINST to finish.
-- Or, replace the EXCAL.DLL as outlined above and follow the steps
below to remove the unneeded files.
1. Open an OS/2 Command window.
2. Change to your desktop directory, e.g.:
CD C:\DESKTOP
3. Unhide the EXCAL*.ALM file(s):
ATTRIB EXCAL*.ALM -h
4. Delete the EXCAL*.ALM file(s):
DEL EXCAL*.ALM
5. Go to the Desktop and select "Refresh now".
6. Go to the Calendar Glance view and select "Refresh now" from the
View menubar pulldown.
You may want to shutdown and reboot after completing these steps to
be certain the updates made by the Calendar during "Refresh now" are
saved to disk.
NOTE 1: If you are upgrading from ExCal 2.x and do not run the Uninstall
of EXCINST or don't follow the cleanup steps above, you're
alarms will not work. The hidden EXCAL*.ALM files(s) of the
prior versions must be deleted for ExCal 3.0 alarms to work
properly. If you choose to run Uninstall, please verify the
EXCAL*.ALM files were deleted by EXCINST before continuing.
NOTE 2: If you are upgrading from a version before 2.1d, you should run
EXCINST to create new objects (address book, templates). You
can run EXCINST's Reinstall choice multiple times without
any loss of data.
OS/2 WARP 3.0 USERS:
The Details view of the Calendar shows the columns below:
Icon Title Object Class Summary Time and Place Priority
The "Time and Place" column is a short version of the "Summary" column.
You can hide the former using the third "View" page of the Calendar's
Settings (this is done for you on 2.x versions of OS/2 by EXCINST.EXE).
Note: The "Object Class" column cannot be removed; this may be a Warp
bug.