Reminder Calendar

Bill Dortch,
James Thiele

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Description:

This JavaScript allows you to set reminders in a monthly calendar. Uses cookies. Try it out!

How to use the Reminder Calendar:

• Click on a date to add a reminder
• Click on that date again to see the reminder
• Reload the page to see dates with reminders in different colors

Notes:

• Lame user interface
• Can't delete a reminder
• Reminders disappear in about 24 hours

This is mostly a programming example of:

• Using cookies in JavaScript
• Using text links to call a function, not open a URL

JavaScript Functions:
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> <!-- to hide script contents from old browsers // // Cookie Functions // Written by: Bill Dortch, hIdaho Design // The following functions are released to the public domain. // // // "Internal" function to encode cookie value. This permits cookies to // contain whitespace, comma and semicolon characters. // function encode (str) { var dest = ""; var len = str.length; var index = 0; var code = null; for (var i = 0; i < len; i++) { var ch = str.charAt(i); if (ch == " ") code = "%20"; else if (ch == "%") code = "%25"; else if (ch == ",") code = "%2C"; else if (ch == ";") code = "%3B"; else if (ch == "\b") code = "%08"; else if (ch == "\t") code = "%09"; else if (ch == "\n") code = "%0A"; else if (ch == "\f") code = "%0C"; else if (ch == "\r") code = "%0D"; if (code != null) { dest += str.substring(index,i) + code; index = i + 1; code = null; } } if (index < len) dest += str.substring(index, len); return dest; } // // "Internal" function to decode cookie values. // function decode (str) { var dest = ""; var len = str.length; var index = 0; var code = null; var i = 0; while (i < len) { i = str.indexOf ("%", i); if (i == -1) break; if (index < i) dest += str.substring(index, i); code = str.substring (i+1,i+3); i += 3; index = i; if (code == "20") dest += " "; else if (code == "25") dest += "%"; else if (code == "2C") dest += ","; else if (code == "3B") dest += ";"; else if (code == "08") dest += "\b"; else if (code == "09") dest += "\t"; else if (code == "0A") dest += "\n"; else if (code == "0C") dest += "\f"; else if (code == "0D") dest += "\r"; else { i -= 2; index -= 3; } } if (index < len) dest += str.substring(index, len); return dest; } // // "Internal" function to return the decoded value of a cookie // function getCookieVal (offset) { var endstr = document.cookie.indexOf (";", offset); if (endstr == -1) endstr = document.cookie.length; return decode(document.cookie.substring(offset, endstr)); } // // Function to return the value of the cookie specified by "name". // name - String object containing the cookie name. // function GetCookie (name) { var arg = name + "="; var alen = arg.length; var clen = document.cookie.length; var i = 0; while (i < clen) { var j = i + alen; if (document.cookie.substring(i, j) == arg) return getCookieVal (j); i = document.cookie.indexOf(" ", i) + 1; if (i == 0) break; } return null; } // // Function to create or update a cookie. // name - String object object containing the cookie name // value - String object containing the cookie value. May contain // any valid sting characters, including whitespace, commas and quotes. // expires - Date object containing the expiration data of the cookie, // or null to expire the cookie at the end of the current session. // function SetCookie (name, value, expires) { document.cookie = name + "=" + encode(value) + ((expires == null) ? "" : ("; expires=" + expires.toGMTString())); } // Function to delete a cookie. (Sets expiration date to current date/time) // name - String object containing the cookie name // function DeleteCookie (name) { var exp = new Date(); var cval = GetCookie (name); document.cookie = name + "=" + cval + "; expires=" + exp.toGMTString(); } // function arrayOfDaysInMonths(isLeapYear) { this[0] = 31; this[1] = 28; if (isLeapYear) this[1] = 29; this[2] = 31; this[3] = 30; this[4] = 31; this[5] = 30; this[6] = 31; this[7] = 31; this[8] = 30; this[9] = 31; this[10] = 30; this[11] = 31; } function daysInMonth(month, year) { // do the classic leap year calculation var isLeapYear = (((year % 4 == 0) && (year % 100 != 0)) || (year % 400 == 0)); var monthDays = new arrayOfDaysInMonths(isLeapYear); return monthDays[month]; } function calendar() { var monthNames = "JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec"; var today = new Date(); var day = today.getDate(); var month = today.getMonth(); var year = today.getYear() + 1900; // figure out how many days this month will have... var numDays = daysInMonth(month, year); // and go back to the first day of the month... var firstDay = today; firstDay.setDate(1); // and figure out which day of the week it hits... var startDay = firstDay.getDay(); var column = 0; // Start the calendar table document.write("<CENTER>"); document.write("<TABLE BORDER>"); document.write("<TR><TH COLSPAN=7>"); document.write(monthNames.substring(3*month, 3*(month + 1)) + " " + year); document.write("</th></tr><TR><TH>Sun</th><TH>Mon</th><TH>Tue</th><TH>Wed</th><TH>Thu</th><TH>Fri</th><TH>Sat</th></tr>"); // put blank table entries for days of week before beginning of the month document.write("<TR>"); column = 0; for (i=0; i<startDay; i++) { document.write("<TD>&nbsp;</td>"); column++; } for (i=1; i <= numDays; i++) { // Write the day var s = "" + i; if ((GetCookie("d"+i) != null)) // s = s.fontcolor(document.vlinkColor); s = s.fontcolor("#FF0000"); s = s.link("javascript:dayClick(" + i + ")") document.write("<TD>" + s); // Check for end of week/row if (++column == 7) { document.write("</tr><TR>"); // start a new row column = 0; } document.write("</td>"); } document.write("</tr></TABLE>"); document.writeln("</CENTER>"); } //////////////////////////// //////// dayClick ////////// //////////////////////////// function dayClick(day) { var expdate = new Date (); expdate.setTime (expdate.getTime() + (24 * 60 * 60 * 1000)); // 24 hrs from now var prefix = "d"; var theCookieName = prefix + day; var theDayclickedReminder = GetCookie(theCookieName); if (theDayclickedReminder != null) { alert("The reminder for day " + day + " is:" + theDayclickedReminder); } // end if if (confirm("Do you wish to enter a reminder for day " + day + " of this month?")) { x = prompt("Enter a reminder for day "+ day + " of this month", theDayclickedReminder); SetCookie (theCookieName, x, expdate); } // end if } // --> <!-- end hiding contents from old browsers --> </SCRIPT> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> <!-- to hide script contents from old browsers // Write the intro // Write the calendar calendar(); // --> <!-- end hiding contents from old browsers --> </SCRIPT>