LuaCalendar

[pds]

But I discovered another problem. I have an event and I want it to last two days, how should I do it?
I tried :

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<Event Year="2023" Month="3" Day="27" Repeat="custom" Multiplier="86400">Test</Event>

but that repeated the event for every day.

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For example, I want the event to be only on March 27 and 28. What am I doing wrong, or is there another entry for this?

[SilverAzide]

But I discovered another problem. I have an event and I want it to last two days, how should I do it?
I tried :

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<Event Year="2023" Month="3" Day="27" Repeat="custom" Multiplier="86400">Test</Event>

but that repeated the event for every day.

For example, I want the event to be only on March 27 and 28. What am I doing wrong, or is there another entry for this?

There's no "duration" setting for an event. If you want an event to last two days, then you simply create two events, one for each day.

[pds]

There's no "duration" setting for an event. If you want an event to last two days, then you simply create two events, one for each day.

Repeat*
When used, this option allows an event to repeat using a specified pattern as listed below.

Month: The event repeats on the same day each month. If a multiplier is used a full date must be specified, else only a day is necessary.
Year: The event repeats on a yearly basis. Month and day must be specified.
Week: The event repeats on a weekly basis. A full date must be specified.
Custom: The event will repeat based on the number of seconds specified in the Multiplier option. A number greater than 86400 must be used.

Note: A single day is represented as 86400.

and what is the purpose of "Repeat" ?

[SilverAzide]

and what is the purpose of "Repeat" ?

It is for events that repeat at some specific interval, like yearly, monthly, weekly, etc. You could of course create an event that repeats daily, but then -- as you noticed -- you end up with an event happening every single day forever, which is not what you want.

[pds]

It is for events that repeat at some specific interval, like yearly, monthly, weekly, etc. You could of course create an event that repeats daily, but then -- as you noticed -- you end up with an event happening every single day forever, which is not what you want.

So the "Repeat custom" function does not work as it should. So what's a shame.

[CodeCode]

There's no "duration" setting for an event. If you want an event to last two days, then you simply create two events, one for each day.

Hello. So I am messing around again with this calendar. What I have so far is really great.

However, I would like to ad a repeating event that can start from last Thursday 9 Nov, then repeat every 2 weeks.

I quoted the above post as it was as close as I got finding a solution for the lua calendar skin to do this.

I 'think' it would be something like this, at the top before the Month numbering starts:
<Event Month="11" Day="9" Week="{$Second}">Two Weeks</Event>
So it does not work this way, and I am hoping for a leg up on the xml file used for creating Events.

Thanks for any help.
Since this Event is not an actual holiday with varying days or weeks etc, I imagine once started the fortnightly Thursdays (following 9 Nov 2023) would repeat forever ( I Hope )

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[CodeCode]

Ok, I beat the punch.

This Works:
<Event Year="2023" Month="11" Day="9" Repeat="Custom" Multiplier="1209600">Two Weeks</Event>

Found this in a different thread that was started on the 'help with skins' Topic.