Customizing Event Display and Mouse-overs

Connect Daily allows you to create your own custom class to control the text displayed for a calendar event and the mouse-over tool-tip text for Items. For example, it is possible to create a class for formatting the event description and title for mouse-overs so that:

1. If the criteria is for calendar_id, then the calendar name+Event Type Description is displayed.
2. If the criteria is for item_type_id, the calendar name is returned.
3. If none of these conditions is met, the Item title is returned.

Implementing this customization requires advanced Java development skills. If you are not a software developer, you will need to acquire the services of one.

The cdaily-3.4.16/WEB-INF/misc sub-directory contains a sample CalendarItemFormatter to show how it is done.

Steps for Customization

1. Create a class that extends com.mhsoftware.cdaily.support.CalendarItemFormatter.
2. Add an entry to the configuration.properties file that has the name of your formatter:
   
   for example:
   
   CalItemFormatterClass=com.mhsoftware.cdaily.support.CalendarItemFormatter
3. Restart Connect Daily if necessary.