PLUGINS
 

IniFormatPlugin

This plugin uses Rainlendar's custom ini-format for the events. The plugin can read and write events. You can have multiple event and todo files. The plus-button adds a new file and the cross removes the selected file. Note that the items will be saved to all of them unless you set them Read-Only (can be set from the star-button). Read Only events cannot be modified and they are not sent to other plugins (including the ServerPlugin, so they are not distributed).

Outlook Plugin

This plugin can read appointments and tasks from Outlook. The read items are considered as read-only so they cannot be modified. The plugin is meant to be used only in Win2k or WinXP (the timezone conversion does not work in Win9x).

Note that the exception dates are not supported. So if you have a repeating event and you have deleted/modified one of the events in Outlook Rainlendar will show the original event still.

Outlook Profile
If you have an Outlook profile write it here. If not, leave this empty.

Use Outlook labels as event profiles
If enabled the labels in Outlook appointments are used as Rainlendar's event profiles. Otherwise the profiles are called "Outlook".

Keep MAPI-connection alive
If enabled the MAPI connection is not closed after the appointments have been read from Outlook. I suggest to keep this enabled otherwise since MAPI leaks memory.

Don't show message body
If enabled only the subject-field  is shown,

Don't show completed tasks
If enabled the completed tasks do not appear in the todo-list.

Imported message stores
This lists all the message stores that are supported by Rainlendar. You can select which ones are read from Outlook.

ServerPlugin

This plugin syncronizes the events with a different clients. You need to be running the RainlendarServer (see the ReadMe.txt in the server package for more info). If the plugin is made as a default it updates the event from the server before it is edited, so there might be a small delay before the Edit Event-dialog is opened. The events are requested from the server when Rainlendar is started or when it is refreshed.

User ID
The User ID is the identification for your events. The server will use the ID to store and retrieve the events. So, you can use the same server to store different events from clients by giving different IDs. Please note that there is no security checks or authentication of any kind, so basically anyone who can access to the server from network can read and modify your events. If you are running Linux version of the server, the ID is case sensitive.

Address
This is the address of the the computer that runs the RainlendarServer. You can use the IP number or the network name if the machine has one. Note that there is no public server that you can connect to (as far as I know), so you need to run the RainlendarServer on your own computer or on a one that you have access to.

Port
The is the port that the Rainlendar tries to connect to. You can use any port you wish, just make sure that it's the same what RainlendarServer is listening.

Poll events from the server
If enabled the plugin checks for new events from the server after the specified time period.

iCalendar Plugin

This plugin can read/write events and tasks from .ics files. This plugin can be used for example to show Sunbird's events in Rainlendar. The plugin is meant to be used only in Win2k or WinXP.

Refresh when file changes
If enabled the plugin monitors the files and reloads them when they change.

Ignore completed tasks
If enabled the completed tasks are not shown in the todo-list.

Few Notes:
  • It's a bad idea to use the same .ics-file in different applications (unless you load it as read-only). You are asking for problems if you for example edit the Sunbird's file with Rainlendar while both applications are running.
  • If the UID (i.e. identification string) is not in correct format the event/todo-item is always imported as read-only.
  • Deleting an event removes it completely from the .ics-file. This can cause problems with RainlendarServer.
  • The iCalendar does not have a done-list so tasks that are moved to there are not saved to the ics-file.
  • Exception dates are not supported!

    • Mozilla Sunbird integration HOWTO:
    - Go to Plugins tab in Rainlendar's Config.
    - Enable the iCalendar Plugin and click the Settings button
    - Pres the '+'-button in the dialog to open the open file dialog.
    - Locate the Sunbird's ics-file in one of the subfolders starting from C:\Documents and Settings\"YourName"\Application Data\Mozilla. The actual location depends on your installation. The file is called CalendarDataFile0.ics (or something similar that ends with .ics). Note that the "Application Data" is a hidden folder so you need to have the hidden files shown from the folder settings.
    - Select the added file from the list and click the star-button to change the type from "Read/Write" to "Read Only".
    - If there are several .ics-files repeat the procedure for each ot them (or those that you want to show in Rainlendar).