The Great Calendar Project
Journey to a Solution
 
The Story of
A Journey:


The Journey Begins

Phase I: Outlook to Excel

Phase II: Cleaning Up the Excel Data

Phase III: Call In the Experts

Phase IV: Making It Goof-Proof

Phase V: A Test Run and More Goof-Proofing

Phase VI: Fine-Tuning

Trouble In Paradise

Credits and Thanks

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This is the story of how the routine and boring assignment to produce a hard-copy calendar for a demanding boss turned into an exercise in ingenuity and a learning process.


Much of the credit for the ultimate success of the project is due to liberal use of:

Experts Exchange

a great website to consult if you're looking for assistance on almost everything related to computers and programming.


Specific credit for generous help, patience, and ingenuity goes to the Experts:

bruintje
brettdj
roos01
MalicUK
jevreist
matthewspatrick
DRJ
ShaneDevenshire
byundtd


Without them, none of this would have been possible.

Click here to begin the narrative...

Some
VBA Code:


All Macros

CompareDates

DeleteFakeTimes

Empty A

ForgetThePast

GetDate

ImportCalendarData

KillB

ReplaceApos

SaveMyFile (v. 1)

SaveMyFile (v. 2)

SortDateTime

SuperMacro

Other Stuff

Calendar Template (Excel file)

dbCalendar.mdb
(Access database)


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