Hi,
One simple possible way to do it would be to create 12 months * 8 (or 12
months * 12) calendar pages as XHTML, naming the files in such a way that
it is easy to pick the correct one according to your preferred algorithm
from a script. Add a line or two of ECMAScript to replace the page on page
load with the one based on your date-based algorithm. Run it in Opera
Browser in kiosk mode on top of any GNU/Linux distro (e.g., Ubuntu) - the
reason for the last bit is that it's as simple as doing a default install
and simply changing the X Window Manager at login to be Opera rather than
gdm (oh , and it's free). Remember to get it switched on at least five
minutes or so before opening as Ubuntu likes to run an fsck ("scandisk for
Unix") every 36 boots by default (though this can be switched off).
.NET would seem an extremely heavy-handed approach for something so
simple unless I've mis-understood something about your request!
Regards,
James
On Thu, 24 Apr 2008, frankie roberto wrote:
> Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:28:34 +0100
> From: frankie roberto <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: Museums Computer Group <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [MCG] Calendars
>
> Heh, I've struggled to get .NET to even display a British-style date
> in the past (as opposed to the American style).
>
> You may run up against text encoding issues too.
>
> Good luck!
>
> On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 1:22 PM, Matthew Cock
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Thanks to all who helped with my enquiry about developer posts.
>>
>> Another question - does anyone out there have any experience with
>> calendars?
>>
>> We're looking at developing a screen in a gallery which would show
>> today's date in 8-12 different calendars e.g. Gregorian, Julian,
>> Chinese, Ethiopic etc. This would change each day. We run a .NET
>> environment, which supports some of these calendars, but for others we
>> would have to somehow create a convertor that drew on 3rd party calendar
>> programmes that we would have to source...
>>
>>
>>
>> We would be really grateful if anyone had any experience, and even
>> better if a company had some!
>>
>> Do go off list if you prefer.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Matthew
>>
>>
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Important IT news update follows:
The European Parliament's IT team is moving to Ubuntu + OpenOffice +
Firefox http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/en/document/7565 ("the tests show this
Open Source configuration meets the Parliament's office requirements.").
The UK government is migrating 3,000,000 HMG desktops to OpenOffice
(saving us taxpayers GBP 3,000,000,000) -
http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/03/31/230047/pc-deal-could-save-public-sector-billions.htm
keywords: "OpenOffice, networked [i.e., thin-client]".
http://www.ogc.gov.uk/documents/CP0041OpenSourceSoftwareTrialReport.pdf is
also a very good read.
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