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Calendar Magic

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Application name: Calendar Magic

Website: http://www.stokepoges.plus.com/calendar.htm

Date tested: 2006-05-13

Status: Not portable

Reason: Installer magic detected.

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Re: Calendar Magic

#2 Post by joby_toss »

Not sure what "Installer magic detected" means, but I was able to uniextract version 17.8 and it saves the settings in its own folder.

I think it's portable.

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Re: Calendar Magic

#3 Post by lautrepay »

Version 17.9 available.
@joby_toss: Thanks! (Two years installing this app and I never took the time...)

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Re: Calendar Magic

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Version 18.0 available.

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Re: Calendar Magic

#5 Post by smaragdus »

I tested the latest version of Calendar Magic (18.8) and it seems to be fully portable.

Below I will post a short procedure how to use Calendar Magic as a portable program:
- Extract the installer (setup188.exe for the current version of Calendar Magic- both InnoExtractor and Universal Extractor (the updated unofficial version) managed to extract it while 7-Zip failed).
- The program is inside {app} folder.
- Open {sys} folder, copy/cut its contents (comdlg32.ocx, richtx32.ocx, spin32.ocx, sprinter.ocx, tabctl32.ocx) and put the OCX files inside {app} folder.
- Delete everything besides {app} folder- {fonts}, {sys} and embedded folders plus install_script.iss file.
- Rename {app} folder to Calendar Magic and put it to the desired location.
- Run calendar.exe.
- All Calendar Magic data and settings are saved in calmag.ini and calmag.bak files.

Since Calendar Magic seems to be fully portable I suggest this thread to be moved to Portable Freeware Submission sub-forum.

The full change log can be found at Softpedia - http://www.softpedia.com/progChangelog/ ... 36280.html
The Softpedia article about Calendar Magic - http://www.softpedia.com/get/Office-too ... agic.shtml
The detailed Softpedia review on Calendar Magic - http://www.softpedia.com/reviews/window ... 8131.shtml

Calendar Magic is a great program and I am glad that It is still updated.
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Re: Calendar Magic

#6 Post by I am Baas »

Thanks. An error was detected though :P
- Delete everything besides {app} folder- {fonts}, {sys} and embedded folders plus install_script.iss file.
- Rename {sys} folder to Calendar Magic and put it to the desired location.

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Re: Calendar Magic

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@I am Baas
Thank you for spotting my mistake, I corrected it. :D

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Re: Calendar Magic 19.0

#8 Post by smaragdus »

Calendar Magic has new web-site- http://www.woodcourt.co.uk/calendar.htm.

Direct Download Link for Calendar Magic version 19.0.

Latest changes:
Version 18.9 Aug 5, 2016

Daylight Saving Time (DST)
Added a new menu item (Dates > DST Dates). For countries using DST in the current year, this menu
item will generate a list of the countries and the DST begin and end dates for each country.

Updated the DST information for Azerbaijan, Belarus, Chile, Egypt, Greenland, Haiti, Iran, Jordan,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Morocco, Palestine Authority, Paraguay, Syria, Turkey and Uruguay.

Worldwide Locations Database
Eight Russian regions (oblasts) have changed their time zones in 2016. The regions are Astrakhan,
Ulyanovsk, Altai Krai, Altai Republic, Tomsk, Zabaykalsky Krai, Sakhalin and Magadan. On May 1,
Venezuela also changed its time zone from UTC - 4.5 to UTC -4.

Calendar Magic's world wide locations database has been updated to reflect these changes.

Big Numbers Calculator
A new Mersenne prime number has recently been discovered, the 49 th such number, and the Big
Numbers Calculator now supports its evaluation. The new prime has the form 2 74207281 - 1 and contains
over 22 million digits (22338618 to be precise). Expect its evaluation to take days rather than hours.
Also forget any thoughts about calculating the corresponding perfect number!

Made some changes to the underlying program code to speed up the calculation of the square roots of
very large numbers.

Expression Calculator
Copying and pasting data into the Expression Calculator has been improved.

At the request of a user, added an Expression Calculator saved history file to convert from kilograms
to stones, pounds and ounces. UK citizens of mature years still tend to think of weights in terms of
these older imperial units. An equivalent file has also been provided for converting in the other
direction.

Hindu Religious Festivals
The 2016 to 2018 dates for the Hindu religious festival Maha Shivaratri were out by one day. All three
have been corrected.
Version 19.0 Mar 14, 2017

Time Zones and DST
Turkey has abandoned its use of DST while, at the same time, changing its time zone from UTC+2 to
UTC+3.

Yet another Russian region (Oblast) has changed its time zone, the Saratov Oblast moving from
UTC+3 to UTC+4.

Tonga reintroduced DST late in 2016 while Mongolia has ceased using it. Egypt also decided "at the
last minute" not to use DST in 2016 and there is no indication currently that it will be reintroduced in
2017.

Haiti decided recently to use DST in 2017.

Observed Days
Updated the observed day information for Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Niue, Sri Lanka,
Singapore and Thailand.

Editing and Deleting Reminders
As an alternative to using a mouse for selecting a reminder to edit or delete, it is now possible to use
the down arrow key to get to the relevant reminder followed by pressing the Enter key to select it.

This feature exists primarily for the benefit of blind and visually impaired users.

Using Combo Boxes
When a combo box "has the focus", the up and down keyboard arrow keys may be used repeatedly to
move up or down through its list of items, selecting each one in turn. Similarly, the Home and End keys
may be used to select the first and last items. Corrected a few cases where the latter was not
occurring.

Again, this feature exists primarily for the benefit of blind and visually impaired users.

World-wide Database of Towns and Cities
Changed the spelling of "Tajikstan" to "Tajikistan". Added the following locations in Tajikistan – Isfara,
Istaravshan, Khujand, Konibodom, Panjakent, Tursunzoda and Vahdat.

Islamic Month Names
Changed the English name for the first Islamic month from "Muharram" to "Al-Muharram". Apparently
the latter is a better transliteration although the former is more widely used. My thanks to Mohamed Al-
Dabbagh for this information.

Fraction and Continued Fraction Calculators
The Calculate command buttons were not functioning correctly. Fixed.

Prime Calculator
Corrected a minor error in the Prime Calculator - testing the primality of the number 2 was causing an
error message to be generated.

Calendar Magic Data Files
Characters in various data files were causing problems when used on Windows PCs with Asian
system locales. My thanks to Wai Hui in Hong Kong for his considerable help in both identifying
problem areas and carefully testing a series of beta test versions.

Check for Updates
After moving EuroSoft's web site to a different Service Provider, the "Check for Updates" function was
no longer working properly. Fixed.

Contact Details
Updated the contact details for EuroSoft.
Several Calendar Magic links:

Softpedia - http://www.softpedia.com/get/Office-too ... agic.shtml
BetaNews - http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Ca ... 08937961/1
SnapFiles - http://www.snapfiles.com/get/calendarmagic.html
Freeware Files - http://www.freewarefiles.com/Calendar-M ... 14924.html
DownloadCrew - http://www.downloadcrew.com/article/319 ... ndar_magic
Download3K - http://www.download3k.com/Business-Fina ... Magic.html

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Re: Calendar Magic 19.1

#9 Post by smaragdus »

Calendar Magic at version 19.1.

Direct Download Link for Calendar Magic version 19.1.

Latest changes:
Version 19.1 May 15, 2017

Time Zones and DST
Updated the time zone and DST information for the island of Cyprus. Northern locations under Turkish
control are in the UTC + 3 time zone and do not use DST. The remainder of the island is in the UTC +
2 time zone but does use DST. Note that, in order to distinguish between locations in the northern
Turkish controlled area and those in the southern area, the letters "NC" have been appended to
locations in North Cyprus and "SC" to those in South Cyprus.

Corrected the DST rules for various Mexican cities and towns. All cities and towns in Baja California
follow the DST start and end dates for the USA, as do Ensenada, La Paz and Tecate. In addition, Wai
Hui identified a few other Mexican locations requiring Time Zone and/or DST updates.

Wai Hui also cast his eagle eye over the Time Zone and DST information for Canada, Russia and the
USA, leading to a substantial number of corrections - an extremely impressive piece of work by one
user for the benefit of others. Wai then turned his attention to research stations in Antarctica, leading
again to a number of updates. Users should be aware, however, that it is far from easy to obtain
definitive information about the Time Zones used by different research stations. Sources on the Web
often provide contradictory information and it is difficult to identify an authoritative, up-to-date
reference source.

Corrected the DST rules for Brazil. Normally DST ends on the third Sunday in February but, when
Carnival Sunday (2 days prior to Mardi Gras) falls on that date, the end of DST is delayed by 1 week.
This happens next in 2023, 2026, 2034, 2037 and 2039.

Corrected the DST rules for Morocco. It appears that DST is suspended during and around the month
of Ramadan. For more details, see https://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/morocco. My thanks
again to Wai Hui for drawing this to my attention.

Some further Time Zone and DST updates and corrections were also carried out for Kyrgyzstan,
Mongolia, Northern Ireland, the Pitcairn Islands and St Pierre and Miquelon.

Equation Solver
Added the solution of quintic (degree 5) polynomial equations. The Enter Key may now also be used
as an alternative to clicking the Solve button.

Unit Converter
Some unit names using diacritic marks were causing problems for users with Asian Windows system
locales. When this is detected, a switch to alternative unit names is now made "below the surface".

Observed Days
Added Earth Day and the 2017 date for Ada Lovelace Day to Observed Days under the category
"various".

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