Sun ONE Calendar Express 6.0 New Features

Sun™ ONE Calendar Express 6.0 includes the following new features to help you be more productive when you use your calendar:


Caution	Sun ONE Calendar Express 6.0 includes the “Export to Microsoft Outlook” option. However, to avoid potential data problems, do not use this option and then import the data into Microsoft Outlook.


New Feature	Description
Free/Busy Check Box	The new Free/Busy check box is available when you create a new event. When you check this box, others calendar users who have Read or Availability permissions for your calendar will see the time of this event blocked out as busy.
Invitees List Changed	When creating a new event, the organizer of the event is no longer automatically included in the Invitees list. However, the event does appear in the organizer’s calendar.
Refresh View Option	The Refresh View option can improve your calendar’s performance by refresh a Calendar Express view using calendar data stored in a browser cache. To use this feature, your Calendar Server administrator must set specific configuration parameters on the server. If this feature is configured at your site, Calendar Express displays “Refresh View” on calendar views on the View tab. If you don’t see “Refresh View” on calendar views, check with your Calendar Server administrator to see if the feature can be configured at your site.
Tool Bar Repainting Option	The tool bar repainting option causes a Calendar Express view to be repainted (refreshed) when you click refresh. This option is enabled by default. If your Calendar Server administrator disables it, however, clicking refresh on a view takes you back to your default view.
XSL Rendering in Client Browser	Calendar Server performs client-side rendering by downloading the XSLT processing to your end browser, which in turn reduces the processing that must be done by Calendar Server. In the current release, this feature applies only to Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0. To use this feature, your Calendar Server administrator must set specific configuration parameters on the server.
SSL Support	Calendar Server supports the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol to encrypt data between calendar end users and Calendar Server. Your Calendar Server administrator can configure Calendar Server to encrypt only the Calendar Server login or an entire calendar session.
New Recurrence Model for Recurring Events	Calendar Server 6.0 uses a new model for recurring events. Changes to Calendar Express are as follows: Event Creation For “Weekly”, “Monthly”, and “Yearly” events, if the “Repeat Pattern” does not match the “Start” date, Calendar Server creates the first occurrence of the event using the “Repeat Pattern”. For example, if you specify the “Repeat Pattern” as “Weekly” and the “Repeat On” is set to Wednesday, but the “Start” date shows a Monday date, Calendar Server creates the first occurrence of the event on Wednesday and not on Monday. Date Changes for Recurring Events When a date is changed for an individual instance of a recurring event, the new date cannot occur on the same day as an existing occurrence of the same event, or skip over or beyond a later occurrence of the same event. Otherwise, Calendar Express displays an error message. Repeat Pattern for Daily Events The new “Repeat Pattern” for “Daily” events window includes buttons for “Every day”, “Every weekday” and “Every n days”. This window no longer includes the pull-down menu for “Every weekday”, “Monday, Wednesday and Friday”, “Tuesday and Thursday”, and “Saturday and Sunday”. Recurring events that were created with these options and are already in the calendar database are now shown under “Repeat Pattern” for “Weekly”. Repeat Pattern for Weekly Events At least one day of the week must be selected. Otherwise, Calendar Express displays an error stating that the recurrence pattern is not valid. (By default, the current day of week will be checked.) Repeat Pattern for Yearly Events On the Recurrence window, the “Every n years” option is replaced by “every year”.