What's New in v2

• New View Options
  　
  • Timegrid view – Events are displayed as horizontal blocks along the timescale . The timescale contains major and minor time units (which can be adjusted) and a time selection bar. With this view, end-users can easily obtain a chronological perspective of individual events.
    
    
    　
  • Year view – Allows end-users to view their annual schedule and long-term plan at a single glance.
    
    
    　
• Event Reminders
  　
  • Notifies end-users of upcoming and overdue events. The ExpressScheduler's reminder sub-system has all the major features found in MS Outlook® including:
    　
    • Built-in controls within the event editor which allow end-users to set a reminder and specify its lead time .
      　
    • A bell icon which is located in the event's rectangle. It indicates that a reminder has been set for a particular event.
      　
    • A Reminders box which is displayed when a reminder triggers, informing end-users about the upcoming event and prompting them to perform any of the following actions: dismiss the reminder (or all of the reminders), snooze the reminder, or even to open the event editor for the event which has been selected in the box .
      　
    • A set of associated events which allows programmers to easily develop schedule-driven applications.
      
      
      
      
      　
• Resource Scrolling
  　
  • The ExpressScheduler continues to make it easier for end-users to work with resources. A new tool - the resource navigator - gives end-users quick and easy access to any desired resources in any time view (except the year view). With the resource navigator, end-users can scroll through resources sequentially or in blocks. It also allows end-users to limit the number of resources which are currently visible in the time view . For those who need to extend the capabilities of this new feature, it's a simple matter of adding custom buttons and writing appropriate event handlers for the new buttons.
    
    
    　
• Event Operations
  　
  • Optional prevention of overlapped events. You can choose between two scheduling modes - whether events can be scheduled simultaneously or only sequentially. If overlapped events are allowed, you can obtain information on intersected events for a particular event (or for a particular period) and information on time gaps for a specific time range.
    　
  • Sharing events between specific resources. In the previous versions of the ExpressScheduler the approach to scheduling events with resources was not fully exploited. Only one resource or no resources could be assigned to the scheduled event. With version 2, end-users can easily specify as many resources as required to a given event.
    　
  • Cloning and moving events. Previously, end-users could only drag events within time views or move them to different dates using the Date Navigator. Now end-users will benefit from standard clipboard operations when moving or copying events within an application. Standard Windows cut/copy/and paste operations are fully enabled for this purpose.
    
    
    　
• Enhancements to the Visual Elements of Events
  　
  • Custom icons can now be created and assigned to events, making it much easier to identify events which have custom states
    　
  • If the set of built-in color labels is not enough to represent all types of events, you can now extend the color scheme to apply any color you want to any group of events
    
    
    　
• Changes to the Day View
  　
  • Optionally hide non-working hours in the time view
    　
  • Optionally show minutes in a time ruler
    　
  • The start and end times of events can now be made permanently visible regardless of whether event times match the timescale's units or not
    　
  • The ability to hide the all-day event area located at the top of a day to increase the screen space available for scheduling.
    
    
    　
• Changes to the Week View
  　
  • When scheduling within the week view, days can be arranged across one or two columns
    
    
    
    　

ExpressScheduler Suite在v2版本中的新特征如下所示:

• 新的查看顯示選項
  　
  • Timegrid查看顯示–作為水平條沿著timescale事件被顯示。Timescale包含主要的和次要的時間單位(能夠被調用)和一個時間選項欄. 根據(jù)這些查看顯示方法,終端用戶能方便的獲得個別事件的按年代順序排列的透視圖.
    
    
    　
  • 年查看顯示–允許終端用戶一眼就能瞥看他們每年的時間表和長期計劃.
    
    
    　
• 事件提示
  　
  • 為終端用戶提供預定將要和過期的事件通告. Expressscheduler提示子系統(tǒng)可在MS Outlook中發(fā)現(xiàn)所有主要特征,其中包括:
    　
    • 允許終端用戶在內置的事件編輯器控制中設置一次提示和指定它的預先時間.
      　
    • 將長方形來定位一個bell圖標,為特殊的事件設置一次提示.
      　
    • 當提示被觸發(fā)時顯示一個提示框,將提示終端用戶關于即將出現(xiàn)的事件并提示他們執(zhí)行下列動作:解除提示(或所有提示), snooze提示,甚至在框中為已被選擇的事件打開事件編輯器.
      　
    • 允許程序員設置一套關聯(lián)的事件,方便開發(fā)時間表驅動的應用程序.
      
      
      
      　
• Scrolling資源
  •  ExpressScheduler連續(xù)使用戶攜帶資源工作變的更容易。 一個新的工具- 資源導航-在任何時間查看顯示中為終端用戶快速而方便的存儲任何所需資源.(除年查看顯示外) 與資源導航一起，用戶可通過該資源繼續(xù)或在塊中運轉.在時間查看顯示中允許終端用戶限制當前可視化的資源數(shù)量。新特征是為那些需要擴充性能所提供的,它是添加自定義按鈕和為新按鈕寫入適當?shù)氖录幚砥鞯暮唵问录?
    
    
    　
• 事件處理
  　
  • 可防止選擇重疊事件。你能在2個時間表模式中進行選擇-不論事件是否同時或連續(xù)被預定。如果允許事件重疊，那么你能夠為一個特殊事件在相交的事件上獲得信息(或一個特殊的時期)和為一個特殊的時間范圍獲得一個時間差信息。
    　
  • 在詳細的資源之間分配事件。在ExpressScheduler的先前的版本中攜帶行程安排事件資源的途徑不完全被使用。僅一個資源甚至無資源被分配到行程安排事件中。在2.5版本中,終端用戶可以方便的指定一些資源請求到一個給定的事件中。
    　
  • Cloning 和moving事件。先前，終端用戶只能在時間查看顯示中拖動事件或移動他們到使用日期導航條中的不同日期。當移動或在一個應用程序內復制事件時,終端用戶可從標準的剪貼板操作中進行。Windows標準的剪切/復制/粘貼操作項目將被完全啟用。
    
    
    　
• 增進Visual Elements事件
  　
  • 如今自定義圖標能創(chuàng)建和分配事件,使其鑒別其他特定狀態(tài)的事件變得更容易.
    　
  • 如果內置的顏色標簽集合不足以代表事件的所有類型時,你能擴充顏色配置到達你想要設置的任何事件組的顏色
    
    
    　
• 改變天的查看顯示
  　
  • 在時間查看顯示中隨意的隱藏非工作日
    　
  • 在時間標尺中隨意的顯示出分鐘
    　
  • 不論事件時間是否與tiemscale’s單位相匹配,如今事件的開始和結束時間都能永久地被顯示
    　
  • 在一天的頂部能夠隱藏全天的事件區(qū)域,這樣定位為安排增加了更多的屏幕空間
    
    
    　
• 改變周期查看顯示
  　
  • 當在周期查看顯示內安排時,天計劃可以越過一天或兩天被安排