Calendar/Planner addin updated
Two events came together to get me to update this powertoy. First, a reader was trying to use this with OneNote 2007 but wanted to customize the date format used. Since I just use whatever format you have defined in Windows, changing the format of the date for this powertoy is the same as changing the date format in Windows. Just go to the Control Panel and in Regional Options is the setting to change the date format.
Second, I needed this to be updated myself. It's vacation time coming up and a trip to the Grand Canyon here in the USA is in order. I wanted to put together a section with ideas for what to do while there - hiking, site seeing, rafting trips and the like. I also wanted to put the schedule together and needed a way to track a week's worth of activities. The calendar/planner agenda maker fits the bill nicely - I just tell it the start day and the number of days, and it creates a set of pages with an agenda for me.
As usual, the download is below my signature. Nothing to install here - just unzip the file and run the executable. Also, the only code that changed was updating it for OneNote 2010 (and a new icon) so I'm not going to bother with the code again. If you want it, it is still available from the original link.
Questions, comments, concerns and criticisms always welcome,
John
OneNote 2010 Calendar Planner.zip
Comments
Anonymous
July 07, 2010
This is just what I need for planning my upcoming vacation. It'll take all my ideas and put them into a manageable format. While I'm writing, do you have any plans to update the Daily Journal app that allows Outlook users to keep a daily journal in OneNote?Anonymous
July 07, 2010
Thanks for the kind words. I'm not sure who wrote the Daily Journal app and can't speak for if it will be updated. I would have to suggest finding the author of it and asking.Anonymous
July 08, 2010
Should this still work with OneNote 2007? I can't seem to run it and have .NET programmability enabled on OneNote: Description: Stopped working Problem signature: Problem Event Name: CLR20r3 Problem Signature 01: onenote calendar.exe Problem Signature 02: 1.0.0.0 Problem Signature 03: 4c2cd71e Problem Signature 04: OneNote Calendar Problem Signature 05: 1.0.0.0 Problem Signature 06: 4c2cd71e Problem Signature 07: 13 Problem Signature 08: b Problem Signature 09: System.IO.FileNotFoundException OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.768.3 Locale ID: 1033 Thanks!Anonymous
July 08, 2010
No, it won't work with ON 2007. The original version (link above) will work and the functionality of the 2 is the same. Sorry for the confusion.Anonymous
July 17, 2010
Thank you John, awesome little tool that accomplishes exactly what I was looking for!Anonymous
July 17, 2010
This should be part of One Note Thanks its awesome!!!!!Anonymous
July 28, 2010
Ooops please cancel previous post re 2007 to 2010 conversion as I have just found your 9 Jun 2010 2:19 PM entry saying to use IOneNoteEvents instead. It did not contain the phrase "OneNoteAddIn_Event" so my search didn't find it at first! I'll try that and see how it goes, many thanks.Anonymous
December 02, 2010
thanks fro updating this, it is good to be able to use it in OneNote 2010 now. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!Anonymous
February 08, 2011
This is a cool Powertoy, but when I run it, it doesn't have a the "Make Calendar" button at the bottom of the window, so it doesn't do anything. What's wrong?Anonymous
February 09, 2011
Sorry for the problems. What version of OneNote do you have? And there should be a log file named OneNoteCalendarMaker_error_log.txt in the same folder as the calendar planner EXE file. Is there an error logged in that file?Anonymous
September 21, 2011
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September 21, 2011
Can you send me a screen shot of what you see? My email link is in the upper right.Anonymous
September 25, 2011
hi...i've tried running this on both my desktop and tablet but in both cases i get a crash msg of "onenote calendar has stopped working" -- im running windows 7 64 bit in both cases -- is this os not compatible?Anonymous
September 25, 2011
Should work fine in x64. At what point does it stop working - on boot or when creating a page? What version of OneNote do you have, and how did you install OneNote? Lastly, are there any details for the error? JohnAnonymous
September 25, 2011
hi, thanks for reply! so, it stops working the moment i run the .exe (on both computers) -- and there aren't any details -- I think could probably change an OS setting but right now I get a windows pop-up that says "program has stopped working - checking with microsoft for possible solutions" and no other information; after a few seconds it closes. I have MS Office Home and Student 2010 - version 14.0.6023.1000 (32 bit) - I downloaded from MS and installed that way.Anonymous
September 25, 2011
ah... i think it has to do with the fact that this version of office uses the "click-to-run" feature? does that sound right?Anonymous
September 25, 2011
Yes. Unfortunately, addins do not work with Click to Run installs. The fix is to download the MSI file and run setup from it. Sorry for the problems.Anonymous
February 15, 2012
Can you tell me which MSI file and where I can get it from? ThanksAnonymous
February 15, 2012
There is no MSI for this toy - just hte executable file itself. It does not install. Instead, you just run it. Double click the OneNote Calendar.exe fle in the zip file below by signature at the end of this article.Anonymous
February 16, 2012
Ok, well it doesn't seem to work for me. The exe is running and I'm able to hit Make Calendar but then nothing happens and there is nothing in the error log. :(Anonymous
February 20, 2012
Heather - I'm seeing the same thing. Let me investigate.Anonymous
March 01, 2012
Are you running the exe as an administrator (right click and select Run As Administrator)? Without the log, something is failing early on...Anonymous
May 21, 2012
Not sure if this is still live but these are just what i have been looking for , but one thing is still missing for me , I need a detailed address book template for onenote Any suggestions?Anonymous
May 21, 2012
Cheesy way to do it - create an Outlook contact, populate all the fields you want, then export to OneNote. Wipe the specific contact data and save that page as a template.Anonymous
May 22, 2012
Theres the rub Since i installed Outlook stand alone and then office 2010 the export feature will not work What i read was it has to be installed as a suite in order for it to work correctly I do not want to uninstall outlook and loose the countless customizations i have built in now So i guess im stuck as is ?Anonymous
May 22, 2012
Have you tried a repair of the Outlook install? This is the same setup I have at home and it works (and is expected to work) in this configuration. What else have you tried? In Outlook, does File | Options | Addins show the addin as Disabled?Anonymous
May 23, 2012
I have tried installing the feature from the CD and it says this is not available ( running from my computer ) Repairing the 2010 install is not as straight forward to do as it use to be is it?Anonymous
May 23, 2012
Ok ran the repair tool from the MS support site still same errorsAnonymous
May 23, 2012
If you click File | Help in both OneNote and Outlook, does either show as a "Click to Run" install over on the right? When you ran from the CD and it says "this" is not available - what exactly is "this"? and In Outlook, does File | Options | Addins show the addin as Disabled?Anonymous
May 24, 2012
Neither show as click to install When i tried to install the import/export feature for outlook to run from my computer it had an X on it and said that was not available There is no import / export add in showing at allAnonymous
May 24, 2012
Hey John I got it to work , But thanks for all the replies Now i will put to use your contact export as an address book teamplate for ONote So I can just export a contact page correct?Anonymous
May 24, 2012
OH BTW having my own MS Tech on hand for a few days was as cool as it gets! Thanks JohnAnonymous
May 24, 2012
What was the solution? And yes, you can export a contact to a page now.Anonymous
May 24, 2012
I did the feature install from the Main CD for Office 2010 instead of the stand alone CD for Outlook I am getting as far as export to a file but after that I am not sure what to send it to next or how to actually get it into ONote?Anonymous
May 24, 2012
Just open the contact in Outlook and on the Contact tab is a OneNote button. Click it to send it to OneNote. it also creates a link from the page in OneNote back to the contact item in Outlook. Give it a shot and let me know if this helps.Anonymous
May 24, 2012
Worked great! Thanks for all your help , really cool you would do all this for me Expect a bill from Bill?? LOLAnonymous
September 03, 2012
I was playing around with OneNote 2013 and happened across your website. Very useful and a great find. I was wondering if the version will work for 2013 or if you might be updating it at some point. MikeAnonymous
February 28, 2013
I tried to install it as administrator, but it does not create the templates for me. I have .Net programming support enabled. Using OneNote 2010 and Windows 7.Anonymous
February 28, 2013
Mike - I do not have plans to update this for 2013. THe code is available if someone wants to take this up. Shen - can you look in the folder where you installed this for a log file? That should have an error logged in it. What is that error? And what format is your notebook in?