Creating and Applying Custom Lists

Creating Custom Lists

With Custom Lists you can create sets of commonly used days, for example your local schools Christmas vacation schedule, or spring break or perhaps Jewish or Mexican Holidays. You can create as many custom lists as you desire and each custom list can contain as many days as needed, up to two years for the 2-year calendar or one year for the standard and deluxe single year calendars.

As you create a custom list the dates you can include will be restricted to the range of dates defined for the parenting plan you are creating which provides you the assurance that a selected date is actually valid for your plan year regardless of the beginning month.

Once created, a custom list can be used for all other visitation schedules that you create for the same yearly period.

Creating a custom list is easy. Just click on the ParentingTimeCalendar program "Lists/(Patterns)" menu option, then select "Create/Modify a Custom List". A form similar to the following will appear:

Add a day (or days) to your custom list by following the instructions shown on the form. Note that as each day is added to the list it is designated as an overnight stay, "ON", or day visit "DV" by the first two characters in the list. When your custom list is complete save your custom list by clicking on the "Save/Close" button and give your list a meaningful name.

Applying a Custom List

To apply a custom list to your parenting plan click on the "Lists(Patterns)" menu option found on the program main form, then select "Apply/Remove a Custom Lists". When a file selection dialog box appears, select a previously created custom list and a new form will open and appear similar to the following:

Select the day you want to apply to your calendar. To select multiple days hold down the control key (Ctrl) and click on as many days as needed. As you select days, pay attention to the first two characters on the line which denote if the day will be marked on your calendar as an overnight stay (ON) or day visit (DV).

The overnight stay and day visit pickup and dropoff times will be initialized from values entered on the "Preferences" form when the calendar was created. You may adjust them as needed.

Click the "Apply" button to mark the selected days on your calendar. Click on the "Preview" button and confirm the results are as expected.

If you make a mistake or wish to remove a day from your calendar, select the day or days to remove and click the "Remove" button.

When satisfied with your preview results, click the "Save and Close" button to close the form and permanently mark your days on your calendar.

Note: Clicking the "Cancel" button will close the form without saving any of the days you have added or removed since opening the form.

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