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rk-Calendar-Update: Mass Update 'all day Calendar events'[15OCT2007]

There is an issue with the calendar reminders, that is when you have an ‘all day event’ then the device would wake up at 12:00 AM to remind you. For some people it might be ok but most of us want device to show the reminder at some convenient time (such as 08:00 AM when having a coffee).
Here is the possible fix(There might be other solutions too which I am not aware of)
This is a small utility I built which will allow you to mass update all such events to some fixed time span. That is converting all these all day events to non all day with the option to set your own time span.
Update 1.0.1
Now the application also updates all All Day Event's default reminder time as per your requirement.
Choose your reminder hours from the new tab added and update all All day events
It also has a command line interface so if you want to automate this process you could do it as follows.
Code:
To Full day to non full day --> \Program Files\rk-Calendar-Update.exe “08:00” “22:00”
[COLOR=blue]To just change the reminder time(in hours) --> \Program Files\rk-Calendar-Update.exe 13[/COLOR]
Watch the format above and space between the two times specified
For the reminder update just supply the reminder time in hours such as 13 hours in the above example
Important notes:
Utility would convert the actual events to fixed time events permanently. So when synchronize with your desktop pc changes applied back to your pc and all your all day events have been changed to fixed time! If that is acceptable use this app.
I have tested it only on my device(Hermes/WM6) so you test it on your devices (I will recommend some kind of backup before running it just in case )
I have seen some of the events did not convert right away when there is a conflict in appointments. But running the utility again converted all successfully.
You can run this update any number of times, it only updates the full day events if found.
I can add some automation to it, but only if anyone needs that
Note: This application requires Compact Framework 2.0
You need compact framework 2.0 installed inorder to run this application. The compact framework is already part of WM6, so if your device is WM6 skip this step. But most of the WM5 devices do not have this update. So you must download here and run the installation on your desktop (then active sync to update your device). Only after completing this step install the application.
Download from here

Very cool. I am definitely going to try this out as this has been a pet peeve of mine for the longest time! Thanks!

What may have been a better fix would have been to change all the default reminder times from 18 hours to 16 hours (so the reminder goes off at 8am instead of 6am). Then you can still have the "all day event" instead of a fixed period of time, and you can avoid the annoying 6am reminder.
Would it be possible to create a similar fix to the one you created so that all "All day events" are converted to a 16 hour reminder instead of the default 18 hour reminder?

andylen said:
What may have been a better fix would have been to change all the default reminder times from 18 hours to 16 hours (so the reminder goes off at 8am instead of 6am). Then you can still have the "all day event" instead of a fixed period of time, and you can avoid the annoying 6am reminder.
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For me the 'All Day Events' always woke me up at 12:00 AM(Midnight) irrespective of default reminder time you specified. So what you are saying looks like you are getting the reminders at 6AM since your default reminder time is 18Hrs! Please confirm the above.
andylen said:
Would it be possible to create a similar fix to the one you created so that all "All day events" are converted to a 16 hour reminder instead of the default 18 hour reminder?
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It is very well possible, but let me understand the issue first(based on the question above)

good stuff........

Yes. That's correct.
I have the default reminder box checked in Tools -> Options -> Preference Tab (Calendar). I do this because I actually do prefer the default reminder of 15 minutes for the meetings/appointments. However, when this is checked, it also sets the new All Day Events to have the default reminder of 18 hours, which causes the reminder alarm to go off at 6am!
The annoying thing is that the default reminder in the "Options" is set at 15 minutes for new meetings/appointments (which can be changed); however, it doesn't give you an option to change the default of the All Day Event reminders from 18 hours to something else.
After some research, I realized it's actually not possible to change the 18 hour default in Outlook. See the bottom of page 3 of this Office Online training: http://dace-rancho.org/QuickRef_MSCal.pdf
So you have to go into each event manually and change the reminder to a different time (change the 18 hours to some other time) in order for it not to wake you up at flippin' 6am! I have so many all day events created that this will be a major pain. Not to mention that I'm sure I will forget to change it each time I create a new one.
So if you can work some magic so that I can keep the default reminder box checked, but have the default reminder changed on "All Day Events" to 16 hours instead of 18 hours, I would really appreciate it (and be very amazed!).
Thanks!

14 - 16 hours chang
or even 12 to start at 10:00 a.m. is rather enought -
would appreciate that toooooooo - plzzz change - beside
it is one of my most prefered features as i keep my brains
sticking in the touch - contacts, calendar, notes ...
thxs in advance

Update 1.0.1
Now the application supports mass update of 'Reminder Time' of all day events

Awesome! I'm excited to try it out. (The stupid alarm woke me up again this morning.) Thanks so much for your help!!!

other solution
This script above did not work for me. I got some error after installing it. Therefore I decided to write my own macro.
This is what it does: when outlook start, it checks all calendar items, if one of them has a reminder set to18 hours before, then the reminder is disabled
Running this script takes a few seconds (depending on the number of items in your calender) every time Outlook starts.
To install this script do the following:
• In outlook type Alt-F11 (the VBA editor window will pop up).
• Double click on Microsoft outlook Objects/ThisOutlookSession and copy/paste the following code in the right window:
Code:
‘This script was created by Ruut Brandsma on 12/04/2007
Private Sub Application_Startup()
Call Check_all_calender_items_and_disable_reminder_if_set_to_18_hours
End Sub
Sub Check_all_calender_items_and_disable_reminder_if_set_to_18_hours()
Set myNamespace = Application.GetNamespace("MAPI")
Set Application.ActiveExplorer.CurrentFolder = myNamespace.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderCalendar)
For Each item In Application.ActiveExplorer.CurrentFolder.Items
With item
If .Class = olAppointment Then
If .ReminderMinutesBeforeStart = 18 * 60 And .ReminderSet Then
.ReminderSet = False
.Save
End If
End If
End With
Next
Set Application.ActiveExplorer.CurrentFolder = myNamespace.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox)
End Sub
• Close your outlook. Say yes to the save changes popup.
• Restart outlook and during startup all calendar items are checked and if needed adjusted.
If you not want to disable the reminders, but only to adjust the reminder time from 18 hours to e.g. 15 hours, just replace ".ReminderSet = False" in the code above to ".ReminderMinutesBeforeStart = 15 * 60"
I used Outlook Profesiional 2003 to test the script, but might also work for other version.

How do you make it run when new appointments are received
I did some modifications for all day event and made it start at the end of outlook startup.. But a new appointement requires me to rerun the script or restart outlook.
Private Sub Application_MAPILogonComplete()
Call Check_all_calender_items_and_disable_reminder_if_set_to_18_hours
End Sub
Sub Check_all_calender_items_and_disable_reminder_if_set_to_18_hours()
Set myNamespace = Application.GetNamespace("MAPI")
Set Application.ActiveExplorer.CurrentFolder = myNamespace.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderCalendar)
For Each Item In Application.ActiveExplorer.CurrentFolder.Items
With Item
If .Class = olAppointment Then
If .AllDayEvent = True Then
.ReminderSet = True
.ReminderMinutesBeforeStart = 15 * 60
.Save
End If
End If
End With
Next
Set Application.ActiveExplorer.CurrentFolder = myNamespace.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox)
End Sub

I think I have found a bug. The automatic update daylight savings time happened twice last month on my HD2 after using this.

SMS time stamp error

When I send SMS to other friends and they receive it with the correct time stamp. When they send me SMS I get them with time stamp of - 5 hours. The only thing I discovered is I live in Eastern Canada so I set my time zone accordingly, funny enough it is the GMT -5, and setted up the time to be my local time.
The only solution I found is to set my time zone to be London, GMT 0, with my real local time and all my SMS are now OK.
Now, is it possible there is a software bug on Windows mobile 6.x?

even i hv the same issue..whenevr i receive sms, the time shows 5 hours ahead!!!! i hope this is a bug..any soln???

Than your time zone must be set at GMT +5? Put it back to GMT London

I guess the answer is here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=374956
page 13.....#122

I reposted this message into the right thread category
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=483047

^^ wil the cab work for Elfin too??

doesn't hurt to try! that is what i did when I found the cab and where i found it said for all HTC models!

^^ thnx will giv it a try and revert back..thnx a bunch

Time Zone

I am very pleased with my Diamond, Have it with the sbp shell and love the appearance and functionality.
Been having trouble since it continuously and by itself changes my time zone from central america to prague, budapest. Its been creating me a mess with my emails, SMS, and appointments
Does anyone know why this happens and how can I lock my time zone?

happens to me too
my timezone is eastern and often times it changes my clock 3 hours forward even though the timezone still says eastern. and I have to change it back manually

Time Zone on Startup

Every time I restart my HD2 it prompts me for my time zone. I assume this is it not being able to automaticaly determine my 'location' at startup and so it asks me. It at least knows that I am in Australia.
Anyone else see this?

I just received my HD2 today and have been playing around and have also noticed this.
My location works and it keeps asking me to pick between the UTC +10:00 regions every time I start up.
Located in Australia as well.

You can eliminate this by disabling Automatic Time Synchronisation under the GSM/UMTS Services Tab in Phone settings (Personal folder).
I'm not sure if this contributes to it but I think ever since I did so I started getting the SMS bug of dropping signal and not sending until hours later. Still testing.
Brisbanite here.

I think I found a solution.
Go to Settings > Personal > Phone > GSM/UMTS Services
Click on Time Syncro and untick auto change timezone and clock

Thanks guys! It works!!!

MrDerrickC said:
I think I found a solution.
Go to Settings > Personal > Phone > GSM/UMTS Services
Click on Time Syncro and untick auto change timezone and clock
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I am using Diamond 2 and I have the same problem
Where can I find GSM/UMTS under phone ?
I can't find it ?
thanks

Date and hour

hi
I am running Miri 6.5 21889 REV18.0. I've a lil problem that i find somehow annoying. I set my Timezone GMT -5, as in my location. When I send an sms, in my inbox it has the good time, but when I receive any, the time is not the good one. It has -5 hours. So in my inbox, when i read sms, the disposition is not right.
an idea to fix it?

Da_eel said:
hi
I am running Miri 6.5 21889 REV18.0. I've a lil problem that i find somehow annoying. I set my Timezone GMT -5, as in my location. When I send an sms, in my inbox it has the good time, but when I receive any, the time is not the good one. It has -5 hours. So in my inbox, when i read sms, the disposition is not right.
an idea to fix it?
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Go to settings > system > regional settings and ensure you have correct region/location selected