Windows Calendar

:"This article describes Windows Vista Calendar application. For Windows 3.x Calendar see Microsoft Calendar."Infobox_Software
name = Windows Calendar



caption = Day view in Windows Calendar
developer = Microsoft
latest_release_version = 6.0.6001.18000
latest_release_date = February 4, 2008
operating_system = Microsoft Windows
genre = Personal information manager
license = Proprietary EULA
website = [http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/features/details/calendar.mspx Windows Vista: Features Explained: Windows Calendar]

Windows Calendar is a calendar application that is included in Windows Vista. It natively supports the iCalendar file format, and has the ability to publish and subscribe to web-based calendars by using HTTP and WebDAV. Calendars may also be published to network drive shares.

Windows Calendar has several calendar views, including Day, Week (5 and 7 day) and Month, and also supports Tasks. Windows Calendar supports over 100 calendars for each user.

Windows Calendar has received criticism for bearing some resemblance to iCal.cite web|title=Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows: Windows Vista Beta 2 Review: Part 3: New Features|url=http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/winvista_beta2_03.asp|author=Paul Thurrott|date=2006-12-14|accessdate=2007-02-01] Another issue is that Windows Mobile Device Center synchronizes with the Outlook calendar instead of Windows Calendar. [ [http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/devicecenter/troubleshooting.mspx Troubleshooting WMDC synchronization] ]

Windows Calendar can be extended using the APIs included with the [http://www.codeplex.com/C4FDevKit CF4 Developer kit] .

References

ee also

*Features new to Windows Vista
*List of personal information managers

External links

* [http://www.longhornblogs.com/bleblanc/archive/2005/10/19/15005.aspx LonghornBlogs.com] - 'Sidebar Geek : Windows Calendar in Windows Vista Build 5231'
* [http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/winvista_5270_02.asp Windows Supersite] - 'Vista December 2005 CTP (Build 5270) Review Part 2: Bundled Applications'