Calendar Creation

How to create a calendar for the Droptop Calendar App

Droptop uses LuaCalendar to show the events in the Droptop Calendar App. It's powered by Lua, and it's very flexible and can be easily configured.

Droptop doesn't use all the options and settings that LuaCalendar supports, so check the other existing calendars before adding unused options.

Create a localized calendar

For every language in Droptop, a calendar can be added to show the national holidays in the Calendar App.

To create a calendar for your language, go to Rainmeter\Skins\Droptop@Resources\Calendars and duplicate the Holiday.xml file inside any of the existing folders (it's better to use the English variations).

Now you can start editing the duplicated Holiday.xml file, following what is already written inside the file.

The file is divided in two sections:

Built in Holidays

EN-US\Holidays.xml example

<!-- Built in Holidays. Add Inactive="true" to disable. -->
<Event TimeStamp="({$Easter:Stamp}-2*{$DayNumber})">Good Friday</Event>
<Event Month="{$Easter:Month}" Day="{$Easter:Day}">Easter Sunday</Event>
<Event TimeStamp="({$Easter:Stamp}-46*{$DayNumber})">Ash Wednesday</Event>
<Event TimeStamp="({$Easter:Stamp}-47*{$DayNumber})">MardiGras</Event>-

In the built in holidays block you'll have to put every event that has always the same relative position in confront of built in holidays that are Easter, OrthodoxEaster, GoodFriday, AshWednesday and MardiGras.

Normal Holidays

EN-US\Holidays.xml example

<!-- Normal Holidays -->
<Set Month="1">
	<Event Day="1">New Years Day</Event>
	<Event Day="{$ThirdMon}">Martin Luther King, Jr. Day</Event>
</Set>
<Set Month="2">
	<Event Day="2">Groundhog Day</Event>
	<Event Day="14">Valentines Day</Event>
	<Event Day="{$ThirdMon}">Washington's Birthday</Event>
</Set>
<Event Month="3" Day="17">St. Patrick's Day</Event>
<Set Month="4">
	<Event Day="1">April Fool's Day</Event>
	<Event Day="15">Tax Day</Event>
	<Event Day="22">Earth Day</Event>
	<Event Day="{$LastFri}">Arbor Day</Event>
</Set>
<Set Month="5">
	<Event Day="5">Cinco de Mayo</Event>
	<Event Day="{$SecondSun}">Mother's Day</Event>
	<Event Day="{$LastMon}">Memorial Day</Event>
</Set>
<Set Month="6">
	<Event Day="14">Flag Day</Event>
	<Event Day="{$ThirdSun}">Father's Day</Event>
</Set>
<Event Month="7" Day="4">Independence Day</Event>
<Event Month="8" Day="26">Women's Equality Day</Event>
<Set Month="9">
	<Event Day="{$FirstMon}">Labor Day</Event>
	<Event Day="({$FirstMon}+6)">Grandparent's Day</Event>
	<Event Day="11" Year="2001" Anniversary="true">Patriot Day</Event>
	<Event Day="17">Citizen Day</Event>
</Set>
<Set Month="10">
	<Event Day="9">Leif Erikson Day</Event>
	<Event Day="{$SecondMon}">Columbus Day</Event>
	<Event Day="31">Halloween</Event>
</Set>
<Set Month="11">
	<Event Day="(({$FirstMon}+1)*(({$Year}%2)=0))">Election Day</Event>
	<Event Day="11">Veterans Day</Event>
	<Event Day="{$FourthThu}">Thanksgiving Day</Event>
</Set>
<Set Month="12">
	<Event Day="7" Year="1941" Anniversary="true">Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day</Event>
	<Event Day="21">Winter Solstice</Event>
	<Event Day="24">Christmas Eve</Event>
	<Event Day="25">Christmas Day</Event>
	<Event Day="31">New Years Eve</Event>
</Set>

This section is divided in months:

<Set Month="1">
	.....
	.....
</Set>

Inside every month there is the holiday Event:

<Event Day="1">New Years Day</Event>

Using those blocks, build your calendar with all the holidays that your country has.

Example

The set

<Set Month="7">
    <Event Day="4">Independence Day</Event>
</Set>

will generate the following event

The pink square indicates today's day

Variables

You can also use some variables, such as {$FirstMon} or {$Year}. You can find every variable at https://smurfier.github.io/LuaCalendar/#vars.