Great job, Ygor! Again, you've saved me more than a month of tedious work doing all this by hand, and given us all many different ways of pumping these things out.

You've also done an excellent job in rendering the DiyP designs, which is not a very easy thing to do at all within an application that can allow so many page layouts, margins, page sizes, and calendar options. The daily pages, in particular, turned out very, very well, and do stand up to the commercial Franklin-Covey and Day-Timer offerings.

I'm quite impressed!

all my best,
dj

A really nifty little program, but I do have a couple suggestions:
* Ability to change fonts. I know it might be blasphemous to admit here, especially since I'm a newbie to this, but I just don't like Blue Highway all that much!
* Scaling as a percentage... I can't really figure out what the current numbers mean, honestly. Not that the function doesn't work, but
* Ability to change header text. Mostly for the dailies; I don't track expenses in my planner.
* On the weekly setup, having the whole block be an hourly schedule doesn't work well for people who don't have a day that revolves completely around the clock. The ability to do hour-less lines or blank boxes would make it more flexible.

The only actual bugs I've spotted so far is that the change of line spacing doesn't seem to work for all the templates, and I had a little trouble getting it to accept January 2009 as the first month for a monthly set--it doesn't seem to want to allow one to click "up" on the year field sometimes.

Lots of promise here, though! I like the interface a lot, the pages look good, and printing to PDF is way easier than the old version's printer interface for me. Thank you for all your hard work!

At least, that is what playing with the calenders feels like to me.

Thank you so much ygor. I can't imagine how many hours you must have spent on this.

Doug said to me...

The only suggestion I might have is to create a slightly different series of screenshots to better show how the calendars look --it's hard to tell much from the current version.

So ....
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This app looks very cool. Will there be updates with other templates than the calendars?

Chad
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Thanks ygor for another excellent application!

I just gave this one a try: configured a 5x8 (US Size) 2 Pg/Day with the second page set as DIY3 Journal Right. I set the Last Day as January 31, 2009 so I'd get the balance of January in there. The preview in the DIY Dynamic Template program looks great, but when I clicked File>Save as PDF the resulting document has only 28 pages - January 4 through 31, 2009 - but no Journal pages at all. So basically I got a very nice 1 Page/Day now.

Did I miss something in the setup?

Thanks again, ygor!

Jim

These just keep getting better -- can't wait to see the columns format!! Ygor, you are the undisputed deity of template dynamics. Er, I mean, dynamic templates....

Thanks, thanks, thanks!!

I click and fiddle and try again and again, but I can't get all 12 months of 2009 to show in PDF - I only get January and February (2 pages in PDF instead of 12 pages) or sometimes only January. I'm trying to print out 1 page per month in A5 size on Windows. Any ideas?

I'm sorry if I'm missing the obvious but can anyone tell me how to make a page per week not starting today? I've tried changing the start date and it seems to be happy to go back in time but not forwards?

Apologies for missing the obvious if I am :S

...but I can't get the app to run - downloaded ZIP, extracted (I assume there's no special path this has to be put into?), also have the fonts installed - only thing that happens is right away the M$ error window: "... has encountered an error and needs to close...."
:(
any pointers?
-Juergen

I loved the 2pg/Month planner last year. Nothing but frustration today. PDF (Foxit) is only saving 2 pages(January pg 1-2.) I've checked and double checked when formatting, the month range. I have downloaded the windows version 3 times. I noticed someone else is having similar problems with a different format. I'd go for the older persion but there's still a block outline glitch on the even pages.

Enjoy !
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I can't figure out how to leave space for punching holes for a duplex version. Inner/Outer seems to only change the left/right side margins, instead of the gutter margin on even/odd pages.

The rounded corners look nice, but why are they not on every template? The one page per week need a little love the format doesn't look like the rest.

I am tempted to add the note pages myself. If I only had the time.

ygor you are a boon to paper people everywhere.

P.S. Dan White? I always assumed you were either eastern European or a Japanese transplant. Terse text, no nonsense but a sense of humor, programming genius it all adds up to a stereotype somewhere.
Wait, wait, I know who did it Mr. White in the Conservatory with the printer.

Hi,
I am sure I missed something, but no matter what page size I chose, it always prints as 8.5 x 11. I am trying to print the calendar pages. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks!

Bug fixes were fast! It's a great app, and fun to play around with. Your work is much appreciated, and saved me the effort of doing this year manually in OpenOffice Draw.

Especially for the ability to turn off hours on the 2-page per week templates. I printed a few months for him last night and he loves it!

adjustable line spacing should be on all templates now.

I will be deprecating the old Notes Dynamic and then I will start adding new templates to the mix
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Hi!
First, thanks so much for this amazing tool!
I've saved my template to pdf and am trying to figure out how to print the 1 page/day template 2-up. As it stands, I've used the pdf viewer to specify two per page, but this program shrinks the pages. Can you guide me through setting up my pdf to print two planner pages (classic size) on each printed page (8x10), as the original DIY core package was arranged?

How about the Booklet Creator website? Apparently you go there and upload your pdf file and it converts it into a booklet for you. I haven't tried it, but there must be a brave person here who would be willing to be the sacrificial lamb. It's www.bookletcreator.com

(Wow, I didn't bother with the http etc and the link was created automatically! I'm in awe! When did this come about?)

On the two-page monthly view, I'm unable to get the inner/outer margins to work right. The outer margin changes the left margin on both pages, while the inner margin changes the right margin on both pages. It works on two-page dailies, two-page yearly, and two-page weekly, but not on the monthly pages (the ones I need, of course!) So, Bug .04?

And lest I seem complaining, let me state how amazing I find this whole little program. It's absolutely wonderful. Thank you so, so much.

Not sure if you are ready for lined page bugs, but I did a letter sized Cornell style page and it looks ok in the preview but when I printed the vertical lines in the notes were gone.

The margin problem on 2-pages-per-month (Bug 05) fixed

Goody 1: I added to the line width control so you can see the number in use
Goody 2: A Progress Dialog when you make PDF's

Share & Enjoy !
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I absolutely love this app! But having said that, I found a small problem.

In my computer (running Windows in Spanish), the date, month and day appear in Spanish, but everything else, on every template, appears in English. I have no problem with either language, but I would like the pages to be in just ONE language, if at all possible. I don't really care which one, but just one.

From posting on one of the other Dynamic Templates before, I know that the app automatically detects the language for the date, so is there a way to make it the whole page? If you need someone to translate the phrases to Spanish, just send them over, I would be happy to do it.

And once again, great job! This app has made my life sooooo much easier, I was postponing doing it manually in OoDraw for as long as I could, and now I don't have to ;D

I tried printing some 3x5 one page per day calendar pages for my Circa PDA notebook. It's not working very well. The title blocks (Daily Tasks, Expenses) overwrite other parts of each page. Plus it would waste a lot of paper if I print them all. Each single 3x5 template page is saved on a separate page, so for a 31 day month I would have to print 31 separate Latter-sized pages, though I can actually fit 4 3x5 templates per page.

Is there a way to place several 3x5 card template pages on each sheet of Letter paper?

Thank you.

Jim

First, thank you thank you thank you for these templates!

Second, I would LOVE to be able to print out the "week on one page" format so that it is *always* on the left side. That way, the right side could just be a space for notes, etc. Is this an easy fix?

Third, minor thing of very low priority: I would like to be able to change the date format for weekly planning...

Will there be the ability to change sections - I don't use an "Expense" section in my planning and I would love to change the appointment time to something like 7am - 10pm to help schedule my entire day.

Thanks,
Luke

I finally downloaded the application and really love it! Great job - thanks so much for all your hard work Ygor.

I'm curious if the particular format I'm partial to is either available and I'm not seeing it or if not if it's planned for another release.

I really like two pages per week but I prefer the layout that layout that is on the one page per week. I feel like I'm not explaining this very well! Rather than four blocks on a page, four rows on each page like on the one week per page, just spread out over two pages.

This is a great app and I'm very thankful that you took the time and (obvious) effort not only to create it, but to make it available to the rest of us!

My question has to do with style. I don't have any real C++ programming experience (but I do have a basic understanding of programming in Java, VBasic and Python), but I downloaded the source files and was looking through them to see how/if it might be possible to change the colors from shades of gray to something else and then compile for myself. I saw the lines that refer to the "setColor", but don't see where that is being defined. Could you give me a hint as to where I might find that?

Might changing colors or adding a background image be something that you are thinking about offering in a future release?

Thanks again for writing this very useful app,
DMS

Enjoy
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I just downloaded the latest version. Dynamic templates are magnific, no doubt about that. Some suggestions to make it even better:

- Could you add the version number to the About-text? That way it would be easier to check whether you already have the newest one installed or not.
- I tried making montly forms for Filofax Personal and found out that the finnish names of some months are too long for the headers. It would help to have a smaller font. Or where could I choose which set of months names the program uses? It obviously takes it from some system file, which has them in their complete form and starting with lower case. In this case it would work nicely with upper case and in their shortened form that is sometimes used. (In finnish all months include the word kuu = month: tammikuu, helmikuu, maaliskuu...)

Anyway, the only bad side about these templates is that it's far too easy to forget yourself playing with them!

Milja
- customizing Filofax Personal -

Hi Ygor, this app is great - it is the solution I was searching for years! But I'd really enjoy having the opportunity to create a one weeks on 2 pages-dynamic template with sat&sun in one column. At the moment I use a static template that I print out and fill in the dates and stuff with a fineliner - damned lot of work every three months. I could send you that template fyi. Although having only a small income (i'm a student) I'd even donate some money for that solution as I see this as an app that makes things a lot easier for me

mail is elguapo>>at<

Hello, ygor! Thank you so much for such a neat little program. I just downloaded the latest version today.

On the program screen it all looks great--for now I'm trying to do monthly calendars on two classic pages. However, when I save to PDF, the PDF is trying to put each half of the calendar on one 8.5x11 page, instead of both halves onto one 8.5x11.

In the app, I have page size set to 5x8, and all the default margins. In the calendar section I have it as two pages per month.

Also, though this isn't as important, I found that changing the 'week starts on' drop down doesn't effect the display until I select another option. For example, if I choose 'week starts on sunday', the display doesn't change. If I then select 'week starts on tuesday', the display changes to show the week starting on Sunday. If I select something else, it will then display the tuesday option.

Thank you again!

-Misty

Screenshots show weekly and monthly calendars. I cannot access them in my application. Any suggestions. The day planner is great. Thank You

I now consider my flabber well and truly gasted.

Ygor, this is a fabulous piece of software. I am going to pass it on to the other paper users like myself so they may also have their flabbers gasted.

A couple of minor thoughts:
1) can we get it to save the forms or at least remember them from incantation to incantation (so I don't have to select the paper size and margins and so on each time I open it up)?
2) Can we get a page for listing Public Holidays/Bank Holidays/School Holidays?

Thanks for the excellent software,

Sean

For the week per day calendar, which side would be for the circa punching?

Would the day print be nearest to the spine of the notebook or on the outside edge?

I got myself completely confused with printing it out and trying to print the odd numbers first and the even on the backsides. It didn't match up and I felt like I had failed some kind of IQ test. I just can't work it out in my head.

Any help anyone?

The latest version compiled in Linux without a hitch according to your instructions using qmake, and it appears to run without problems. I especially like the flexibility of the page resizing; the pages can be generated in practically any usable size.

Two things occur to me (at least one has already been mentioned in this discussion): first, we need to be able to save settings in this app, so that they can be easily restored. Second, a user-template system, perhaps using XML, would be helpful in adding new templates. If we could create new template specs in text files and render them in the program, it would tremendously increase the potential for expansion. I suspect that this is a fairly involved addition; I've never even seen, let alone written, an XML parser, but I imagine it deals with a lot of details. I think it would be worth the trouble, though; every power user on this site would probably have a template or two to add to your collection in this program, and they'd all match the DIY Planner 3.0 widget scheme as a result.

BTW I'm not much of a source code reader, so I'll just ask: how did you generate the gradients and other graphics? Are those all coded into the program?

I had been looking and looking for a little proggie that would do one month on two pages. Amazing!! thank you very much. I really appreciate it. I was not able to change the start date from the present to anything in the future. But that's a minor detail. I would love to be able to expand one column (Sundays) to be wider than the rest, but that's another minor detail. And I would love to be able to get ride of the "Monthly planning" header and just have the month's name instead. But holy shmoly, it's nothing compared to being able to finally print this calendar (and it looks good too!) on two pages! Thank you very very much!

Hi,

I like the Dynamic templates a lot - they save my life. However, I missed week numbers on all templates. So I just introduced them myself. You can download the binary and source from http://techblog.ralph-schuster.eu/2009/05/18/personal-fix-fo....

I hope you will eventually take them over into your app :)

Regards

Ralph

love it!

the Template tab of the dock shows a month with week numbers too.

How do I print out the week numbers?

specifically on a year to page setting.

thanks,

Daz

Thank you for saving me from my crazy self! I am constantly searching for the perfect combination of planner/journal/notebook (I am planner-addict who is also a writer) and here it is - FOR FREE! Now I can justify buying the rollabind punch and make my own planners... it doesn't get any better than that!

And I have to mention how validated I feel knowing there are other planner/paper-addicted people just like me out there!

What fun and Thank you for all your work.
I am enjoying this very much and it runs much better than most programs
Keep up the Great Work.

This is a great tool, that somehow already has a partly internationalisation built in.

I flipped through all printable page designs and want to contribute german translations:

Daily Tasks | Aufgaben
Expenses | Ausgaben
Appointments | Termine
Notes | Notizen
Cues | Stichworte
Summary | Zusammenfassung
Daily Journal | Tagebuch
Weekly Planning | Wochenplanung
Monthly Planning | Monatsplanung
Monthly Notes | Monatsnotizen
Calendar Year | Kalenderjahr
Special Dates | Vormerkungen
Title | Titel

Maybe it finds a way into the code...

Have fun!

Anyone tried the Dynamic Templates on Snow Leopard yet? I haven't had a chance to.

-Kenny

When I try to download the templates I get an error telling me that the file is damaged or not supported. I'm wondering if I should choose a different program to open it. The default is Acrobat. Would changing the program fix my problem, if so which program should I use? Thanks in advance.

My work days are not terribly structured, none of the formats really fit my needs, so I design my own pages in Word. My problem was getting them sequentially dated. I was handwriting in the dates, looks so unprofessional. Then I found Dynamic Templates. I use this app to do that part, using the dated journal. I would love a choice to for a blank page (except the date) or at least no horizontal lines.

This software is really great. I have created a cool layout using the settings etc. I have saved as a pdf - printed them out and am happy. Is there anyway of saving these settings so I can use them again. Or do I need to set it up from scratch each time?
I run it on XP 64bit PC

Hi Ygor--
I'm new to this site & find it incredibly helpful. Will the program be updated to cover 2010?

Hi Ygor,

one idea I want to suggest, is implementing the possibiliy of adding special dates / memorial days into the dynamic templates. The data could be provided as a simple list in a text-file (like: date 'tab' description) and then included into the calendar. By using a simple text-file any national could add its own special days and also personal dates, as birthdays of relatives and the like. Maybe national lists could be excanged in this forum...

Regards
Karobe2

Wonderful app!
I needed something to print forms for an old FC planner and your app is wonderful
Great great job!
Thanks a lot!

Wow, what a spiffy tool. Good JOB!

I think Mac OS 10.6.2 broke the programme. It no longer shows the template in the preview pane, and exports en empty pdf.

Ygor, some things I noticed.

Running v2.04 on a Windows Vista machine, trying to print out 1 month per 2 pages January 2010-December 2010:

1. On February, the before/after calendar previews show February and April.

2. December 2010 does not show in the PDF, though it is selected as the last month in the series.

3. On app, the First Month scroll box will not let me start a calendar for any later than December 2008.

Love the app, hiccups and all.

6 new templates
SVG output
And a teeny tiny credit line on each page :)
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There is so much love in my heart for you.

Since it's a new version, would it make sense to make a new thread for it?

Because this in one LOOOONG thread, and it sometimes takes a very long time to load, especially on dial up. :(

When I went to build this on linux, I got errors about "QSvgGenerator" not being found:

g++ -c -pipe -O2 -Wall -W -D_REENTRANT -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -DQT_SHARED -I/usr/share/qt4/mkspecs/linux-g++ -I. -I/usr/include/qt4/QtCore -I/usr/include/qt4/QtGui -I/usr/include/qt4 -I. -I. -o main.o main.cpp
In file included from MyWindow.h:28,
from main.cpp:27:
RenderArea.h:27:25: error: QSvgGenerator: No such file or directory
In file included from MyWindow.h:28,
from main.cpp:27:
RenderArea.h:156: error: ISO C++ forbids declaration of ‘QSvgGenerator’ with no type
RenderArea.h:156: error: expected ‘;’ before ‘*’ token
make: *** [main.o] Error 1

I was able to get to the linking part of the build by adding

-I/usr/include/qt4/QtSvg

to the MakeFile on the INCPATH variable

then the linking failed until I added

-l QtSvg

to the LIBS line of the MakeFile.

I dunno where you'd make these changes to fix everything, but I thought this might be of help to someone.

I've been making my own to do calendars for years. What a treat to have access to this wonderful program that actually prints out all the dates, etc. Thanks for making this and then providing it for others to use. I appreciate this website and will let others know too.

Blessings,
Jean

PS. Happy New Year!

Hi,

could anyone please provide binaries for OS X 10.6.2? The above version does not seem to run properly. It does not provide a preview nor does it produce more than just an empty pdf.

Best regards,
a happy user.

Hi! I'm new to this, and this program is wonderful. Thanks ygor!

The problem I have with the pdf file is that none of the text is printing. I tried with the month on two page, week on two pages and even the notes.. the lines and shading print, but the text do not. I skimmed through the comment, but no one else seems to be having this problem. Does anyone know how to fix this? I use Leopard in Mac if that helps.

Thanks!

Thank you so much for this program. It seems an important and universal tool.

I need a print cartridge, so am only looking at pdf files thus far. The appt. hours are selected but not showing in the result. If this is due to missing BH font(s), can someone tell me where to unzip and file them (create a folder somewhere?).

I don’t understand how to use the Java code for Duplex Printing (or Multivalent). ??

Have many here successfully done the following?:

? Print “Statement” size (half page letter stock; cheap HP deskjet)
? Hand shear; Cutting along the gutter? Easy enough to get sufficiently clean cut for binding?
? Punch holes and bind; Can find cheap flexi-cover w ring/bind system, maybe at a dollar store (embarrased)?

Thank you.

This is fabulous, the only thing I would like to know is can I put a last appointment hour. I would like mine to be something like, 8:30am to 5:30 pm with 1/2 increments. This is the only thing I find is not good for me. I printed the 2 page a week moleskine - like landscape. I got 9 am to 4 pm next day for a day. Other thant that this is awsome.

If any one can tell me how to have from 9 to 5 I would be really happy.

I downloaded the Mac version template but when I open it it lets me pick the options but the left side is blank. Is there a program that I was supposed to buy? Thanks

I also downloaded the Mac version template and when I open it it lets me pick the options but the left side is blank. I have the Blue Highway font installed and I also resized the window and the scale. Please advise.

I installed the program on my MacBook Pro, but when I ran the program no calendar appears, it is just blank. I am running Snow Leopard on a 30" monitor, I don't know if this makes a difference, has anyone else had this problem? Doc