PC WSPlus: Compressing Schedule+ Calendar Files (128965)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Schedule+ 1.0
  • Microsoft Schedule+ for Windows 1.0a
This article was previously published under Q128965

SUMMARY

Microsoft Schedule+ for Windows, versions 1.0 and 1.0a, does not have any auto-compression capabilities for the user's calendar files. Schedule+ will overwrite into unused areas within the calendar file. This allows the application to keep the file minimal in size, only increasing the file size when more file space is required.

MORE INFORMATION

To compress the user's calendar files, follow the procedures below.

NOTE: Please read all the procedures prior to performing these procedures.
  1. From the Windows directory, open the user's SCHDPLUS.INI file.
  2. Under the [Microsoft Schedule+] heading, add the following line:

    StartupOffline=1

  3. Save the changes and close the SCHDPLUS.INI file.
  4. Start Schedule+.
  5. From the File menu, choose Export Appointments. Export the user's calendar file information into a USERNAME.SCH file using the Schedule+ format.
  6. Delete or Rename the user's local (C:\<PATH>\USERNAME.CAL) and server's MAILDATA\CAL\HEXID.CAL calendar copies.
A user's online calendar file is not named with the same eight-digit ID number as the user's mail message file (.MMF), nor is it named with the user's name for security reasons. You can use either the MVCAL or the DUMPKEY utility to locate a specific user's online calendar file.

MVCAL.EXE

This utility will find the calendar file for the user name specified, and rename it <username>.BAD. After the calendar file is renamed, a new file will be created the next time the user signs in. This new calendar file will be created from the user's local calendar file.

To use this utility, from where MVCAL.EXE is stored, type:

mvcal <username> [-d<drive> -p<password>]

where,

<username> is the user with the corrupt calendar file.

<drive> is the path to the Mail database (the default is M).

<password> is the password for the Schedule+ Administrator (not the Mail Administrator).

DUMPKEY.EXE

To use this utility, use the following MS-DOS command to copy the DUMPKEY.EXE file to the CAL directory of the postoffice (this assumes that the Mail database is located on drive M):

copy dumpkey.exe m:\cal\dumpkey.exe

From the MAILDATA\CAL directory, type:

dumpkey schedule.key > calfiles.txt

(This will redirect the output to a file called CALFILES.TXT for easy viewing.)
  1. Have the user login to Schedule+. This will create new server and local calendar files.
  2. From the File menu, choose Import Appointments. Import the appointments from the USERNAME.SCH file created in step 5.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:8/16/2005
Keywords:KB128965
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