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What’s the difference between the two soSIMPLE Calendar products?
soSIMPLE Calendar Add-On was released October, 2020.
soSIMPLE Calendar is now known as soSIMPLE Calendar Server Powered.
Our flagship product, now known as soSIMPLE Calendar Server-Powered, uses FileMaker to work with your calendar in a web viewer.
soSIMPLE Calendar Add-On uses the same codebase, but has been reengineered as a FileMaker 19 Add-On. We’ve simplified the FileMaker scripts and added many useful utility functions.
Here’s a birds-eye view of how the two products compare.
| Calendar Add-On | Server-Powered | |
|---|---|---|
Common Features | ||
| Single one-time purchase for your all your users |  | |
| No internet connection required | | |
| Calendar embedded into your custom app | | |
| Timelines & Resource Views | | |
| Google Maps View | | |
| Schedule unscheduled tasks by dragging | | |
| Background & blocking events | | |
| After-hours events indicator | | |
| Many end user configuration tweaks | | |
| Calendar setup, configuration and customization | | |
| Customizable code (using JavaScript & CSS) | | |
| Use your own FileMaker event layouts and workflow in FileMaker Pro and FileMaker Go | | |
| Live code updates from soSIMPLE servers | | |
soSIMPLE Calendar Add-on | ||
| Use your own event layouts and workflow in FileMaker WebDirect, just like Pro & Go | | |
| Multiple user-selectable calendars | | |
| 30-second installation, 5 minute integration | | |
| All required code included in your file | | |
| Runs the same whether your file is hosted or not | | |
| Custom date formats | | |
| More control of your calendar using FileMaker scripting and new utility functions | | |
| Observes security of logged in user when displaying events | | |
| Navigation control and feedback using FileMaker scripts | | |
soSIMPLE Calendar Server-Powered | ||
| Requires FileMaker Server | | |
| Publish to the web without WebDirect, includes web-based authentication and url event filtering | | |
| Show your FileMaker events in iCal-compatible calendar, such as Outlook, Google Calendar, Apple Calendar, includes url event filtering | | |
| Show iCal-sourced data in your soSIMPLE Calendar | | |
| Several printable views – Month, Week, Day & Resources | | |
| Interface builder includes formatting and custom menus | | |
| Multiple themes | |