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6.4.9 Setting a recurring Schedule
You can set this option when the schedule you are creating currently
recurs periodically. If you clear this check box, the schedule will be
set to occurring once. You can check or uncheck this option by
pressing “space.” That is, if you press “space” when this box is
checked, it will be unchecked, and if you press “space” when this box
is unchecked, it will be checked. If you have unchecked this, just
press “enter”, or press “tab (space-4-5)” repeatedly to move to the
“confirm” button and press “enter”, to save the schedule. If you want
to set recurrence schedule, you should press “space” and then press
“tab (space-4-5)” or “enter” to move to the combo box where you can
set the recurrence pattern. In this combo box, you can select one of
“daily”, “weekly”, “monthly” and “yearly.” We will discuss these
options in more detail in the next section.
6.4.9.1 Daily
If you select “daily,” and press “tab (space-4-5),” the focus will move
to “recurring interval of day” edit box. Here, you can enter the number
of days after which the appointment recurs. You can type a number
between 1 and 999. If you enter 1, the appointment recurs every day,
and if you enter 2, it recurs every other day. One thing you have to be
careful when you use this is that the difference between the starting
and ending date should be shorter than the recurring interval value.
For example, suppose that the appointment starts at 09:00, Feb. 1,
2006, and ends at 12:00, Feb. 2, 2006. If you set the recurring
interval to 1, you will get an error message “The appointment duration
should be shorter than the recurring interval.” This is because it is
logically impossible that the appointment duration is 27 hours, and
the appointment recurs 24 hours. This rule is applied in the same way
when you set weekly, monthly, or yearly recurring appoints. If you
press “tab (space-4-5)” after setting the recurring interval, the
“recurrence ending date” check box appears. By default, it’s
unchecked, which indicates that there is no apparent ending date
when the recurrence will stop. If you check this box by pressing
“space,” and press “tab (space-4-5),” the focus will move to the edit
combo box that asks for the ending date. Enter the date when the
recurrence will stop. ‘You can directly type the date, or you can set