Repeating Events in FileMaker
DayBack offers a script to create repeating events. In order to access it, you'll need to edit your event in a FileMaker layout instead of using DayBack's popover or specify the relevant fields manually.
How do repetitions work and how can I manipulate them?
Here are some details about how we handle repetitions...
Using repeat functionality manually
Out of the box, the repeat scripts expect details on your source's field mapping to be set by DayBack in the $$DBk_Values variable, but you can set this manually. This will allow you to use the repeat scripts when opening your event detail layout from a custom button action or elsewhere.
Keep in mind that the new events aren't actually created until the "Close And Update Event - DayBack" script is run. So, you'll either need to run that script after creating the repeat rule or trigger the event creation yourself by pulling the relevant script steps out of that script.
Here's an example script that sets the $$DBk_Values global variable with the necessary field mapping information for the repeating scripts to work. Be sure to replace the SampleEvents_DayBack fields in this script with the appropriate fields in your event table.
I can't seem to create repeating events past 2029, is there a limit?
Yes. To prevent the accidental creation of millions of records, the calendar's repeating events script has both a date limit and a number-of-repetitions limit. You can change both of these but they default to a date limit of no repetitions past Jan 1 2030 and a limit of 500 repetitions per event.
Change these by altering the first two variables declared in the script "Build Repetition List ( Repeat_StartDate ; Repeat_Rule )"