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====== Adding Appointment Objects ======

Some applications need to deal with issues that require a calendar – create appointments, register activities, arrange meetings etc. In //**AwareIM**// a business object encapsulating the concept of an activity that lasts a certain time is called “Appointment”. In order for //**AwareIM**// to be able to show such objects using a calendar the object needs to have certain attributes defined. 

You can create a template of an Appointment object by selecting “Business Objects” node in the Elements Tree, bringing up the pop-up menu and selecting “Add Appointment Object” (you can also do it from the main menu). Once you do this //**AwareIM**// will automatically create a new definition of an Appointment-type object with the predefined attributes. You can re-name the object and add other attributes to this object, but you cannot change the predefined attributes. //**AwareIM**// will also create the Appointments business object group. All Appointment objects will be added to this group. All members of the Appointments group have a number of common attributes, such as StartTime, EndTime or Subject. Once an Appointment object has been created you can query on this object and display results using a calendar.