Meeting Schedule Assistant 21.0.0 is now available

I am pleased to announce that there is a new version of Meeting Schedule Assistant now available.

What’s New

New Discussion by Video assignments are now being during the Midweek Meeting. Here are two examples from the March / April 2021 workbook:

As you can see, these Discussion with Video assignments can be before or after the Student items. Several changes to the Midweek Editor were required. Here is a brief summary of what’s changed.

Assignments Material

New controls have been added the Assignments Material window so that you can input the new Discussion with Video information:

Edit Discussion with Video Assignments

A new button has been added to the Midweek Editor to allow you to select who will handle these Discussion with Video assignments:

Please be aware of the following options when upgrading to version 21.0.0:

• You can open MWB data files saved with previous versions of the software. However, when you save them they will be upgraded to a newer format which is not binary compatible with older versions of the software. Keep backup copies of your MWB data files if you are in doubt.
• The Google / Outlook Calendar sync tools have been updated to include these new Discussion with Video assignments.
• The default Workbook and Worksheet Templates have been updated to cater for the new Discussion with Video assignments. You will need to make the same changes to your own custom templates and you can find details below about what you need to do.

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Updating Custom Templates

The following information is provided for those of you who have your own custom templates. It is assumed that you are comfortable with editing the script files. Please bare in mind that the line numbers displayed are indicative only.

— Changes to the Workbook Template

• Make the following changes to the AYFM template:

<!--Apply Yourself To The Field Ministry-->
<xsl:template match="AYFM">
  <table class="tableAYFM" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
    <xsl:call-template name="SetColumnWidths"/>

    <xsl:call-template name="SectionHeading">
      <xsl:with-param name="strSection">AYFM</xsl:with-param>
      <xsl:with-param name="iSpanColumns">3</xsl:with-param>
    </xsl:call-template>

    <xsl:apply-templates select="Teaching[@OtherDiscussionVideo=0] | Teaching[@OtherDiscussionVideo=1 and @VideoAfterStudentItem=0]" />
    <xsl:apply-templates select="StudentItem"/>
    <xsl:apply-templates select="Teaching[@OtherDiscussionVideo=1 and @VideoAfterStudentItem=1]" />
  </table>
</xsl:template>

• Make the Teaching template look like this:

<!-- Teaching assigning - 10 minute talk -->
<xsl:template match="Teaching">
  <tr>
    <xsl:apply-templates select="Time" mode="End"/>
    <xsl:choose>
      <xsl:when test="@OtherDiscussionVideo=0">
        <td class="cellTheme" colspan="2">
          <span class="bulletAYFM">&#8226;</span>
          <span class="textTheme">
            <xsl:value-of select="Type"/>
          </span>
          <xsl:apply-templates select="Theme"/>
          <xsl:apply-templates select="Time" mode="Duration"/>
          <xsl:apply-templates select="StudyPointDescription"/>
        </td>
      </xsl:when>
      <xsl:otherwise>
        <td class="cellTheme" colspan="2">
          <span class="bulletAYFM">&#8226;</span>
          <span class="textTheme">
            <xsl:value-of select="Type"/>
          </span>
          <xsl:apply-templates select="Theme"/>
          <xsl:apply-templates select="Time" mode="Duration"/>
          <xsl:apply-templates select="SourceMaterial"/>
        </td>
      </xsl:otherwise>
    </xsl:choose>

    <xsl:apply-templates select="Names/Name"/>
  </tr>
</xsl:template>

— Changes to the Worksheet Template

• Change the first bit of the Display_AYTFM template as follows:

<!--Apply Yourself To The Field Ministry-->
<xsl:template name = "Display_AYTFM" >
  <xsl:param name = "Class" />
  <div class="containerAYFM">
    <table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"  class="tableOuter">
      <tr>
        <td class="textAYFM" colspan="4">
          <xsl:value-of select="//Labels/ApplyYourselfToTheFieldMinistry"/>
        </td>
      </tr>

      <xsl:apply-templates select="Teaching[@OtherDiscussionVideo=0] | Teaching[@OtherDiscussionVideo=1 and @VideoAfterStudentItem=0]">
        <xsl:with-param name="Class" select="$Class"/>
      </xsl:apply-templates>
      <!--Student talks-->
      <xsl:if test="StudentTalk1M/@Included='1'">

• Make another change to the Display_AYTFM template towards the end, like this:

      </xsl:if>
      <xsl:apply-templates select="Teaching[@OtherDiscussionVideo=1 and @VideoAfterStudentItem=1]">
        <xsl:with-param name="Class" select="$Class"/>
      </xsl:apply-templates>
    </table>
  </div>
</xsl:template>

• Make the Teaching template look like this:

<xsl:template match="Teaching">
  <xsl:param name = "Class" />
  <tr>
    <td class="borderDotTimeDuration">
      [<xsl:value-of select="Time/@EndTime24"/>]
    </td>
    <td class="borderDotTime">
      <xsl:value-of select="Time"/>
    </td>
    <xsl:choose>
      <xsl:when test="@OtherDiscussionVideo=0">
        <td class="borderDotTheme">
          <xsl:value-of select="Theme" disable-output-escaping="yes"/>
          <br />
          <span class="textMethod">
            <xsl:text>[</xsl:text>
            <xsl:value-of select="StudyPointDescription"/>
            <span class="textStudyNumberReference">
              <xsl:text> </xsl:text>
              <xsl:value-of select="StudyPointDescription/@StudyPoint"/>
            </span>
            <xsl:text>]</xsl:text>
          </span>
        </td>
      </xsl:when>
      <xsl:otherwise>
        <td class="borderDotTheme">
          <xsl:value-of select="Theme" disable-output-escaping="yes"/>
          <br />
          <span class="textMethod">
            <xsl:text>[</xsl:text>
            <xsl:value-of select="SourceMaterial"/>
            <xsl:text>]</xsl:text>
          </span>
        </td>
      </xsl:otherwise>
    </xsl:choose>
    <td class="borderDotName">
      <xsl:choose>
        <xsl:when test ="$Class='M'">
          <xsl:value-of select="Names/Name[@Class='1']"/>
        </xsl:when>
        <xsl:when test ="$Class='1'">
          <xsl:value-of select="Names/Name[@Class='2']"/>
        </xsl:when>
        <xsl:when test ="$Class='2'">
          <xsl:value-of select="Names/Name[@Class='3']"/>
        </xsl:when>
      </xsl:choose>
      <xsl:text> </xsl:text>
    </td>
  </tr>
</xsl:template>