function getMonthName(month) {
// create array to hold name of each month
var ar = new Array(12);
ar[0] = "January";
ar[1] = "February";
ar[2] = "March";
ar[3] = "April";
ar[4] = "May";
ar[5] = "June";
ar[6] = "July";
ar[7] = "August";
ar[8] = "September";
ar[9] = "October";
ar[10] = "November";
ar[11] = "December";
// return name of specified month (parameter)
return ar[month];
}
function setCal() {
// standard time attributes
var now = new Date();
var year = now.getFullYear();
var month = now.getMonth();
var monthName = getMonthName(month);
var date = now.getDate();
now = null;
// create instance of first day of month, and extract the day on which it occurs
var firstDayInstance = new Date(year, month, 1);
var firstDay = firstDayInstance.getDay();
firstDayInstance = null;
// number of days in current month
var days = getDays(month, year);
// call function to draw calendar
drawCal(firstDay + 1, days, date, monthName, year);
}
function drawCal(firstDay, lastDate, date, monthName, year) {
// constant table settings
//var headerHeight = 50 // height of the table's header cell
var border = 2; // 3D height of table's border
var cellspacing = 4; // width of table's border
var headerColor = "midnightblue"; // color of table's header
var headerSize = "+3"; // size of tables header font
var colWidth = 60; // width of columns in table
var dayCellHeight = 25; // height of cells containing days of the week
var dayColor = "darkblue"; // color of font representing week days
var cellHeight = 40; // height of cells representing dates in the calendar
var todayColor = "red"; // color specifying today's date in the calendar
var timeColor = "purple"; // color of font representing current time
// create basic table structure