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JavaFX outlook like calendar

Now I know that this question has been asked already, but the solution there didn't help me much
As the title suggests, I am looking for a way to implement an Outlook like calendar into my JavaFX application.
I already tried out fullcalendar, but I didn't manage to start the jQueries, which are needed. I tried a lot of methods, but they either aren't working or I'm too dumb to implement it correctly
I also tried jfxtras agenda, I really like the controls and the look of it, unfortunately I'm a rather inexperienced programmer and therefore I'm not really capable of saving these entries
So, if someone could show me an easy - to - implement calendar or a guide to either fullcalendar or jfxtras agenda, I would be very grateful
Thanks in advance
EDIT:
Here are the links,
1) Fullcalendar How to add JQuery onto JavaFx WebView
2) Similar question: Outlook like calendar control in JavaFX 2.0+

Well, JFXtras has a samples in which you can add appointments to Agenda. You can download it from the jfxtras.org website and play with it.
The source code ain't that complex (all you need to do is implement an add appointment callback, see line 44.), but you will need to code yourself. Agenda only does the displaying of the appointments, it is your responsibility to store and retrieve them from your domain model.
https://github.com/JFXtras/jfxtras-labs-samples/blob/8.0/src/main/java/jfxtras/samples/controls/agenda/AgendaSample1.java
Basically what you need to do is:
implement the localDateTimeRangeCallback and set the appointment collection in that method with data from your domain
implement newAppointmentCallback and store new appointments in your domain
monitor the appointments collection for removals, and remove the corresponding appointments in your domain.

Change link to download every 7 days?

I'm downloading a certain website in html format to my device, so that I can display it in webview in offline mode. The only problem is that the link is dynamic, and it changes once a week. To keep the html item updated as much as possible, I want the app to download it once a week.
Let's say for example that this is the websites address:
www.mywebsite.com/1
Next week, the address will be:
www.mywebsite.com/2
And week after that, the website will be:
www.mywebsite.com/3
I already figured I would do this be declaring a variable that would be changing, something like
int week;
String urlToDownload = "www.mywebsite.com/" + week;
But how do I make it so that this variable will change everyday even if the app is not started, or is there a better way to do this?

You can maybe use AlarmManager class. That allows you to plan something on the background, when app is not even running.
I would use the most simple solution. Do you know what time does the URL change? You can always check the time of previous start of application and when next app is started check it and determine how many weeks is from that.

Use the java.util.Calendar
Calendar calender = Calendar.getInstance();
MyLog.d("Current Week:", "" + calender.get(Calendar.WEEK_OF_YEAR));
This prints "Current Week: 37"
With that maybe you can write code to get the appropriate page. The week nr are kind of static

You can update the variable during the onStart() phase. Make a constant that has the start date, and then get the current date and figure out the offset. This way even if the app hasnt been started in a long time, once it is started you will have the proper link.

Accessing someone else's Google Calendar in Android

I'm developing an Android application (2.3+) for my university club. Our club makes use of Google Apps for calendar, e-mail, etc. One of the accounts hosts the calendar for all of our club's upcoming events.
In my application I would like to query this calendar so I can display events coming up in the next week or month. I have access to the "magic cookie" address of the calendar.
Every tutorial/example I've seen thus far gives directions for accessing the user's calendar. How do I use the calendar API to access a calendar that isn't the user's?

The super administrator of the domain has access to all users' calendar and calendar events details.
http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=33326

Android - Creating your own calendar

Is there away of creating a calendar app for android from scratch using java and xml in eclipse or is there an already made calendar.

A Calendar is simply a table, which you can create in Android. A TextView on top can be used for the current month. Clicking on a cell can open the list of events for that day.

Well, there are two ways to "create your own calendar".
The easy way is to create a client of google calendar or other service.
And the second is to create a client and server of your calendar.

Is the Google Calendar API appropriate for my problem?

I'm currently working with a team on a project that will serve as a campus-wide event calendar for my school. We're designing it to be a web application using JSP having a java back end and connected to a relational database located on a server. The database will store events and produce a calendar on the web page based on the events.
Users will also be able to conduct searches and we would like to return a calendar based on the search results (such as activities occurring during a particular a time frame). Potentially we would be creating 100's of calendars at a time to accommodate multiple user requests.
We don't want users to need any special account to use the site (except maybe an account with us). The users will not be editing the events and changing anything but we want a nice GUI interface for them.
Is this a possible task to achieve using the Google Calendar API?
Just to clarify, we will be performing sql queries to construct a list of "events" in a separate section of our application. With this in mind, we do NOT want a calendar that queries our database on its own. We would like a API that allows us to input this list of events, and would output a calendar GUI that provides a user with access to multiple views (daily, weekly, monthly, etc) in an easy-to-use format.
thanks!

It sounds like a decent use of the Google Calendar API to me. After browsing through the API docs for Java, it looks like you can create a calendar, add whatever events to it you wish, and pass a link to that calendar back to the user. In fact, the API page I linked mentions that "you can generate a public calendar for Google Calendar to display, based on your organization's event database". This sounds like exactly like what you are wanting to do. Try out some of the sample code there and see if it looks like it will meet your needs.

I totally agree with bta and have an additional idea:
You said:
The database will store events and
produce a calendar on the web page
based on the events.
You would benefit even more from using Google Calendar in this case. You wouldn't need a database to store the events which has many pros:
You would eliminate a possible bottleneck, because as you said there would be 100s of calendars generated at the same time,
You could have non-tech-savvy people to manage calendars (I believe Google's interface is pretty simple, compared to the backend you would have to develop)
You would eliminate the need for backend (or at least the part responsible for event CRUDs)
You can always "wrap" Google Galendar using its API, so the GUI would be completely up to you,
These are just some of my thoughts, because I believe that simple is better. I hope this will be helpful.
Good luck developing your app!
P.S. If you could, please tell us which method you used and how its working :)