Hi Larry,
I've not used the ctSchedule, but have used a few of their other controls. I have always found the VFP samples quite helpful (with reference to the help files when I didn't understand the details of a setting) and if I was unable to get something going, their tech support was quite good.
>You said a mouthful! This is precisely what I am experiencing: Having to learn this by trial-and-error. What a terrible way to learn in one sense, because I am most likely missing the larger view by not having good examples.