Questions Tagged how-to

Answered: There is now a new version available that improves the interoperability with UpdatePanel: http://www.daypilot.org/daypilot-pro-for-asp-net-webforms-7-1-sp3.html Please let me know if the problem pers...

Answered: You can override .loadingStart and loadingStop on the client side but this is not public API. You can also modify the loading div content using LoadingLabelText property (it accepts HTML as well).

Answered: The ConflictDetector API has been extended to handle recurring events in 7.1 release. http://www.daypilot.org/daypilot-pro-for-asp-net-webforms-7-1.html It's not used in the tutorial yet (the tutoria...

Answered: Please see here: http://forums.daypilot.org/Topic.aspx/1776/conflict-detection-still-has-some-problems-bug

Answered: "I cannot see the database structure." http://www.daypilot.org/scheduler-tutorial.html The link above gives the DB structure as a script, which works fine in SQL Server. You'd then use the ADO.Net ob...

Answered: You can extract the original start date from the recurrence string using RecurrenceRule.DecodeStart(): DateTime originalStart = RecurrenceRule.DecodeStart(recurrenceString); There are also other help...

Answered: The following menu item will open Edit.aspx page in a modal dialog : <DayPilot:MenuItem Text="Open" Action="JavaScript" JavaScript="dialog().showUrl('Edit.aspx?id=' + e.value());" /> This is the moda...

Answered: If you insert the <input> element manually you won't be able to get its value easily on the server side - it won't be mapped automatically to a server-side control because it doesn't exist. You shoul...

Answered: It looks like there is a bug in the EventResize event handler. If you modify it like this it will work fine: protected void DayPilotScheduler1_EventResize(object sender, DayPilot.Web.Ui.Events.EventR...

Answered: On the client-side, you can do the following: var hasEvents = dps.findRowByResourceId("A").events.length > 0; On the server side, there is no internal structure that keeps events matched to the resou...

Answered: Try the RowHeaderWidth property.

Answered: The events have to be loaded in full (for all resources) - except of the dynamic loading mode (DynamicLoading="true") when the events loaded in the Scroll event handler are added to the existing even...

Answered: Look at the "DayPilotScheduler1.StartDate" property.

Answered: The Scheduler control ( http://www.daypilot.org/scheduler.html ) doesn't support hiding individual columns in the Lite version. In the Pro version, you can use BusinessBeginsHour, BusinessEndsHour, a...

Answered: There was a bug - it's now fixed in build 7.1.2716. You can download it in the sandbox: http://www.daypilot.org/sandbox/ See also: http://www.daypilot.org/daypilot-pro-for-asp-net-webforms-7-2.html

Answered: You can adjust the row height using RowMarginBottom and RowMinHeight properties: http://www.daypilot.org/scheduler-row-height.html

Answered: You can use the following settings: <DayPilot:DayPilotMonth ... EventClickHandling="JavaScript" EventClickJavaScript="bubble.showEvent(e)" ... /> <DayPilot:DayPilotBubble ... ClientObjectName="bubble...

Answered: At this moment it's only possible to disable the cells for the whole row by marking it as parent using PreventParentUsage. See also: http://code.daypilot.org/34704/restaurant-table-reservation-tutori...

Answered: In the 7.1 release, it's possible to add custom "active areas" to the event. It's a rectangular area that is displayed when you move the mouse over the event. In order to place the area at the right ...

Answered: HeightSpec="Max" means the height will never be more than Height value (in pixels). You can try HeightSpec="Full". You can also set the initial scrollbar position using ScrollPositionHour property.

Answered: You can change the color of the background cells using BeforeCellRender event handler. You can change the cell CSS class using e.CssClass, you can also change the IsBusiness status using e.IsBusiness...

Answered: You can control the vertical scrollbar using HeightSpec property: http://www.daypilot.org/calendar-control-height-and-business-hours-heightspec.html

Answered: There are two possible approaches: 1. Check the new event against the database before saving it. For a simple scenario (i.e. no recurring events) you can use the same logic you use for selecting even...