Scheduler for ASP.NET AJAX

Overview

We studied the proven usability of Outlook®, then we added innovative ways to input data similar to Google Calendar, and that’s how the Telerik ASP.NET AJAX Scheduler was born. Now you can add rich scheduling UI to any ASP.NET application and enjoy a lightweight, yet highly customizable, component. Impress your users with intuitive drag-and-drop functionality, handy inline or pop-up edit forms, and no-refresh AJAX experience!

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Features

• Day, Week, Month and Timeline Views
• Custom Resources and Resource Grouping
• Support for Any Scheduling Data Source
• Extensive VS.NET Design-time Support
• Rich Client-side API
• Search Engine Friendly
• Support for Microsoft Exchange Provider
• Templates Support
• Integrated DatePicker for Quick Navigation
• Inline and Detailed Editing Capabilities
• Support for Recurring Appointments
• Reminders
• Context Menus
• Animations
• XHTML and Accessibility Standards Compliancy
• Appearance
• VS Plug-in for Testing RadControls

• Day, Week, Month and Timeline Views

  RadScheduler for ASP.NET AJAX uses a single control to display appointments in four basic views: Day, Week, Month and Timeline View. The user can navigate through the different views using tabs. This feature ensures simplified deployment, much better flexibility and ensures that your preferences from one view are applied to all other views.

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• Custom Resources and Resource Grouping

  Custom resources let you associate additional information with your appointments. RadScheduler supports assigning multiple resources of the same type to a single appointment. For example, you can load the appointments associated with different users in a single scheduler by simply choosing the name of the user from a drop down menu. The same applies for various resources such as meeting rooms, team events, etc.

  
  

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  Because custom resources have a limited number of values RadScheduler can group appointments based on the resources associated with them. For example, you can book different facilities for a variety of events.

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• Support for Any Scheduling Data Source

  Telerik Scheduler component supports all standard ASP.NET data sources with scheduling data. Its flexible provider model allows binding to any external datasources and better control over the data source configuration. Unlike other scheduling controls, Telerik RadScheduler has no preset restrictions for database schemes, which saves the trouble of manually modifying predefined database models. Additionally, you are able to bind generic lists of data, which are the lightweight alternative of standard datasources. Another major point of scalability is that RadScheduler is optimized for processing huge databases by loading only the necessary data to display in the current schedule view.

  A unique feature of RadScheduler is the ability to bind it directly to WebServices, resulting in major performance enhancements. You can perform various operations on the client such as add and remove appointments. In this mode all operations are forwarded to a Web Service for processing using JSON calls for data transfer. This completely eliminates the need for postbacks and improves server load and bandwidth usage. With all these Client-side improvements RadScheduler is now also ASP.NET MVC-ready.

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• Extensive VS.NET Design-time Support

  Telerik ASP.NET Scheduler control provides rich design-time support functionality making customizations and configurations very easy. Some of the key capabilities are:

  • Applying skins in design time and easily switching between them
  • Design-time support for declarative data sources
  • Define custom resources to store additional information with appointments, such as rooms, users, etc.

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• Rich Client-side API

  The Telerik ASP.NET AJAX Scheduler has a rich client-side API with a comprehensive set of events guaranteeing full control over various functions performed on the client. You can easily drag tasks to new times or days, resize appointments to change their length, or add, delete, and update items at the client side and all the changes will be persisted on the server as well. The rich client-side API provides unbeatable performance and a desktop-like experience.

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• Search Engine Friendly

  The ASP.NET Scheduler control completely follows the principles of Search Engine Optimization. The control's innovative rendering generates semantic lists and standard <a> tags, which are properly recognized and highly valued by search engines. As a result, all content accessible through this control will be automatically indexed and ranked with no extra effort required from the developer.

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• Support for Microsoft Exchange Provider

  The swift performance and simplified deployment are the trademarks of Telerik Scheduler control. The control is now further improved through support for Microsoft Exchange providers. This new feature allows developers to use an Exchange server as a data source for appointments. The synchronization is done in real time by using Exchange WebServices and the provider is available with full source code.

  In addition, RadScheduler allows you to export your set of appointments in the industry-standard iCalendar format.

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• Templates Support

  RadScheduler lets you change the appearance of appointments and the in-line edit form using templates. The RadScheduler templates are powerful enough to accommodate any content, including images, HTML markup, ASP.NET server controls, and other third-party controls for additional custom functionality.

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• Integrated DatePicker for Quick Navigation

  A DatePicker has been implemented in RadScheduler for ASP.NET AJAX for easier and more convenient way to select and navigate through days, months and years.

  

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• Inline and Detailed Editing Capabilities

  RadScheduler enables inline editing allowing you to add and modify your tasks directly through the front-end. There are a number of out-of-the-box properties, such as recurrence, time slots, etc.

  

  The advanced form allows for detailed editing of appointments and can be opened as an interactive pop-up dialogue. It features a description field where more detailed information about appointments can be entered.

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• Support for Recurring Appointments

  RadScheduler features the ability to configure recurring appointments. Repeating appointment patterns can be applied on a daily, weekly, and even a monthly basis, or set to appear during a predefined time range. Recurrences are activated through the advanced edit form. The flexible-rule mechanism covers all possible recurrence scenarios. Recurrences are stored in the database as a single string, which guarantees easy implementation.

  

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• Reminders

  RadScheduler offers integrated support for pop-up appointment reminders. Due reminders are shown in a dialog similar to Microsoft Outlook users dialog with an option to dismiss and snooze reminders. Dismissed appointments are removed from the list of reminders and snoozed appointments are persisted as browser cookies and will reappear if the page is opened by another user or with different browser.

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• Context Menus

  The integrated context menus enable prompt customization of appointments and time slots. With this shortcut users are a mouse-click away from adding, removing, editing, and categorizing events in the schedule.

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• Animations

  With the integrated jQuery library in RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX, you can achieve slick animations in your web application. RadScheduler benefits from the jQuery library and includes animations even in its advanced edit form.

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• XHTML and Accessibility Standards Compliancy

  The Telerik ASP.NET AJAX Calendar is completely compliant with the XHTML 1.1 requirements. RadScheduler also follows Section 508 compliance and falls under the W3C Compliance Level “AA”, as defined by the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0/2.0.

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• Appearance

  RadScheduler are shipped with a rich set of skins that allow you to easily build slick interfaces with the look-and-feel of Windows Vista, Office 2007, Outlook, to mention a few. The skins can be easily changed using a single property.

  Additionally, RadScheduler is highly configurable, with many properties you can set to control its appearance. The individual parts such as header and footer might be turned on or off, the format of the date can be modified, the number of visible appointments can be set, etc.

  

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• VS Plug-in for Testing RadControls

  Telerik's automated software testing tool Test Studio employs a rich set of features to help you automate AJAX-intense web content. You can test complex UI actions like drag-and-drop, invoke JavaScript functions from your test code, and perform logging actions. Additionally, the test recorder makes it easy to wait on AJAX operations before executing a specific verification. What’s more, Test Studio is the best way to test RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX. The powerful test recorder automatically detects the controls and exposes commonly used verifications. Learn more

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