Adding Resources Server Side

[Chad]

I need to be able to add a varying number of resources that utilize varying types of controls (checkbox, dropdownlist, etc).

The problem is that I cannot create an AdvancedEdit/Insert template using an aspx page, and need to do it on the server side.

So far I can add a resource with the following...

aResource =

new ResourceType("Calendar Color");

aResource.DataSource = GetColors();  // a DataTable with 7 colors and 1 column - "Color"

aResource.KeyField =

"Color";

aResource.TextField =

"Color";

aResource.ForeignKeyField =

"RadSchedulerColor"; // the field in the Scheduler datasource containing 1 of  the 7 color values

theScheduler.ResourceTypes.Add(aResource);

The problem is that I want to add new resources with different controls, like a checkbox or a radiobutton. Then I want to be able to set the value based on the Scheduler's datasource. Currently this does not link to the Scheduler so the resource has no default value. I tried to override the OnFormCreated method:

void theScheduler_FormCreated(object sender, SchedulerFormCreatedEventArgs e)

{

if (e.Container.Mode == SchedulerFormMode.AdvancedInsert || e.Container.Mode == SchedulerFormMode.AdvancedEdit)

{

DropDownList colors = (DropDownList)e.Container.FindControl("Calendar Color");

colors.SelectedValue =

"Red";

colors.Width =

new Unit(100, UnitType.Percentage);

}

}

This only increased the width, it doesn't set the SelectedValue. Am I doing this right? Is what I'm trying to do possible without creating a custom UserControl with aspx elements?

[Peter]

Hello Chad,

If you want to use controls other than the default dropdownlist control to display resources, you should use the Customizing the advanced template example. I understand that you would rather not resort to using user controls, but unfortunately this is the only way to achieve the disired functionality.


Cheers,
Peter
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