Appointment validation

[ryan]

I'm having trouble validating a custom appointment.  In appointmentSaving i added this

private void scheduler_AppointmentSaving(object sender, AppointmentSavingEventArgs e)
        {

            ShiftData shift = new ShiftData();
            shift.CopyFrom(e.Appointment);

            if (shift.Start >= shift.End)
            {
                RadWindow.Alert("Start Time must be after end time.");
                e.Cancel = true;
            }

            if (shift.RadID == 0)
            {
                RadWindow.Alert("Radiologist is required.");
                e.Cancel = true;
            }

            if (shift.ShiftSubTypeID == 0)
            {
                RadWindow.Alert("Shift Type is required.");
                e.Cancel = true;
            }

            if (shift.FacilityID == 0)
            {
                RadWindow.Alert("Facility is required.");
                e.Cancel = true;
            }

        }

but if any of the tests fail the edit dialog closes.  then when I try and open another new appointment the appointmentSaved event is called again.

here is my custom CopyFrom.

public override void CopyFrom(IAppointment other)
        {

            if (other != null)
            {
                this.StartTimeUtc = other.Start.ToUniversalTime();
                this.EndTimeUtc = other.End.ToUniversalTime();
                this.Remarks = other.Subject;

                Resource AllianceGroup = other.Resources.Cast<Resource>().Where(r => r.ResourceType == "AllianceGroup").FirstOrDefault();
                if (AllianceGroup != null)
                    this.FacilityGroupID = Convert.ToInt32(AllianceGroup.ResourceName);

                Resource facility = other.Resources.Cast<Resource>().Where(r => r.ResourceType == "Facility").FirstOrDefault();
                if(facility != null)
                    this.FacilityID = Convert.ToInt32(facility.ResourceName);

                Resource rad = other.Resources.Cast<Resource>().Where(r => r.ResourceType == "Rad").FirstOrDefault();
                if (rad != null)
                    this.RadID = Convert.ToInt32(rad.ResourceName);

                if (other.Resources.Cast<Resource>().Where(r => r.ResourceType == "ShiftAssignemnt").Count() > 0)
                {
                    foreach (Resource sa in other.Resources.Cast<Resource>().Where(r => r.ResourceType == "ShiftAssignemnt"))
                    {
                        this.Assignments.Add(new ShiftAssignmentData { ShiftAssignmentID = Convert.ToInt32(sa.ResourceName) });
                    }
                }

                if((other as AppointmentBase).Category != null)
                    this.ShiftSubTypeID = Convert.ToInt16((other as AppointmentBase).Category.CategoryName);
            }
            base.CopyFrom(other);
        }

 
Anyone have any ideas?

[Yana]

Hello ryan,

I've attached a simple example to show you how to implement validation in EditAppointmentDialog. You can add your custom validation logic in RadButton_Click event handler. Please download the attachment and examine it. 

Kind regards,
Yana
the Telerik team

[ryan]

so in order to do any validation on appointments I have to use a custom edit template? 

[Yana]

Hi ryan,

Currently this is the only way to validate the appointments.  We are working on some built-in validation, most probably this feature will be available in Q2.

All the best,
Yana
the Telerik team