Binding the calendar to a data source

[Nigel Gentry]

Hello, I'm new to RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX so please forgive me if this is a simple question.

I am using the calendar in Multi-Month view and I have figured out how to get the calendar to dispaly in the fomat that I require.
I now need to bind the calendar to a SQL Server data source so that I can highlight certain dates that have events happening on them.

Can someone tell me how to do this or point me in the direction of a tutorial?

Many thanks in advance.

[Tsvetoslav]

Hello Nigel,

The calendar control cannot be bound to a data source object as it is not a data-bound control. However, you can manually retrieve the information you need from the database, then each date that according to your scenario requires special formatting or properties based on the database information you can add to the SpecialDays collection of the calendar.

You may also find the following online example helpful:
http://demos.telerik.com/aspnet-ajax/calendar/examples/programming/customdaycellrendering/defaultcs.aspx

I hope this helps.


Greetings,
Tsvetoslav
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[Nigel Gentry]

Hello Tsvetoslav,

Thanks for the reply, I will have a look at the online example.

Regards.