[Solved] Force choosing a resource

[Dean]

I am new to Telerik and am working on a project using RadScheduler. I am trying to find a way to force the user to choose a resource when creating or editing an appointment (set a default resource to be displayed in the dropdown and eliminate "-" as an option in the dropdown list, but still allow user to change resource). Any suggestions on how to accomplish this?

Thanks,
Dean

[Peter]

Hello Dean,

Here is an example how to do this:

<ResourceTypes>
            <telerik:ResourceType DataSourceID="SqlDataSource2" ForeignKeyField="RoomID"
                KeyField="ID" Name="Rooms" TextField="RoomName" />
        </ResourceTypes>

protected void RadScheduler1_FormCreated(object sender, Telerik.Web.UI.SchedulerFormCreatedEventArgs e)
    {
        if (e.Container.Mode == Telerik.Web.UI.SchedulerFormMode.AdvancedEdit ||
            e.Container.Mode == Telerik.Web.UI.SchedulerFormMode.AdvancedInsert)
        {
            Control c1 = (Control)e.Container.FindControl("_advancedControlsPanel");
            Control ResourceControlContainer = (Control)c1.FindControl("ResourceControls");
            DropDownList resourceDropDown = (DropDownList)ResourceControlContainer.FindControl("Rooms");
            resourceDropDown.Items.RemoveAt(0);
        }
    }

Let us know if you have further questions.


Best wishes,
Peter
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[Dean]

Yes!! Works great! Thank you!

[HHalim]

For the benefit of anyone else, I got an error from posted code above, so a small correction below.

Replace this line of code:

Control c1 = (Control)e.Container.FindControl("_advancedControlsPanel");

With this instead:

Control c1 = (Control)e.Container.FindControl("AdvancedControlsPanel");

It really works now.

[Peter]

Hello Hart,

Thanks for mentioning this. What happened is that in an older version of RadScheduler, the controls in the advanced form were mispelled with one addition underscore "_" in front of their names. So, with later versions you are right that you need to reference the controls from code-behind using your suggestion.


Greetings,
Peter
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