How to set an alarm/reminder on an Appointment

[OL]

Hello,

I'm using an instance of the Telerik.Web.UI.Appointment class and the RadScheduler.ExportToICalendar method to export as iCalendar.
I managed to set basics properties of my appointement:
                    Appointment objAppointment = new Appointment()
                            {
                                Subject = "TEST",
                                Start = datStart,
                                End = datStart.AddHours(2)
                            };
and to get the ics file which is readable by Outlook.
But I'd like to set some advanced properties like a reminder.
I've open an other ics which has a 2 days reminder and I can see the following code:
BEGIN:VALARM
TRIGGER:-PT2880M
ACTION:DISPLAY
DESCRIPTION:Reminder
END:VALARM

How can I produce something like that with the Appointment's members?

Thanks.

[Peter]

Hi OL,

Please, see the Reminder Overview topic. From code-behind you can add a reminder to the appointment object like this:
 
myAppointment.Reminders.Add(new Reminder(15));


Kind regards,
Peter
the Telerik team

[OL]

Thanks for answering but I haven't the Reminders collection on my Telerik.Web.UI.Appointment instance (I'm not using the RadControl).

[Peter]

Hello OL,

Please, make sure you are using the latest version - 2010.2.929.

Regards,
Peter
the Telerik team

[OL]

OK, thank you for the reply.
But too bad, I do not have that version.

[Kamen Bundev]

Hi,

If you are using RadControls for ASP.NET AJAX inside Sitefinity you will have to wait for them to release a new version/service pack with updated RadControls in it. If not - you can download Radcontrols Q2 2010 SP2 from your account.

Sincerely yours,
Kamen Bundev
the Telerik team

[dlewis]

The "Reminder Overview" link is dead.    http://www.telerik.com/help/aspnet-ajax/reminders-overview.html

[Veronica]

Hello dlewis,

We are aware of this issue.
We have made some changes to the database that holds the url-s for the online help. Until we fix this - please try to navigate to the desired link through the Tree on the left side of the help articles. Go to: RadControls -> RadScheduler -> Reminders -> Overview and you will be able to see the content of the help file.

Greetings,
Veronica Milcheva
the Telerik team

[Philip]

I am using entity frame work to pull my appointments in but I need to be able to set reminders on the appointments i have added the filed DataReminderField but obv i need to be able to set the remidner at the apointment creation side I am doing this through a custom booking form and its been requested I mimic the outlook reminder dialog which your component offers. So my main question is how do i write the valarm code through entity framework ?.

 

 

[Plamen]

Hi,

I have tested the issue at my side and it worked correctly with the latest version of the controls. I am attaching my test page. Please review it and let make now what else should be done to replicate the issue.

Regards,
Plamen
Telerik

[Philip]

Sorry but the code you supplied has no relavent code in code behind and no sign of you setting the reminder in the aspx file either I need to be able to set the VALRM string via code behind as in my orignal quesiton !

[Philip]

My Orignal question was  how do i generate the VLARM code as a string in complaince with the reminder dialog times !

[Philip]

I probally should elborate in my code im using ef5 to save out to the entities.

01.ApertureDal.Appointment _appointment = new ApertureDal.Appointment();
02.         tblApertureNetNotification _notification = new tblApertureNetNotification();
03.         tblApertureNetcustomDateTimePickerDatesProvder _dateToPickFrom = new tblApertureNetcustomDateTimePickerDatesProvder();
04.         Attachment attachment;
05.         string bodyMessage = _notification.body;
06.         int id = Convert.ToInt32(Request.QueryString["id"]);
07.
08.         _appointment = _dal.GetAppointMentByiD(id, "");
09.         _customRef = _dal.GetPrefix("Calendar").ToString();
10.
11.         if (txtRef.Text != "")
12.             _appointment.TimeCode = _customRef;
13.
14.         FormsIdentity _identity = (FormsIdentity)Context.User.Identity;
15.         _identity = (FormsIdentity)Context.User.Identity;
16.
17.         User _myuser = _dal.getUser(_identity.Name.ToString());
18.         string advisorName = _myuser.FirstName + " " + _myuser.LastName;
19.
20.         DateTime startDate = (!rdStarDate.SelectedDate.HasValue || rdStarDate.SelectedDate.Value == new DateTime(1900, 1, 1)) ? DateTime.Today : rdStarDate.SelectedDate.Value;
21.         DateTime endDate = (!rdEndDate.SelectedDate.HasValue || rdEndDate.SelectedDate.Value == new DateTime(1900, 1, 1)) ? DateTime.Today : rdEndDate.SelectedDate.Value;
22.         _appointment.TimeCode = _customRef;
23.
24.         _appointment.CustomerFirstName = txtFirstname.Text;
25.         _appointment.CustomerLastName = txtLastName.Text;
26.         _appointment.emailAddress = txtEmail.Text;
27.         _appointment.Address1 = txtCustomerAddress1.Text;
28.         _appointment.Address2 = txtCustomerAddress2.Text;
29.         _appointment.PostCode = txtpostCode.Text;
30.         _appointment.Start = startDate;
31.         _appointment.End = endDate;
32.         _appointment.Subject = "Occupied";
33.         _appointment.isDeleted = false;
34.         _appointment.notes = txtNotes.Text;
35.         _appointment.BookedDate = rdStarDate.SelectedDate;
36.         _appointment.preferedContactNumber = txtContactNum.Text;
37.         _appointment.mobileNumber = txtMobileNumber.Text;
38.         _appointment.authUserName = Environment.UserName;
39.         _appointment.authCreatedDate = DateTime.Now;
40.         _appointment.Duration = 60;
41.         ReminderData _rem = new ReminderData();
42.         _rem.TriggerMinutes = 30;
43.
44.         _appointment.Reminder = _rem.ToString();
45.
46.         DateTime _startDate = new DateTime();
47.         _startDate = rdStarDate.SelectedDate.Value;
48.         _appointment.Time = _startDate.TimeOfDay;
49.         _appointment.managerId = new Guid(rdManagers.SelectedItem.Value);
50.         _appointment.managerName = rdManagers.SelectedText;

So you see their i am trying to save the data using

ReminderData _rem = new ReminderData();

and _rem.ToString()

but what is saving in the db is just this

 

Telerik.Web.UI.ReminderData

 

While what i need to produce is the above vlarm code from what the user selects in the drop down?.

[Bozhidar]

Hi,

The ReminderData class is used for WebService binding purposes. If you need to programmatically create a reminder you need to use the Reminder class.

var reminder = new Reminder(15);
var remString = reminder.ToString();

Regards,
Bozhidar
Telerik

[Philip]

Boz that worked great so it did one more question is their a way to remove the open item button from the dialog as I am not using the built in form for this and also how do i update the reminder to reflect the snooze feature.

 

[Plamen]

Hello,

The same issue is already discussed here. In such case we recommend keeping the questions in one thread so we avoid duplicated posts and answers.


Regards,
Plamen
Telerik