I can't display a CheckBoxList for multivalued resources

[Rafael]

I am using a MVC Project using RadScheduler. My problems begins with the multi-valued resources. I use MultipleResourceValue parameter, but, in the advanced editing form, my resource appears as a DropDownList.

How can I change the DropDwonList for a CheckBoxList?

Thanks

[Veronica]

Hi Rafael,

In order to display multi-valued resources in the Advanced Form as a checkboxlist - you need to set the AllowMultipleValues property of the resources to "True" in the RadScheduler's DataBound event handler as shown in this demo:

protected void RadScheduler1_DataBound(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            RadScheduler1.ResourceTypes.FindByName("User").AllowMultipleValues = true;
            //RadScheduler1.ResourceTypes.FindByName("Room").AllowMultipleValues = false;
        }

Please let me know if this was helpful.

Kind regards,
Veronica Milcheva
the Telerik team

[Rafael]

Can I do this without code behind? I use a custom provider and I initialize the AllowMultipleValues to true in GetResource and GetResourceTypes methods . I remember that my proyect is MVC. I use that like in this example: http://www.telerik.com/help/aspnet-ajax/schedule_databindingimplementingaproviderthatsupportsmultivaluedresources.html

Thanks in advance :)

[Veronica]

Hello Rafael,

As you are using a provider to bind the RadScheduler please make sure that you have set the second parameter of the ResourceType constructor to "true" so that you indicate that the resource will be multi-valued:

public override IEnumerable<ResourceType> GetResourceTypes(RadScheduler owner)
{
  ResourceType[] resourceTypes = new ResourceType[2];
  resourceTypes[0] = new ResourceType("Teacher", false);
  resourceTypes[1] = new ResourceType("Student", true);
  return resourceTypes;
}

If this still doesn't helps could you please send me your project so I can inspect it and help you?

Thank you!

Best Regards,
Veronica Milcheva
the Telerik team

[Rafael]

Hello, I uploaded a simple proyect with my problem at http://dl.dropbox.com/u/362745/MultiValueTest.rar , I use a trial Telerik DLL in this example.

Thanks in advance :)

[Veronica]

Hello Rafael,

Thank you for the attached project.

It seems that we are having problems with setting the AllowMultipleValues property in the GetResources() method in Providers. We need to investigate this further.

For now as a workaround you can subscribe to the OnDataBound event of the RadScheduler and set the resources to be multi-valued in the handler:

<asp:Content ID="Content2" ContentPlaceHolderID="MainContent" runat="server">
    <script runat="server">
        protected void RadScheduler1_DataBound(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            RadScheduler1.ResourceTypes.FindByName("Student").AllowMultipleValues = true;
        }
    </script>
    <telerik:RadScheduler runat="server" ID="RadScheduler1" WebServiceSettings-Path="~/Services/AppointmentService.asmx"
        WebServiceSettings-ResourcePopulationMode="ServerSide" FirstDayOfWeek="Monday"
        OnDataBound="RadScheduler1_DataBound" LastDayOfWeek="Sunday" Skin="Forest" StartInsertingInAdvancedForm="true"
        StartEditingInAdvancedForm="true" EnableDescriptionField="true" MultiDayView-UserSelectable="true"
        ShowResourceHeaders="true" EnableAdvancedForm="true">
    </telerik:RadScheduler>
</asp:Content>

I am sending you the edited project back.

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Veronica Milcheva
the Telerik team