Interactive Mode -vs- Preview

[Reid]

I have a RadCalendar that is showing read only dates highlighted for events on the calendar.  I have it set to Preview presentationtype.  This works fine for the dates being static with no interaction, but the user cannot navigate in this mode.

Can someone suggest how to control this?

Thanks

[Shinu]

Hi Ried,

Normally it is possible to navigate to other months evenif you set the PresentationType to Preview or Interactive. So if you want to prevent this feature, you can attach the below JavaScript with OnCalendarViewChanging event of RadCalendar.

JavaScript:

<script type="text/javascript">
function OnCalendarViewChanging(sender, args)
{
    args.set_cancel(true);
}
</script>

Thanks,
Shinu.

[Reid]

Hello Shinu,

Thanks for the reply.  I added this code to an external .js file and added the function name to the grid's client side event property OnCalendarViewChanging.  I can confirm that the JS is being called via a breakpoint but the navigation never works.


This is a 3 "Layout_7columns_x_6rows" layout btw..  I just switched it to Interactive and the navigation is *still* not taking place.  So I would ask, if the calendar is set to the layout above will it allow navigation?

[Pavel]

Hello Reid,

The code that Shinu suggested is for preventing navigation on the client and if I understand you correctly you want to enable it.
In this case If you have set either MultiViewRows or MultiViewColumns property to more than "1" you need to set the AutoPostBack property of the Calendar to "true" in order to enable navigation. This is explained in this help article.
 
I hope this helps.

Greetings,
Pavel
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[Reid]

Thank you Pavel and Shinu, I have a better understanding now and it is working fine.