[Solved] MVC3 DatePickerFor How To Disable Specific Dates on Calendar

[Dee]

How do you implement the "@(Html.Telerik().DatePickerFor" control and disable specific dates so the user doesn't select it from the calendar?

The model has a property called "RangeOfDueDates List<PaymentDueDate>" which I want to bind it to.  The PaymentDueDate object has 3 properties:  DueDate (DateTime), DueDateString (string) , EnableDate (bool). 

I want to somehow iterate through the dates in the telerik Date Picker control and disable the date if the EnableDate property in the list is set to false.

I have searched every where and saw a non-mvc3 solution to this problem and was wondering if I could create an Extension Method to do more or less the same thing as this:

 

protected void Calendar_OnDayRender(object sender, Telerik.WebControls.Base.Calendar.Events.DayRenderEventArgs e)
   {
       // modify the cell rendered content for the days we want to be disabled (e.g. every Saturday and Sunday)
       if (e.Day.Date.DayOfWeek == DayOfWeek.Saturday || e.Day.Date.DayOfWeek == DayOfWeek.Sunday)
       {
           // if you are using the skin bundled as a webresource("Default"), the Skin property returns empty string
           string calendarSkin = RadDatePicker1.Calendar.Skin != "" ? RadDatePicker1.Calendar.Skin : "Default";
           string otherMonthCssClass = String.Format("otherMonth_{0}", calendarSkin);

           // clear the default cell content (anchor tag) as we need to disable the hover effect for this cell
           e.Cell.Text = "";
           e.Cell.CssClass = otherMonthCssClass; //set new CssClass for the disabled calendar day cells (e.g. look like other month days here)

           // render a span element with the processed calendar day number instead of the removed anchor -- necessary for the calendar skinning mechanism
           Label label = new Label();
           label.Text = e.Day.Date.Day.ToString();
           e.Cell.Controls.Add(label);

           // disable the selection for the specific day
           RadCalendarDay calendarDay = new RadCalendarDay();
           calendarDay.Date = e.Day.Date;
           calendarDay.IsSelectable = false;
           calendarDay.ItemStyle.CssClass = otherMonthCssClass;
           RadDatePicker1.Calendar.SpecialDays.Add(calendarDay);
       }
   }