Possible to use without databinding?

[Simon]

I'd like to use the scheduler without databinding by setting it up using Javascript. Is this possible?

[Veronica]

Hi Simon,

RadScheduler requires some sort of data binding so that it can store and retrieve the information it displays about appointments. At a minimum, the data for the scheduler must include for each appointment a Subject, a Start time, and an End time. 

You can bind the scheduler to either a standard ASP.NET data source control, or to a custom provider. There are three ways of binding RadScheduler to its data:

• Using ASP.NET 2.0 declarative data source controls.
• Using the DataSource property.
• Using a Data Provider.

 Please take a look at this help topic for more information.

Kind regards,
Veronica Milcheva
the Telerik team

[Peter]

Hi Simon,

You can also consider binding RadScheduler to a Web Service as shown in this demo.


Best wishes,
Peter
the Telerik team

[Simon]

Hi there, I managed to do this. However I can't get the description to appear as part of an appointment.

I tried various things and in the end I simply tried to render it myself like this using the ClientAppointmentCreated event:

function clientAppointmentCreated(o, e) {

    var apt = e.get_appointment();

    $(apt.get_element()).find(".rsAptContent").html("<div class='rsAptContentTitle'>" + apt._subject + "</div><div class='rsAptContentContent'>" + apt._description + "</div>");

}

Problem is, the box it goes into does not increase in size to accomodate the contents, there is only room for one line of text. Is there a better solution? I was kind of worried this was related to using a webservice.

My control code is:

<telerik:RadScheduler ID="radScheduler" runat="server" Height=""
 HoursPanelTimeFormat="htt" ValidationGroup="RadScheduler1"
 onresourcespopulating="radScheduler_ResourcesPopulating" ReadOnly="true"
 AppointmentStyleMode="Default" EnableDescriptionField="true"
 OnClientAppointmentCreated="clientAppointmentCreated"
 >

 <WebServiceSettings Path="../WebServices/MyService.asmx" ResourcePopulationMode="ServerSide" />

</telerik:RadScheduler>

Thanks

[Veronica]

Hi Simon,

The easier way to show Description under Appointment subject is by using AppointmentTemplate as in this demo:

<AppointmentTemplate>
    <div>
    <%# Eval("Subject") %></div>
    <div style="font-style: italic;">
    <%# Eval("Description") %></div>
</AppointmentTemplate>

Hope this helps.

Best wishes,
Veronica Milcheva
the Telerik team