Prepopulating RadScheduler with Data

[Royal]

I am looking to take some basic customer information (name, address, phone number) from a recordset and have it prepopulate a RadScheduler entry.

What would be the best way to achieve this?

Thanks

[Peter]

Custom attributes seem the most logical choice for this case. If you need to open the advanced form and prepopulate the fields there, you should use FormCreated as shown in this kb article:

http://www.telerik.com/support/kb/aspnet-ajax/scheduler/how-to-access-controls-in-the-advanced-form.aspx

For example:

<telerik:RadScheduler ID="RadScheduler1" runat="server"
        CustomAttributeNames="Annotations"
        EnableCustomAttributeEditing="true" ... >
* * *

protected void RadScheduler1_FormCreated(object sender, Telerik.Web.UI.SchedulerFormCreatedEventArgs e)
    {
        if (e.Container.Mode == SchedulerFormMode.AdvancedEdit || e.Container.Mode == SchedulerFormMode.AdvancedInsert)
        {
            TextBox attrAnnotationsTextbox = (TextBox)e.Container.FindControl("AttrAnnotations");
            attrAnnotationsTextbox.Text = "custom text prepopulated";
        }
    }
    //Or, if you do not need to display the advanced form, you can prepopulate the attributes in
    //AppointmentInsert
    protected void RadScheduler1_AppointmentInsert(object sender, SchedulerCancelEventArgs e)
    {
        e.Appointment.Attributes["Annotations"] = "custom text prepolutated in insert";
    }

If you want to prepopulate the fields without using the advanced form, then handle AppointmentInsert as shown above.


Kind regards,
Peter
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