Hello all,
This is more of a question of possibilities (meaning ... can I do _____ with RadScheduler?) I am not necessarily looking for a solution yet, just some good advice as I am just starting to design/develop this new feature. We are currently using Planner.Net (mindfusion.eu) for our scheduling control, but since the rest of our app is based on Telerik Controls, I was thinking of using just one component vendor.
Grouping
I need to be able to group by one of three unique fields. We can call these fields "Contact Person", "Location", or "Resource". Now I see I define my own resources to add to the collection and can group by resources. But am I able to group by other fields as well (even if I have to write some funky code)?
Custom Appointment Types
Say I have three different appointment types. The standard appointment, an appointment type that contains contact/organizer person details (name, phone number, email address), and an appointment that contains contact information for a contact person and a guest-speaker. I need to store this data in unique database fields and am unable to just put all the information in the event details. If coded properly, can the scheduler display all three appointment types and bring up the appropriate dialogs as needed?
Nested Appointments (*just a wish*)
Is there a way to nest appointments? The example would be something like ...
On Friday, 3 September, Prof. Jones has office hours from 8am to 4pm (this is the "main" appointment).
Student Stephanie has booked a meeting to discuss _____ from 8:30 to 9:30 and TA Smith has scheduled a meeting to go over midterm exams from 10:00 to 12:00. I know that I can schedule three appointments which would show an appointment scheduled for the professor, and then the two additional appointments. What I would like to display is the "blocked" time for the prof as one appointment with the other two appointments scheduled "within" that blocked time. Is there any possibility for this?
This is for a WinForms application (using DotNet 3.5 for the UI and DotNet 4.0 for the data layer). If this is possible say using the web or WPF controls ... and I AM ABLE host them within a WinForm application then I am willing to use some funky coding techniques to get this type of functionality to be possible.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions/advice!
Alon
This is more of a question of possibilities (meaning ... can I do _____ with RadScheduler?) I am not necessarily looking for a solution yet, just some good advice as I am just starting to design/develop this new feature. We are currently using Planner.Net (mindfusion.eu) for our scheduling control, but since the rest of our app is based on Telerik Controls, I was thinking of using just one component vendor.
Grouping
I need to be able to group by one of three unique fields. We can call these fields "Contact Person", "Location", or "Resource". Now I see I define my own resources to add to the collection and can group by resources. But am I able to group by other fields as well (even if I have to write some funky code)?
Custom Appointment Types
Say I have three different appointment types. The standard appointment, an appointment type that contains contact/organizer person details (name, phone number, email address), and an appointment that contains contact information for a contact person and a guest-speaker. I need to store this data in unique database fields and am unable to just put all the information in the event details. If coded properly, can the scheduler display all three appointment types and bring up the appropriate dialogs as needed?
Nested Appointments (*just a wish*)
Is there a way to nest appointments? The example would be something like ...
On Friday, 3 September, Prof. Jones has office hours from 8am to 4pm (this is the "main" appointment).
Student Stephanie has booked a meeting to discuss _____ from 8:30 to 9:30 and TA Smith has scheduled a meeting to go over midterm exams from 10:00 to 12:00. I know that I can schedule three appointments which would show an appointment scheduled for the professor, and then the two additional appointments. What I would like to display is the "blocked" time for the prof as one appointment with the other two appointments scheduled "within" that blocked time. Is there any possibility for this?
This is for a WinForms application (using DotNet 3.5 for the UI and DotNet 4.0 for the data layer). If this is possible say using the web or WPF controls ... and I AM ABLE host them within a WinForm application then I am willing to use some funky coding techniques to get this type of functionality to be possible.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions/advice!
Alon