Set custom Advanced Form from code-behind

[Joe Buckle]

Good day!

A requirement in my project is to dynamically create schedulers. I'm already able to achieve that, but I also want to customize the AdvancedInsertTemplate/AdvancedEditTemplate. How do I do this from code-behind, since I'm creating a scheduler from code-behind too?

Thank you very much.

[Peter]

Hello Joe,

Similarly to this kb article, you can add AdvancedInsert or AdvancedEdit template dynamically like this:

public partial class Default13 : System.Web.UI.Page
{
    protected void Page_Init(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {

        RadScheduler1.AdvancedInsertTemplate = new AppInsertTemplate ();

    }

}

public class AppInsertTemplate : IBindableTemplate
{
    #region IBindableTemplate Members

    public System.Collections.Specialized.IOrderedDictionary ExtractValues(Control container)
    {
        throw new NotImplementedException();
    }
    #endregion

    #region ITemplate Members

    public void InstantiateIn(Control container)
    {
        RadTextBox subject = new RadTextBox();
        subject.Text = "test";
        container.Controls.Add(subject);
    }
    #endregion
}

The above code is just a simple example which shows how to add RadTextBox to the advanced form. For adding more functionality, I suggest you refer to the source code of the AdvancedTemplate, AdvancedInsertTemplate and AdvancedEditTemplate classes which I have attached for reference.  


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[Joe Buckle]

Thank you very much. I tried this approach, but when I click in the scheduler, no form appears. Why is this so?

[Peter]

Hello Joe,

You need to double click on a time slot or an appointment. With default settings, this will cause the inline insert or edit form to show up. Then you need to click on the "options" link to open the advanced insert or edit form. If you want to open the advanced form directly, you need to the following RadScheduler's properties:

StartInsertingInAdvancedForm="true"
StartEditingInAdvancedForm="true"


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[Joe Buckle]

Good day!

Yes, I have set StartInsertingInAdvancedForm="true" and StartEditingInAdvancedForm="true", and also double-clicking, but nothing appears. Without setting a custom form/template, the default form/template shows.

Thanks.

[Peter]

Hi Joe,

Probably, you are using the modal popup form (<AdvancedForm Modal="true" />). If that's the case, please see this help topic:
http://www.telerik.com/help/aspnet-ajax/scheduler-custom-modal-advanced-template.html

You need to implement the html provided in the above article in your dynamic template. I suggest you first experiment with the code declaratively to just to check what result it will yield.


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[Joe Buckle]

Thank you very much. I got part of this working. :)
But from the IBindableTemplate, how would I be able to know if the mode is Insert or Edit?

[Joe Buckle]

I got this figured out. Thanks. :)

[Nina]

Yes, but is there a way to open the advanced form in behindcode, without relying on the double-click in RadScheduler?  I'm trying to trigger the advanced form opening based on a contextmenu click...

[Peter]

Hi Nina ,

You can use the following server-side methods:

RadScheduler1.ShowAdvancedEditForm()
RadScheduler1.ShowAdvancedInsertForm()


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Peter
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[Amit]

Hi Telerik Team,

I am facing a problem while using advance insert template. I need to change the back color of appointments. That will be done using a status field which is in database. There are three status flags.

1. Approve
2. Pending
3. Reject

    
For each status I need to show the back-ground color of appointments.

Initailly the color will be orange that indicates 'Pending' Status.

After approval, that will affect in databse & the appointment back color will be changed from Orange to Green, that indicates 'Approved' Status.

And after rejection, the appointments back color will be shown in Red Color which will also reflect into the databse (i.e. 'Rejected' Status).

So is it possible in case of using AdvanceInsert Template.?

As i have referred many examples & it is shown using appointment_databound().

But as I am using advance isnert template, I need to use the property which are form_creating, form_created & radscheduler_command property. So where should i write the code for diffrent appointment according to their status.

please revert as soon as possible.

Thanks & Regards
Amit Thakkar

[Peter]

Hello Amit,

You can use custom attributes to store the color of the appointment. Such an approach is used in the Advanced Templates demo which you can use for reference.


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Peter
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