# Customize Appointment Backgrounds and Statuses in RadScheduler

## Environment

| Product Version | Product                   | Author                                                                          |
| --------------- | ------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 2019.1.219      | RadScheduler for WinForms | [Desislava Yordanova](https://www.telerik.com/blogs/author/desislava-yordanova) |

## Description

**RadScheduler** offers a predefined list of available statuses and backgrounds for its appointments. They are stored in the **Statuses** and **Backgrounds** collections respectively:

![customize-appointment-backgrounds-and-statuses001](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/assets/55151b1620238c58f982b6673d5f5d7b/customize-appointment-backgrounds-and-statuses001.png)

However, if none of the available options is suitable for your specific scenario, you can add your custom status or background.

## Solution

### Adding a custom status

It is necessary to define a new **AppointmentStatusInfo** instance and specify the status' ID, display name and colors.

![customize-appointment-backgrounds-and-statuses002](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/assets/aed449436eb9dbc750b6bfa6be951fe2/customize-appointment-backgrounds-and-statuses002.png)

#### Define a custom AppointmentStatusInfo

```C#

AppointmentStatusInfo myStatus = new AppointmentStatusInfo(100, "InProduction", Color.Red, Color.White, AppointmentStatusFillType.Hatch);
this.radScheduler1.Statuses.Add(myStatus);
Appointment myEvent = new Appointment(DateTime.Now, TimeSpan.FromHours(3), "Business Lunch");
myEvent.StatusId = 100;  
this.radScheduler1.Appointments.Add(myEvent);      
       
```

```VB.NET
Dim myStatus As AppointmentStatusInfo = New AppointmentStatusInfo(100, "InProduction", Color.Red, Color.White, AppointmentStatusFillType.Hatch)
Me.RadScheduler1.Statuses.Add(myStatus)
Dim myEvent As Appointment = New Appointment(DateTime.Now, TimeSpan.FromHours(3), "Business Lunch")
myEvent.StatusId = 100
Me.RadScheduler1.Appointments.Add(myEvent)   
    
```

### Adding a custom background

It is necessary to define a new **AppointmentBackgroundInfo** instance and specify the background's ID, display name and colors.

![customize-appointment-backgrounds-and-statuses003](https://www.telerik.com/products/winforms/documentation/assets/c70d556bf25d7a3f796531ab0208f811/customize-appointment-backgrounds-and-statuses003.png)

#### Define a custom AppointmentBackgroundInfo

```C#

AppointmentBackgroundInfo myBackground = new AppointmentBackgroundInfo(12, "My background", Color.Cyan, Color.Fuchsia);
this.radScheduler1.Backgrounds.Add(myBackground);
Appointment myEvent = new Appointment(DateTime.Now, TimeSpan.FromHours(3), "Business Lunch");
myEvent.BackgroundId = 12;
this.radScheduler1.Appointments.Add(myEvent); 
     
       
```

```VB.NET
Dim myBackground As AppointmentBackgroundInfo = New AppointmentBackgroundInfo(12, "My background", Color.Cyan, Color.Fuchsia)
Me.radScheduler1.Backgrounds.Add(myBackground)
Dim myEvent As Appointment = New Appointment(DateTime.Now, TimeSpan.FromHours(3), "Business Lunch")
myEvent.BackgroundId = 12
Me.radScheduler1.Appointments.Add(myEvent)
    
```