DayPilot - AJAX Calendar/Scheduling Controls for ASP.NET

Scheduler: Automatic Event Reloading (AutoRefresh)

2009-11-05T12:51:00.003-05:00

DayPilot Pro 5.8 will introduce an automatic event reloading (AutoRefresh) feature:

There are four new properties:

AutoRefreshEnabled (bool)
AutoRefreshInterval (int) - number of seconds between automatic reloads
AutoRefreshMaxCount (int) - maximum number of automatic reloads
AutoRefreshCommand (string) - a command value that will be passed to Command event when requesting a reload

There is a demo page available that refreshes the events every 10 seconds for 2 minutes (maximum 12 times):

http://www.daypilot.org/sandbox/Scheduler/AutoRefresh.aspx

You can download a preview in the sandbox (available since build 5.8.1919).

Tutorial: Calendar with SQL Server, UpdatePanel and ModalPopupExtender (ASP.NET, C#, VB.NET)

2009-09-07T03:24:00.003-04:00

A new tutorial for DayPilot Calendar is online:

Calendar Tutorial: SQL Server, UpdatePanel, ModalPopupExtender (ASP.NET, C#, VB.NET)

It shows a more advanced usage of the DayPilot Calendar control:

AJAX events (new, edit) open a modal popup using ModalPopupExtender
Data loaded from a Microsoft SQL Server database using SqlDataSource control
Event moving/resizing handled using fast internal CallBack
Date navigation using System.Web.UI.Calendar control

Source code is included (C# and VB.NET).

DayPilot 5.7 SP2 Released

2009-08-21T06:02:00.002-04:00

DayPilot Pro 5.7 SP2 (build 1890) was released on August 4, 2009.

It is a bug-fixing release.
Please check 5.7 SP2 release notes for details.

The sandbox, demo and trial download are updated. The customers will find a full version in the customer area.

DayPilot 5.7 Released (Including SP1)

2009-07-30T12:29:00.002-04:00

DayPilot Pro 5.7 (build 1863) was released on July 22, 2009.

New features:

Hiding Non-Business Hours for DayPilot Scheduler
Dynamic Event Rendering (DayPilot Scheduler)
Resource Header Click Event for DayPilot Scheduler
Context Menu for Resource Headers (DayPilot Scheduler)
SQL Server and ModalPopupExtender Tutorial (DayPilot Calendar)
Event Move/Resize Margin (DayPilot Scheduler)
CSS Style for Weekends (DayPilot Navigator)
Crosshair Color and Opacity (DayPilot Calendar)
Event Time Font (DayPilot Month)
CellBorderColor Property (DayPilot Scheduler)
EmptyBackColor Property (DayPilot Scheduler)
Loading Label Properties (DayPilot Scheduler)
Improved All-Day Events (DayPilot Calendar)
Separator Appearance Properties (DayPilot Scheduler)
Overnight Scheduling - DayBeginsHour (DayPilot Calendar)
StaticBubbleHTML (DayPilot Calendar)
Minor Improvement and Bug Fixes

Check the illustrated 5.7 release notes for a full feature list and more details.

See also changes introduced in DayPilot Pro 5.7 SP1 (July 30, 2009).

The sandbox, demo and trial download are updated. The customers will find a full version in the customer area.

Month: Customizable Event Time Font

2009-07-22T09:28:00.004-04:00

DayPilot Pro 5.7 will introduce an option to adjust event time font style in DayPilot Month.

Three new properties are available:

EventTimeFontFamily (default value "Tahoma")
EventTimeFontSize (default value "8pt")
EventTimeFontColor (default value "gray")

Navigator: Weekend Days Style

2009-07-22T08:52:00.003-04:00

DayPilot Pro 5.7 will introduce a CSS class for weekend days in DayPilot Navigator:

Old style:

New style:

The class suffix used for all-day events is "weekend".

See also:

DayPilot Navigator: CSS Class Styling (Documentation)

You can download a preview in the sandbox (available since build 5.7.1857).

Calendar: Improved All-Day Events

2009-07-22T08:30:00.004-04:00

DayPilot Pro 5.7 will introduce improved all-day event rendering in DayPilot Calendar:

Old style:

New style:

Improvements:

All-day events spanning several days are now rendered as a single rectangle.
All-day events can be styled using CSS classes.
Independent font properties:

AllDayEventFontColor
AllDayEventFontFamily
AllDayEventFontSize

The class suffix used for all-day events is "alldayevent".

See also:

DayPilot Calendar: CSS Class Styling (Documentation)

You can download a preview in the sandbox (available since build 5.7.1855).

Scheduler: Dynamic Event Rendering

2009-07-22T07:44:00.003-04:00

DayPilot Pro 5.7 will introduce a great event rendering speed impovement in DayPilot Scheduler:

Events are not rendered at once but progressively as a user scrolls.

The rendering time was the biggest problem when showing large data sets (hundreds of events), especially in Internet Explorer.

There is a new property that sets the rendering mode - DynamicEventRendering. Possible values:

Progressive (default)
Disabled

The events are still loaded from the server all at once (unlike in the Dynamic Scheduler where only the events for current viewport are loaded from the server).

There is a new demo page showing 900 events:

http://www.daypilot.org/sandbox/Scheduler/Large.aspx

You can download a preview in the sandbox (available since build 5.7.1854).

Scheduler: Adjusting Event Move/Resize Margin (Drag & Drop)

2009-07-22T05:55:00.003-04:00

DayPilot Pro 5.7 will introduce an option to specify the event move and event resize margins for DayPilot Scheduler events:

EventMoveMargin property:

EventResizeMargin property:

Both these margins determine the area where resize/move cursors are available for drag&drop AJAX operations.

You can download a preview in the sandbox (available since build 5.7.1853).

Scheduler: Hiding Non-Business Hours (Days)

2009-07-09T12:17:00.003-04:00

DayPilot Pro 5.7 will introduce an option to hide non-business hours and days in DayPilot Scheduler:

DayPilot Scheduler: Showing 9AM - 6PM

You can turn this feature on just by setting:

ShowNonBusiness="false"

This setup will hide:

Weekends (Saturday and Sunday)
Hours before BusinessBeginsHour (default 9) and after BusinessEndsHour (default 18)

DayPilot Scheduler: Showing Workdays Only

DayPilot Scheduler: Showing 9AM - 6PM (+Lunch Break 1PM - 2PM)

You can hide additional columns using BeforeTimeHeaderRender event handler:

    protected void DayPilotScheduler1_BeforeTimeHeaderRender(object sender,
   DayPilot.Web.Ui.Events.BeforeTimeHeaderRenderEventArgs e)
{
  // lunch break from 1PM to 2 PM
  if (!e.IsColGroup && e.Start.Hour == 13)
  {
      e.Visible = false;
  }
}

DayPilot Scheduler: Showing 9AM - 6PM (Lunch Break Highlighted)

Column hiding can be combined with cell highlighting. The lunch break can be highlighted instead using BeforeCellRender event handler:

    protected void DayPilotScheduler1_BeforeCellRender(object sender, DayPilot.Web.Ui.Events.BeforeCellRenderEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.Start.Hour == 13)
    {
        e.IsBusiness = false;
    }
}

Note that setting IsBusiness property in BeforeCellRender will not hide the column, but rather use the color specified for non-business hours (NonBusinessBackColor) for that cell.

You can download a preview in the sandbox (available since build 5.7.1834).

DayPilot 5.6 Released (Including SP1)

2009-06-26T02:26:00.003-04:00

DayPilot Pro 5.6 (build 1808) was released on June 10, 2009. Selected new features:

1. Scheduler Image Export (PNG, BMP, GIF, JPG)

DayPilot Scheduler control snapshot can be exported to common image formats (BMP, PNG, GIF, JPG).

2. Custom First Day of Week (WeekStarts)

All days of week are now supported in WeekStarts property (Scheduler, Month, Dynamic Scheduler, Navigator).

Check the illustrated 5.6 release notes for a full feature list and more details.

See also changes introduced in DayPilot Pro 5.6 SP1 (June 22, 2009).

The sandbox, demo and trial download are updated. The customers will find a full version in the customer area.

First Day of Week Support Improved

2009-06-06T07:24:00.002-04:00

DayPilot Pro 5.6 will extend the support for first day of week values (WeekStarts property).

Since build 5.6.1798, any day of week can be used for WeekStarts property. It's supported in the following controls:

You download the preview in the sandbox (available since build 5.6.1798).

Scheduler Export (PNG, BMP, GIF, JPG)

2009-06-01T15:30:00.005-04:00

DayPilot Pro 5.6 will introduce an image export feature for the Scheduler control.

It is possible to export the Scheduler into several image formats:

BMP
GIF
JPEG
PNG
TIFF

Some limitations apply:

The related CSS classes are ignored (CssClassPrefix)
It's not possible to use HTML in Before*Render events. You can detect the export by checking DayPilotScheduler.IsExport property and set e.InnerHTML to plain text during export.

Example

This example returns the current Scheduler view as PNG image (it forces the Open/Download dialog box by setting "content-disposition" HTTP header).

protected void ButtonExport_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
setDataSourceAndBind();

Response.Clear();
Response.ContentType = "image/png";
Response.AddHeader("content-disposition", "attachment;filename=print.png");
MemoryStream img = DayPilotScheduler1.Export(ImageFormat.Png);
img.WriteTo(Response.OutputStream);
Response.End();
}

This feature is already available for DayPilot Calendar: Image Export (BMP, PNG, GIF, JPG).

You can test it live in the sandbox (available since build 5.6.1792).

Tutorial: Using Scheduler for Hotel Room Booking (C#, VB.NET)

2009-05-18T15:00:00.005-04:00

A new tutorial for DayPilot Scheduler is online:

Scheduler: Hotel Room Booking Tutorial (C#, VB.NET)

It shows more advanced usage of the Scheduler:

Colors indicating the reservation phase
Rules for reservation updates (overlap forbidden, past reservations)
Filter for visible rooms (based on drop-down)
Modal dialog for event creating and editing
Flash notification about user action result

Source code is included (C# and VB.NET).

You can test it online as well.

DayPilot 5.5 Released (Including SP1)

2009-05-15T16:06:00.002-04:00

DayPilot Pro 5.5 (build 1773) was released on May 13, 2009. Selected new features:

1. CSS themes (DayPilot Calendar, DayPilot Scheduler, DayPilot Month)

2. Crosshair (DayPilot Scheduler)

3. Transparent move/resize shadow (DayPilot Calendar, DayPilot Scheduler)

Check the illustrated 5.5 release notes for a full feature list and more details.

See also changes introduced in DayPilot Pro 5.5 SP1 (May 15, 2009).

The sandbox, demo and trial download are updated. The customers will find a full version in the customer area.

DayPilot Lite for ASP.NET MVC

2009-05-13T11:46:00.002-04:00

Craig Stuntz has adapted DayPilot Calendar Lite for use with ASP.NET MVC framework:

http://blogs.teamb.com/craigstuntz/2009/05/12/38297/

A sample project is included.

Nice work, Craig!

Maximum Scheduler Height

2009-05-12T16:07:00.004-04:00

In addition to the existing height specification modes, the DayPilot Scheduler now offers a new option.

Existing Scheduler height modes (HeightSpec property):

Auto (the height will be determined by row heights, no scrollbar is added)
Fixed (the Height property value will be used, scrollbar is added when necessary)

New height mode:

Max (the height will grow as in Auto mode up to the value specified in Height property; than the height will be fixed and scrollbar added)

Example: Scheduler maximum height set to 250 pixels

1) Tree collapsed

Height adjusted, no vertical scrollbar.

2) Tree expanded

Height set to 250 pixels, vertical scrollbar visible.

This feature will be available in the DayPilot Pro 5.5 release.

Improved Scheduler Crosshair

2009-05-12T15:51:00.002-04:00

The crosshair for DayPilot Scheduler introduced in build 5.5.1759 is now even better. There are two modes available:

Full Crosshair (Crosshair="Full")

This mode shows a full crosshair, highlighting the current row and column.

Full Crosshair (Crosshair="Header")

This is a more decent mode, highlighting only the headers.

You can test it live in the sandbox (available since build 5.5.1765).

Scheduler Row Height Adjustment

2009-05-11T04:38:00.002-04:00

By default, the row height in DayPilot Scheduler is determined by the EventHeight property and the maximum number of overlapping events in the row. That means that when you add new concurrent events the height will increase automatically.

Single Event

Two Overlapping Events

Adding a Free Space (RowMarginBottom)

DayPilot Pro 5.3 introduced a new property for adding a free space below the events: RowMarginBottom.

Minimum Row Height (RowMinHeight)

DayPilot Pro 5.5 will introduce another property that will allow to specify the minimum row height: RowMinHeight.

RowMinHeight is available since build 5.5.1761 (see the sandbox).

Crosshair for DayPilot Scheduler

2009-05-07T06:17:00.002-04:00

DayPilot Pro 5.5 will introduce a new optional hover crosshair for the Scheduler control.

DayPilot Scheduler Crosshair

The current pre-release build uses a property CrosshairEnabled with a default value set to "true" (this may change in the final release).

You can test it live in the sandbox (available since build 5.5.1759).

DayPilot Pro Scheduler Tutorial (C# and VB.NET)

2009-05-05T17:51:00.001-04:00

A new tutorial for the Scheduler control from DayPilot Pro package is available:

Both C# and VB.NET code
One web page
Year view, 1 cell = 1 day
Connected to an SQLite database
Event moving enabled (drag&drop)
Resources loaded from a database

Transparent Event Move/Resize Indicator

2009-05-05T08:03:00.002-04:00

DayPilot Pro 5.5 will introduce a new event move/resize indicator ("shadow").

Old style (Shadow="Outline")

New style (Shadow="Fill")

The new shadow style is now default (Shadow="Fill").

You can test it live in the sandbox (available since build 5.5.1751). It's already implemented for the Calendar and for the Scheduler.

DayPilot Pro Calendar Tutorial (C# and VB.NET)

2009-04-24T03:21:00.002-04:00

A new tutorial for the Calendar control from DayPilot Pro package is available:

Both C# and VB.NET code
One web page
Week view calendar
Connected to an SQLite database
Event moving enabled (drag&drop)

DayPilot Calendar Themes

2009-04-20T12:01:00.005-04:00

I've been experimenting with improving DayPilot Pro look, especially making it more 3D and adding visual effects (DayPilot Calendar can already show events with rounded corners since 5.3 release).

The result is an easy way to switch themes using CSS:

Default Look

"Silver" Theme

"Bronze" Theme

Switching a theme is easy, just specify the CssClassPrefix that points to a theme:

CssClassPrefix="calendar_silver_"

CssClassPrefix="calendar_bronze_"

All required styles are defined in demo.css style sheet.

To make it possible the single "header" class that covered all header areas is now split into five classes:

corner
colheader
cornerright
alldayheader
rowheader

DayPilot Calendar Header CSS Classes

You can check the new look live in the sandbox. It will be a part of 5.5 release.

DayPilot 5.4 released (including SP1)

2009-03-30T11:07:00.003-04:00

DayPilot Pro 5.4 (build 1718) was released on March 23, 2009. New features:

1. Multiple columns in resource headers (DayPilot Scheduler)

2. Dynamic loading of Resource children (DayPilot Scheduler)

Check the illustrated 5.4 release notes for a full feature list and more details.

See also changes introduced in DayPilot Pro 5.4 SP1 (March 30, 2009).

The sandbox, demo and trial download are updated. The customers will find a full version in the customer area.