DayPilot - AJAX Calendar/Scheduling Controls for ASP.NET

DayPilot News (September 2012)

2012-09-06T13:41:00.000-04:00

New Releases

DayPilot Lite for ASP.NET WebForms 3.1 SP2 [open-source] August 6, 2012

A bug fixing release: Visual Studio 2008 solution fixed.

DayPilot Pro for ASP.NET WebForms 6.9 SP3 August 26, 2012

A bug fixing release: Chrome compatibility improved.

Full Calendar/Scheduler/Month CSS Styling Support Preview

2012-08-24T06:02:00.003-04:00

The upcoming DayPilot Pro for ASP.NET WebForms 7.0 will introduce full CSS styling support. It will be possible to style all elements using CSS classes. So far, the CSS support was limited due to backwards compatibility.

This feature will also be available in the DayPilot MVC edition (DayPilot Pro for ASP.NET MVC 1.6) and DayPilot Java edition (DayPilot Pro for Java 1.3).

Preview (Sandbox)

The testing theme uses CSS3 (gradients and shadows) and is best viewed with Firefox or Chrome.

Full DayPilot Calendar CSS Styling Support [live demo]

Full DayPilot Scheduler CSS Styling Support [live demo]

Full DayPilot Month CSS Styling Support [live demo]

You can switch to the pure CSS mode using CssOnly = true. This mode is supported in all controls:

DayPilot News (August 2012)

2012-08-06T13:24:00.002-04:00

New Releases

DayPilot Lite for ASP.NET MVC 1.0 SP1 [open-source] July 5, 2012

A bug fixing release: Event moving and resizing was not working in IE7 and IE8.

New Tutorials

Shift Scheduling Tutorial (ASP.NET, SQL Server, C#, VB.NET) July 10, 2012

This tutorial shows how to build a simple shift scheduling application in ASP.NET. It allows assigning people to locations. It supports dynamic conflict detection (multiple concurrent assignments for a single person) and recurring assignments. Full C# and VB.NET source code is available. The sample project includes DayPilot Pro for ASP.NET WebForms trial version.

Tutorial Text (including Visual Studio Project download)
Live Demo

New KB Articles

How to Record Network Activity using IE Developer Tools July 31, 2012

DayPilot News (July 2012)

2012-07-03T05:13:00.000-04:00

New Releases

DayPilot Lite for ASP.NET WebForms 3.1 [open-source] June 8, 2012

This release of the open-source DayPilot Lite package brings a possibility to show custom event colors (including duration bar and HTML customization). The API is unified with the Pro version - now you can upgrade by just replacing the DLL.

DayPilot Lite for ASP.NET WebForms 3.1 SP1 [open-source] June 11, 2012

This release of the open-source DayPilot Lite package fixes an issue related to acessing the original event data object in BeforeEventRender event.

DayPilot Pro for ASP.NET WebForms 6.9 June 14, 2012

The Scheduler control now supports custom time header groups. Multiple time header groups are supported. You can group time cells by month, week, and day or using other group combinations.

DayPilot Lite for ASP.NET MVC 1.0 [open-source] June 15, 2012

This is the first open-source release of the DayPilot for ASP.NET MVC control. It supports day/week/work week view, Google-like calendar theme, and AJAX drag & drop operations (event creating, moving, and resizing). See also the tutorial: How to show an event calendar in ASP.NET MVC 3 Razor.

DayPilot Pro for ASP.NET WebForms 6.9 SP1 June 27, 2012

A bug-fixing release. ClientState and AfterRender improvements.

DayPilot Pro for ASP.NET WebForms 6.9 SP2 June 28, 2012

Fixes event moving and resizing in IE8 and previous IE versions.

New KB Articles

How to show an event calendar in ASP.NET MVC 3 Razor June 6, 2012
How to show a calendar event Bubble using JavaScript June 11, 2012
How to force the modal dialog to load its content from the server (instead of the cached version) June 11, 2012
How to show calendar events with custom background color in DayPilot Lite [open-source] June 11, 2012
How to upgrade from DayPilot Lite 3.0 to 3.1 [open-source] June 11, 2012
How to run DayPilot Lite demo with .NET Framework 2.0 [open-source] June 12, 2012
How to load Scheduler resource tree from a database (SQL Server) June 12, 2012
JavaScript error: "dps" is undefined June 13, 2012

DayPilot Lite for ASP.NET WebForms 3.1 [Open-Source] Released

2012-06-08T07:24:00.005-04:00

DayPilot Lite for ASP.NET WebForms 3.1 [open-source] was released on June 8, 2012.

The main new feature is the ability to customize individual events:

HTML
background color
duration bar color

Example:

protected void DayPilotScheduler1_BeforeEventRender(object sender, BeforeEventRenderEventArgs e)
{
  if (e.Value == "1")
  {
    e.DurationBarColor = "red";
    e.BackgroundColor = "white";
  }
}

The API has been changed in order to get full compatibility with DayPilot Pro.

Release notes:

DayPilot Lite for ASP.NET WebForms 3.1

Download:

Download

DayPilot News (June 2012)

2012-06-06T14:15:00.001-04:00

New releases

DayPilot Pro for ASP.NET WebForms 6.8

This release introduces an optimized Notify Event Model. This event model supports fast client-side updates without the need to reload scheduler event data from the server. The server is notified after the change is completed.

DayPilot Pro for ASP.NET WebForms 6.8 SP1

This service pack allows writing custom HTML to backgroung time cells in the calendar and month controls.

DayPilot Pro for ASP.NET MVC 1.5

The latest ASP.NET MVC release brings the possibility to show multiple header levels in the scheduler.

DayPilot Pro for Java 1.2

The latest DayPilot Pro for Java release uses the latest core libraries and includes many bug fixes.

New KB articles

How to show a confirmation dialog before deleting an event (Calendar) May 28, 2012
DayPilot and reset.css May 25, 2012
DayPilot Calendar control doesn't show any events May 25, 2012
How to add an event to the scheduler on the client side (JavaScript) May 24, 2012
How to update a GridView after an AJAX callback update of the main calendar control May 22, 2012
Writing PNG to Response.OutputStream - System.Runtime.InteropServices.ExternalException: A generic error occurred in GDI+. May 22, 2012
How to add a header to the exported calendar image (PNG) May 22, 2012
How to implement fast AJAX event filtering in the calendar May 17, 2012
How to use clientState property May 17, 2012
DayPilot and ViewState May 16, 2012
How to redirect the user to another page after clicking a calendar event May 15, 2012
How to show cell Bubble using JavaScript May 15, 2012
How to open an event edit dialog from a context menu (Calendar) May 15, 2012
How to create an event handler in ASP.NET Web Forms May 14, 2012
How to show a modal dialog in ASP.NET MVC 3 Razor May 10, 2012

Tutorial: DayPilot Scheduler and MVC 3 Razor

2011-11-22T07:11:00.004-05:00

A new tutorial on using DayPilot Pro for MVC with the new MVC 3 Razor view engine is available:

MVC 3 Razor Scheduler and SQL Server Tutorial (C# and VB.NET)

Features:

Sample project available for download
Shows the Scheduler control in a year view (showing multiple resources side by side)
Includes DayPilot Pro for MVC trial DLL
Loads data from SQL Server
C# and VB.NET source code of the demo project

DayPilot Pro for ASP.NET MVC 1.2 SP1 Released

2011-09-27T02:42:00.001-04:00

DayPilot Pro for ASP.NET MVC 1.2 SP1 (build 1.2.5350) was released on September 16, 2011.

Bug fixes

[Scheduler] Access to e.Tag fixed. (build 5349)
[Scheduler] Custom context menu fixed (OnBeforeEventRender). (build 5350)
[Scheduler] TimeRangeSelected firing after event resize - fixed. (build 5350)

See also the 1.2 SP1 release notes for a full feature list and more details.
The sandbox, demo and trial download are updated. The customers will find a full version in the customer area.

DayPilot Pro for ASP.NET 6.5 released (including SP1)

2011-09-16T14:28:00.000-04:00

DayPilot Pro for ASP.NET 6.5 (build 6.5.2324) was released on August 16, 2011.

New features:

Notify Event Model (Scheduler)
Custom HTML for background time cells (Scheduler)
Custom day start and end (Calendar)
StaticBubbleHTML (Month)
ExportBitmap() method (Calendar, Scheduler, Month)
Autorefresh (Month)
Vertical autoscroll (Scheduler)
Autoscroll active only during drag&drop (Scheduler)
Client-side event manipulation API (Scheduler)
Icons for context menu items

Check the 6.5 release notes for a full feature list and more details.

On September 9, 2011, DayPilot Pro for ASP.NET 6.5 SP1 was released.

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

Tutorial: DayPilot and MVC 3 Razor

2011-09-09T10:09:00.000-04:00

A new tutorial on using DayPilot Pro for MVC with the new MVC 3 Razor view engine is available:

MVC 3 Razor Calendar and SQL Server Tutorial (C# and VB.NET)

Features:

Sample project available for download
Shows the Calendar control in day view
Includes DayPilot Pro for MVC trial DLL
Loads data from SQL Server
C# and VB.NET source code of the demo project

DayPilot Pro for ASP.NET MVC 1.2

2011-09-09T10:04:00.000-04:00

DayPilot Pro for ASP.NET MVC 1.2 (build 1.2.5348) was released on September 9, 2011.

Features

Improved CSS theming support
Simplified installation (see Installation Instructions)
Solution files for Visual Studio 2008 and 2010
MVC 3 Razor support

Check the 1.2 release notes for a full feature list and more details.
The sandbox, demo and trial download are updated. The customers will find a full version in the customer area.

DayPilot Pro for Java 1.1

2011-06-07T11:23:00.000-04:00

DayPilot Pro for Java 1.1 was released on May 25, 2011.

What's new

Many small improvements ported from DayPilot Pro for ASP.NET
The Demo now shows many features (the source code can be used to see how to implement them)

See the release notes for a full list of changes.

You can download an updated trial version. The customers will find the new version in the customer area.

Tutorial: DayPilot Monthly Calendar for MVC and SQL Server (C# and VB.NET)

2011-05-10T05:42:00.000-04:00

A new tutorial for DayPilot Pro for ASP.NET MVC is available:

Tutorial: Monthly Calendar and SQL Server (C# and VB.NET)

It shows how to use the Monthly MVC Calendar in connection with an SQL Server.

Features:

Sample source code in both C# and VB.NET
Visual Studio 2010 project
Sample SQL Express database
Includes a trial version of DayPilot Pro for ASP.NET MVC 1.0
Drag & drop AJAX event creating
Drag & drop AJAX event moving
Drag & drop AJAX event resizing
Context menu

Implementing these features required less than 100 lines of code (excluding the data access helper).

A sample view (C#):

<%@ Page Language="C#" MasterPageFile="~/Views/Shared/Site.Master" Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewPage" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="DayPilot.Web.Mvc.Enums" %>
<%@ Import Namespace="DayPilot.Web.Mvc.Events.Month" %>

<asp:content contentplaceholderid="TitleContent" id="aboutTitle" runat="server">
    Month
</asp:content>

<asp:content contentplaceholderid="MainContent" id="aboutContent" runat="server">
    

            <%= Html.DayPilotMenu("menu", new DayPilotMenuConfig {
                    CssClassPrefix = "menu_",
                    Items = new DayPilot.Web.Mvc.MenuItemCollection
                                {
                                    new DayPilot.Web.Mvc.MenuItem { Text = "Open", Action = MenuItemAction.JavaScript, JavaScript = "alert(e.value());"},
                                    new DayPilot.Web.Mvc.MenuItem { Text = "Delete", Action = MenuItemAction.CallBack, Command = "Delete"}
                                }
                })
        %>



        <%= Html.DayPilotMonth("dpm", new DayPilotMonthConfig {
                BackendUrl = ResolveUrl("~/Month/Backend"),
                EventMoveHandling = EventMoveHandlingType.CallBack,
                EventResizeHandling = EventResizeHandlingType.CallBack,
                TimeRangeSelectedHandling = TimeRangeSelectedHandlingType.CallBack,
                ContextMenu = "menu"
                
            })%>
    
</asp:content>

A sample backend controller:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Data;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Mvc;
using DayPilot.Web.Mvc;
using DayPilot.Web.Mvc.Enums;
using DayPilot.Web.Mvc.Events;
using DayPilot.Web.Mvc.Events.Month;

namespace MvcApplication1.Controllers
{
    [HandleError]
    public class MonthController : Controller
    {

        public ActionResult Backend()
        {
            return new Dpm().CallBack(this);
        }

        public class Dpm : DayPilotMonth
        {

            protected override void OnTimeRangeSelected(TimeRangeSelectedArgs e)
            {
                new EventManager(Controller).EventCreate(e.Start, e.End, "Default name");
                Update();
            }

            protected override void OnEventMove(EventMoveArgs e)
            {
                new EventManager(Controller).EventMove(e.Id, e.NewStart, e.NewEnd);
                Update();
            }

            protected override void OnEventMenuClick(EventMenuClickArgs e)
            {
                switch (e.Command)
                {
                    case "Delete":
                        new EventManager(Controller).EventDelete(e.Id);
                        Update();
                        break;
                }
            }

            protected override void OnEventResize(EventResizeArgs e)
            {
                new EventManager(Controller).EventMove(e.Id, e.NewStart, e.NewEnd);
                Update();
            }

            protected override void OnInit(InitArgs initArgs)
            {
                Update();
            }

            protected override void OnFinish()
            {
                // only load the data if an update was requested by an Update() call
                if (UpdateType == CallBackUpdateType.None)
                {
                    return;
                }

                Events = new EventManager(Controller).FilteredData(VisibleStart, VisibleEnd).AsEnumerable();

                DataStartField = "eventstart";
                DataEndField = "eventend";
                DataTextField = "name";
                DataIdField = "id";

            }
        }
    }
}

DayPilot Pro for ASP.NET MVC 1.0

2011-05-09T14:16:00.000-04:00

DayPilot Pro for ASP.NET MVC 1.0 (build 1.0.5311) was released on May 8, 2011.

Features

DayPilot Calendar
DayPilot Month
DayPilot Scheduler
Context Menu
Bubble
Navigator
Supports MVC 2+

Check the 1.0 release notes for a full feature list and more details.
The sandbox, demo and trial download are updated. The customers will find a full version in the customer area.

DayPilot Pro for ASP.NET 6.4 SP2 Released

2011-05-02T10:14:00.000-04:00

DayPilot Pro 6.4 SP2 (build 6.4.2265) was released on May 1, 2011.

Bug fixes and improvements

Weekly recurrence fixed (build 2253)
[Scheduler] Resource header cursor style can be overriden using CSS (build 2254)
[Month] Calculation of last day of month fixed in image export (build 2255)
[Month] ViewType="Weeks" export fixed (row mapping) (build 2255)
[Calendar] Header disposing fixed (ShowHeader=false) (build 2256)
[Calendar] style="text-align: left" added to prevent time header alignment issues (build 2257)
[Calendar] EventDoubleClickEnabled added to BeforeEventRender (build 2258)
[Calendar] Client-side methods recurrent() and recurrentMaster() fixed for all-day events (build 2263)
Event end time fixed in RecurrenceExpander (build 2264)
List of occurences optimized (recurring events) (build 2265)

Check the 6.4 SP2 release notes for a full feature list and more details.
The sandbox, demo and trial download are updated. The customers will find a full version in the customer area.

DayPilot Pro for ASP.NET 6.4

2011-04-01T06:59:00.000-04:00

DayPilot Pro for ASP.NET 6.4 (build 2226) was released on March 17, 2011.

New features:

Rounded Corners for DayPilot Month
Rounded Corners for DayPilot Scheduler
Rounded Corners for DayPilot Bubble
Weeks View for DayPilot Month
RecurrenceExpander

Check the illustrated 6.4 release notes for a full feature list and more details.

On April 1, 2010, DayPilot Pro for ASP.NET 6.4 SP1 was released.

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

DayPilot Pro for ASP.NET 6.3

2011-02-25T08:20:00.000-05:00

DayPilot Pro for ASP.NET 6.3 (build 2226) was released on February 23, 2011.

New features:

Recurrence support for Scheduler
Recurrence support for Month
Horizontal AutoScroll (Scheduler)
100% Height (Scheduler)
100% Height (Calendar)
Context menu for time cells (Month)
Menu title for context menu

Check the illustrated 6.3 release notes for a full feature list and more details.

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

DayPilot Pro for ASP.NET 6.2 Released (Including SP3)

2010-12-10T04:31:00.000-05:00

DayPilot Pro for ASP.NET 6.2 (build 2140) was released on November 24, 2010.

New features:

Full Drag&Drop Support for Time Range Selecting (Month)
HeaderClick Event (Month)
Custom CssClass for Day Cells (Month)
StoreEventsInViewState property added
AutoRefresh (DayPilot Calendar)
UpdateWithMessage() Enabled for Initial Page Load and PostBacks (Calendar, Scheduler, Month)
BeforeTimeHeaderRender (DayPilot Calendar)
EventSortExpression (DayPilot Scheduler)

Check the illustrated 6.2 release notes for a full feature list and more details.

On December 6, 2010, DayPilot Pro for ASP.NET 6.2 SP3 was released. It includes numerous bug fixes (including all bug fixes from 6.2 SP1 and 6.2 SP2).

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

DayPilot Pro for ASP.NET 6.1 Released

2010-09-27T11:59:00.001-04:00

DayPilot Pro for ASP.NET 6.1 (build 2116) was released on September 22, 2010.

New features:

New Context Menu
Integrated Message Bar (Scheduler)
Integrated Message Bar (Month)
Easy Message Bar Notification (Calendar, Scheduler, Month)
Message Bar Close Button (Calendar, Scheduler, Month)
New ViewType Modes (Calendar)
Intelligent Update()
Movable Modal Popup (Modal.js)
ContextMenu as an Option for EventClickHandling (Calendar, Scheduler, Month)

Check the illustrated 6.1 release notes for a full feature list and more details.

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

DayPilot Pro for ASP.NET 6.0 SP1 Released

2010-06-30T10:54:00.000-04:00

DayPilot Pro 6.0 SP1 (build 6.0.2078) was released on June 30, 2010.

Selected New Features

DayPilot Calendar: "Full" Event Arrangement Mode Added
DayPilot Scheduler: Custom Duration Bar Image Support
DayPilot Calendar, DayPilot Scheduler: Wildcard Resource

Check the illustrated 6.0 SP1 release notes for a full feature list and more details.

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

DayPilot Pro for Java 1.0 Released

2010-06-29T17:00:00.000-04:00

DayPilot Pro for Java 1.0 was released on June 27, 2010.

It includes all three main DayPilot components (click to see a live demo):

Calendar (day/week view)
Month (month view)
Scheduler (timeline for multiple resources)

All AJAX features are supported (drag&drop event moving and resizing).
Basic tutorials for all controls are available:

A trial version can be downloaded from the Try page.

DayPilot Pro for ASP.NET 6.0 Released

2010-06-21T13:09:00.001-04:00

DayPilot Pro for ASP.NET 6.0 (build 2070) was released on June 18, 2010.

New features:

Recurrent Events (Calendar)
Cascading Event Arrangement (Calendar)
All-Day Events with Rounded Corners (Calendar)
Week Numbers (Navigator)
Client-Side API for Selecting a Date (Navigator)
Event Header (Calendar)
Custom Event Border Color (Calendar)

Check the illustrated 6.0 release notes for a full feature list and more details.

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

Calendar: Cascading Event Arrangement

2010-06-16T04:08:00.000-04:00

DayPilot Pro 6.0 will introduce a new event arrangement type - Cascade. It shows the events slightly overlapping like in Google Calendar or Apple iCal. Event text is more readable when there are multiple concurrent events.

Examples
EventArrangement="SideBySide" vs. EventArrangement="Cascade"

Silver Theme

Google Calendar Theme

This feature is available since build 6.0.2057 (see the sandbox).

DayPilot Pro for ASP.NET 5.9 SP2 Released

2010-05-06T08:48:00.000-04:00

DayPilot Pro 5.9 SP2 (build 5.9.2029) was released on May 6, 2010.

Selected bug fixes:

DayPilot Calendar: Vertical column border no longer disappear in IE/quirks mode and IE8 compatibility mode.
DayPilot Month: ShowWeekend="false" mode working properly.
DayPilot Scheduler: CellBubble popup working properly again.

Check the illustrated 5.9 SP2 release notes for a full feature list and more details.

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

DayPilot Pro for ASP.NET 5.9 SP1 Released

2010-05-05T05:17:00.000-04:00

DayPilot Pro 5.9 SP1 (build 5.9.2015) was released on May 3, 2010.

New features:

Full compatibility with Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0

Check the illustrated 5.9 SP1 release notes for a full feature list and more details.

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