ASPxScheduler.InitAppointmentDisplayText Event

Allows you to specify custom appointment text and a description.

Namespace: DevExpress.Web.ASPxScheduler

Assembly: DevExpress.Web.ASPxScheduler.v23.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Web.Scheduler

Declaration

C#

public event AppointmentDisplayTextEventHandler InitAppointmentDisplayText

VB.NET

Public Event InitAppointmentDisplayText As AppointmentDisplayTextEventHandler

Event Data

The InitAppointmentDisplayText event's data class is AppointmentDisplayTextEventArgs. The following properties provide information specific to this event:

Property	Description
Appointment	Provides access to the appointment for which the SchedulerControl.InitAppointmentDisplayText event is fired.
Description	Gets or sets the text that will be displayed as an appointment’s description.
Text	Gets or sets the text that will be displayed as the appointment’s text (subject and location together).
ViewInfo	Provides access to the characteristics of the appointment prepared for display.

Remarks

The InitAppointmentDisplayText event occurs before an appointment is rendered when its text and description are initialized. This event allows you to display custom text and description in appointments.

C#

protected void ASPxScheduler1_InitAppointmentDisplayText(object sender, AppointmentDisplayTextEventArgs e) {
    ASPxScheduler scheduler = sender as ASPxScheduler;
    if(scheduler.ActiveViewType == SchedulerViewType.WorkWeek) {
        string apptDescription = e.Description.Trim() != "" ? e.Description.Trim() : "<EMPTY DESCRIPTION>";
        string apptType = e.Appointment.Type.ToString();
        string apptCustomField = e.Appointment.CustomFields["SomeField"] != null ? e.Appointment.CustomFields["SomeField"].ToString() : "<EMPTY FIELD>";
        e.Text = String.Format("{0}\r\n{1}\r\n{2}\r\n{3}", e.ViewInfo.Appointment.Subject, apptDescription, apptType, apptCustomField);
    }
}