ASPxSchedulerDataWebControlBase.AppointmentInserting Event

Occurs before an appointment is added to the AppointmentBaseCollection collection and allows you to cancel the operation.

Namespace: DevExpress.Web.ASPxScheduler

Assembly: DevExpress.Web.ASPxScheduler.v24.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Web.Scheduler

Declaration

C#

public event PersistentObjectCancelEventHandler AppointmentInserting

VB.NET

Public Event AppointmentInserting As PersistentObjectCancelEventHandler

Event Data

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

Property	Description
Cancel	Gets or sets whether to cancel the operation.
Object	Gets the persistent object (appointment, resource or appointment dependency) for which the event occurs. Inherited from PersistentObjectEventArgs.

Remarks

The AppointmentInserting event is raised before an appointment is added to the AppointmentBaseCollection collection and allows you to cancel the operation. The event parameter’s PersistentObjectEventArgs.Object property gets the appointment being inserted. To cancel insertion, set the PersistentObjectCancelEventArgs.Cancel property to true. To validate appointment insertion, you can get properties of the appointment being inserted by casting the e.Object parameter to the Appointment type.

Note

Do not modify the appointment’s data source or data binding within this event handler. It results in the current appointment being disposed of, and consequently, an unhandled exception occurs.

Tip

To initialize a new appointment, you can also use the ASPxScheduler.InitNewAppointment event.

Example

The following example illustrates how to use the ASPxSchedulerDataWebControlBase.AppointmentInserting event. On this event, the scheduler creates regular (non-recurring) appointments (AppointmentType.Normal) instead of appointments that serve as the patterns for the other recurring appointments (AppointmentType.Pattern) if the latter don’t have the end date.

The scheduler generates and inserts regular appointments into the storage based on recurring occurrences. The OccurrenceCalculator class allows you to obtain recurring occurrences for a current recurring chain (RecurrenceInfo). Two custom fields are used to consider generated appointments as occurrences of a single series (these field values will be further used to remove entire series). The e.Cancel parameter allows you to cancel insertion of a recurring pattern into a storage.

Note

It is not allowed to created recurring series with the “No End Date” option.

C#

protected void ASPxScheduler1_AppointmentInserting(object sender, PersistentObjectCancelEventArgs e) {
    if(isLocked) return;

    ASPxSchedulerStorage storage = sender as ASPxSchedulerStorage;
    Appointment newAppointment = e.Object as Appointment;
    if(newAppointment.Type == AppointmentType.Pattern) {
        if(newAppointment.RecurrenceInfo.Range != RecurrenceRange.NoEndDate) {
            isLocked = true;
            OccurrenceCalculator calc = OccurrenceCalculator.CreateInstance(newAppointment.RecurrenceInfo);
            TimeInterval processedInterval = new TimeInterval(newAppointment.RecurrenceInfo.Start, newAppointment.RecurrenceInfo.End);
            AppointmentBaseCollection calculatedOccurrences = calc.CalcOccurrences(processedInterval, newAppointment);

            // Creates standard appointments instead of appointments that serve as the patterns for the other recurring appointments
            storage.BeginUpdate();
            for(int i = 0; i < calculatedOccurrences.Count; i++) {
                Appointment newRegularOccurrence = storage.CreateAppointment(AppointmentType.Normal);

                newRegularOccurrence.AllDay = calculatedOccurrences[i].AllDay;
                newRegularOccurrence.Description = calculatedOccurrences[i].Description;
                newRegularOccurrence.LabelKey = calculatedOccurrences[i].LabelKey;
                newRegularOccurrence.Location = calculatedOccurrences[i].Location;
                newRegularOccurrence.ResourceId = calculatedOccurrences[i].ResourceId;
                newRegularOccurrence.Start = calculatedOccurrences[i].Start;
                newRegularOccurrence.End = calculatedOccurrences[i].End;
                newRegularOccurrence.StatusKey = calculatedOccurrences[i].StatusKey;
                newRegularOccurrence.Subject = calculatedOccurrences[i].Subject;

                newRegularOccurrence.CustomFields["LessonCompleted"] = calculatedOccurrences[i].CustomFields["LessonCompleted"];
                newRegularOccurrence.CustomFields["CustomRecurringFlag"] = true;
                newRegularOccurrence.CustomFields["CustomRecurringID"] = newAppointment.RecurrenceInfo.Id.ToString();
                storage.Appointments.Add(newRegularOccurrence);
            }
            storage.EndUpdate();
            isLocked = false;
        }
        else {
            ASPxScheduler1.JSProperties["cpCallbackError"] = "You cannot create endless recurring series ('No End Date' option)";
        }
        e.Cancel = true;
    }
}

JS

function OnEndCallback(s, e) {
    if (s.cpCallbackError && s.cpCallbackError.trim() != "") {
        alert(s.cpCallbackError);
        s.cpCallbackError = "";
    }
}