Appointment.Description Property

Gets or sets the text for the appointment’s description.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraScheduler

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraScheduler.v23.2.Core.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Scheduler.Core

Declaration

C#

string Description { get; set; }

VB.NET

Property Description As String

Property Value

Type	Description
String	A String value that specifies the appointment’s description.

Remarks

This property specifies the text displayed as description for the current appointment.

If a SchedulerControl is used in bound mode (that is its data is stored in a database) the Description property’s value may be taken from the data field specified by the AppointmentMappingInfo.Description property.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

winforms-scheduler-drag-drop-appointments-from-grid/CS/T179722/Form1.cs#L88

Subject = apt.Subject,
Description = apt.Description,
Start = DateTime.MinValue,

how-to-implement-a-custom-inplace-editor-for-appointments-e4826/CS/SchedulerInplaceEditorExample/MyInplaceEditor.cs#L94

    this.edtSubject.Text = appointment.Subject;
    this.edtDescription.Text = appointment.Description;
}

winforms-scheduler-display-custom-tooltips/CS/Form1.cs#L98

apt.Location = "Office";
apt.Description = "Test procedure";
apt.CustomFields["cfPrice"] = 10;

winforms-scheduler-recurrence-series-occurrencecalculator/CS/OccurrenceCalculatorSample/Form1.cs#L52

resultAppointment.Subject = String.Format("Occurrence {0} - {1}", calculatedOccurrences[i].Subject, i);
resultAppointment.Description = calculatedOccurrences[i].Description;
resultAppointment.Start = calculatedOccurrences[i].Start;

winforms-scheduler-create-appointments-on-reminder-alert/CS/ReminderCustomActions/Form1.cs#L90

aptPattern.Subject = "Appointment with Reminder";
aptPattern.Description = "Recurring appointment with reminder";
aptPattern.Duration = TimeSpan.FromHours(2);

VB.NET

winforms-scheduler-display-custom-tooltips/VB/Form1.vb#L29

ttiTitle.Text = "Appointment"
ttiBody.Text = String.Format("Subject: {0} " & Microsoft.VisualBasic.Constants.vbLf & "Description: {1}" & Microsoft.VisualBasic.Constants.vbLf & "Price: {2}", apt.Subject, apt.Description, apt.CustomFields("cfPrice"))
ttiBody.Image = SystemIcons.Information.ToBitmap()

winforms-scheduler-drag-drop-appointments-from-grid/VB/T179722/Form1.vb#L77

    Dim apt = aptInfo.EditedAppointment
    exchangeList.Add(New T179722.AppointmentExchangeData() With {.Subject = apt.Subject, .Description = apt.Description, .Start = System.DateTime.MinValue, .Duration = apt.Duration, .LabelKey = CInt(apt.LabelKey), .StatusKey = CInt(apt.StatusKey)})
Next

how-to-implement-a-custom-inplace-editor-for-appointments-e4826/VB/SchedulerInplaceEditorExample/MyInplaceEditor.vb#L92

    Me.edtSubject.Text = appointment.Subject
    Me.edtDescription.Text = appointment.Description
End Sub

winforms-scheduler-recurrence-series-occurrencecalculator/VB/OccurrenceCalculatorSample/Form1.vb#L49

resultAppointment.Subject = String.Format("Occurrence {0} - {1}", calculatedOccurrences(i).Subject, i)
resultAppointment.Description = calculatedOccurrences(i).Description
resultAppointment.Start = calculatedOccurrences(i).Start

winforms-scheduler-create-appointments-on-reminder-alert/VB/ReminderCustomActions/Form1.vb#L92

aptPattern.Subject = "Appointment with Reminder"
aptPattern.Description = "Recurring appointment with reminder"
aptPattern.Duration = TimeSpan.FromHours(2)