CustomAppointmentBackgroundEventArgs.Background Property

Gets or sets a background color for the appointment.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Scheduling

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.Scheduling.v24.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Wpf.Scheduling

Declaration

C#

public Brush Background { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property Background As Brush

Property Value

Type	Description
Brush	A Brush descendant used to paint the appointment background.

Example

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MainWindow.xaml.vb

Private Sub SchedulerControl_CustomAppointmentBackground(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As CustomAppointmentBackgroundEventArgs)
    'Change the recurrent appointments' background to blanched almond color,
    'and other appointments - to rosy brown 
    e.Background = If(e.AppointmentItem.Type = AppointmentType.Occurrence, New SolidColorBrush(Colors.BlanchedAlmond), New SolidColorBrush(Colors.RosyBrown))

    'Change all-day appointments' background:
    e.Background = If(e.AppointmentItem.AllDay = True, New SolidColorBrush(Colors.Tomato), e.Background)
End Sub

MainWindow.xaml

<dxsch:SchedulerControl x:Name="scheduler" CommandBarStyle="Ribbon" 
                        GroupType="Resource" 
                        FirstDayOfWeek="Monday"                                 
                        ActiveViewIndex="0" CustomAppointmentBackground="SchedulerControl_CustomAppointmentBackground">

MainWindow.xaml.cs

private void SchedulerControl_CustomAppointmentBackground(object sender, CustomAppointmentBackgroundEventArgs e)
{
    //Change the recurrent appointments' background to blanched almond color,
    //and other appointments - to rosy brown 
    e.Background = (e.AppointmentItem.Type == AppointmentType.Occurrence) ?
    new SolidColorBrush(Colors.BlanchedAlmond) : new SolidColorBrush(Colors.RosyBrown);

    //Change all-day appointments' background:
    e.Background = (e.AppointmentItem.AllDay == true) ? new SolidColorBrush(Colors.Tomato) : e.Background;
}

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C#

wpf-scheduler-handle-customappointmentbackground-event-to-change-appointment-background/CS/CustomAppointmentBackground/MainWindow.xaml.cs#L14

//and background of other appointments - to rosy brown:
e.Background = (e.AppointmentItem.Type == AppointmentType.Occurrence) ?
new SolidColorBrush(Colors.BlanchedAlmond) : new SolidColorBrush(Colors.RosyBrown);

VB.NET

wpf-scheduler-handle-customappointmentbackground-event-to-change-appointment-background/VB/CustomAppointmentBackground/MainWindow.xaml.vb#L18

'and background of other appointments - to rosy brown:
e.Background = If(e.AppointmentItem.Type = AppointmentType.Occurrence, New SolidColorBrush(Colors.BlanchedAlmond), New SolidColorBrush(Colors.RosyBrown))
'Change the all-day appointment background: