SchedulerItemBase.Start Property

Gets or sets the start date and time of the appointment.

Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Scheduling

Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.Scheduling.v21.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Wpf.Scheduling

Declaration

C#

public DateTime Start { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property Start As Date

Property Value

Type	Description
DateTime	A DateTime value that is the start of the appointment.

Remarks

The Start property and the SchedulerItemBase.Duration property specify the value of the SchedulerItemBase.End property for the appointment. The End value is always calculated as End = Start + Duration.

Note

If the SchedulerItemBase.AllDay property is set to true, then the appointment’s start date is the Date fraction of the Start value, and the start time is 0:00.

Related GitHub Examples

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XAML

wpf-scheduler-filter-time-regions/CS/DXSample/MainWindow.xaml#L44

<dxsch:TimeRegionItem BrushName="{x:Static dxsch:DefaultBrushNames.TimeRegion3Hatch}"
                      Start="1/1/2019 13:00:00"
                      End="1/1/2019 14:00:00"

C#

wpf-scheduler-create-recurrent-appointments-in-code/CS/RecurrenceExamples/MainWindow.xaml.cs#L26

AppointmentItem apt = new AppointmentItem(AppointmentType.Pattern);
apt.Start = DateTime.Today.AddHours(9);
apt.End = apt.Start.AddMinutes(5);

wpf-scheduler-process-appointment-drag-drop-resize-operations/CS/SchedulerDragDropResizeExample/ViewModel/MainViewModel.cs#L59

if ((bool)draggedViewModel.CustomFields["FixedTime"] &&
    (draggedViewModel.Start != draggedViewModel.Appointment.Start))
    e.Allow = false;

VB.NET

wpf-scheduler-create-recurrent-appointments-in-code/VB/RecurrenceExamples/MainWindow.xaml.vb#L26

Dim apt As AppointmentItem = New AppointmentItem(AppointmentType.Pattern)
apt.Start = Date.Today.AddHours(9)
apt.End = apt.Start.AddMinutes(5)

wpf-scheduler-process-appointment-drag-drop-resize-operations/VB/SchedulerDragDropResizeExample/ViewModel/MainViewModel.vb#L52

If draggedViewModel.CustomFields("FixedTime") IsNot Nothing Then
    If CBool(draggedViewModel.CustomFields("FixedTime")) AndAlso draggedViewModel.Start <> draggedViewModel.Appointment.Start Then e.Allow = False
End If