SchedulerControl.CustomDrawAppointmentBackground Event

Enables the backgrounds of appointments to be painted manually.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraScheduler

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraScheduler.v18.2.dll

Declaration

C#

public event CustomDrawObjectEventHandler CustomDrawAppointmentBackground

VB.NET

Public Event CustomDrawAppointmentBackground As CustomDrawObjectEventHandler

Event Data

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

Property	Description
Bounds	Returns the bounding rectangle of the drawing area.
Cache	Gets an object which specifies the storage for the pens, fonts and brushes. Use it for custom painting in Scheduler Reports.
Graphics	Gets an object used for painting.
Handled	Gets or sets whether an event was handled. If it was handled, the default actions are not required.
ObjectInfo	Gets information on the painted element.

The event data class exposes the following methods:

Method	Description
DrawDefault()	Renders the element using the default drawing mechanism.

Remarks

The CustomDrawAppointmentBackground event is raised before the background of an appointment is painted. The event parameter’s CustomDrawObjectEventArgs.ObjectInfo property provides all the information necessary to paint an appointment’s background. The return value of this property should be typecast to the AppointmentViewInfo type.

Set the CustomDrawObjectEventArgs.Handled property to true to prohibit default appointment painting.

Example

This example illustrates how to partially fill the appointment background in gray. The color coverage is dependent on an individually calculated parameter for each appointment.

The colored rectangle is drawn using the GraphicsCache.FillRectangle method.

Note

A complete sample project is available at https://github.com/DevExpress-Examples/winforms-schedulercontrol-api-t224044

CustomDraw.cs

public static void scheduler_CustomDrawAppointmentBackground(object sender, CustomDrawObjectEventArgs e)
{
    AppointmentViewInfo viewInfo = e.ObjectInfo as AppointmentViewInfo;
    // Specify the ratio of a completed task to the entire task.
    double completenessRatio = 0.25 * ((int)(viewInfo.Appointment.ResourceId) % 4);
    // Draw an appointment as usual.
    e.DrawDefault();
    // Draw a background rectangle.
    Rectangle bounds = CalculateEntireAppointmentBounds(viewInfo);
    DrawBackGroundCore(e.Cache, bounds, completenessRatio);
    // Indicate that no default drawing is required.
    e.Handled = true;
}
static Rectangle CalculateEntireAppointmentBounds(AppointmentViewInfo viewInfo)
{
    int leftOffset = 0;
    int rightOffset = 0;
    double scale = viewInfo.Bounds.Width / viewInfo.Interval.Duration.TotalMilliseconds;
    if (!viewInfo.HasLeftBorder)
    {
        double hidden = (viewInfo.Interval.Start - viewInfo.AppointmentInterval.Start).TotalMilliseconds;
        leftOffset = (int)(hidden * scale);
    }
    if (!viewInfo.HasRightBorder)
    {
        double hidden = (viewInfo.AppointmentInterval.End - viewInfo.Interval.End).TotalMilliseconds;
        rightOffset = (int)(hidden * scale);
    }
    Rectangle bounds = viewInfo.InnerBounds;
    return Rectangle.FromLTRB(bounds.Left - leftOffset, bounds.Y, bounds.Right + rightOffset, bounds.Bottom);
}
static void DrawBackGroundCore(DevExpress.Utils.Drawing.GraphicsCache cache, Rectangle bounds, double completenessRatio)
{
    Brush brush1 = new SolidBrush(Color.LightGray);
    cache.FillRectangle(brush1, new Rectangle(bounds.X, bounds.Y, (int)(bounds.Width * completenessRatio), bounds.Height));
}

CustomDraw.vb

Public Shared Sub scheduler_CustomDrawAppointmentBackground(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As CustomDrawObjectEventArgs)
    Dim viewInfo As AppointmentViewInfo = TryCast(e.ObjectInfo, AppointmentViewInfo)
    ' Specify the ratio of a completed task to the entire task.
    Dim completenessRatio As Double = 0.25 * (CInt((viewInfo.Appointment.ResourceId)) Mod 4)
    ' Draw an appointment as usual.
    e.DrawDefault()
    ' Draw a background rectangle.
    Dim bounds As Rectangle = CalculateEntireAppointmentBounds(viewInfo)
    DrawBackGroundCore(e.Cache, bounds, completenessRatio)
    ' Indicate that no default drawing is required.
    e.Handled = True
End Sub
Private Shared Function CalculateEntireAppointmentBounds(ByVal viewInfo As AppointmentViewInfo) As Rectangle
    Dim leftOffset As Integer = 0
    Dim rightOffset As Integer = 0
    Dim scale As Double = viewInfo.Bounds.Width / viewInfo.Interval.Duration.TotalMilliseconds
    If Not viewInfo.HasLeftBorder Then
        Dim hidden As Double = (viewInfo.Interval.Start - viewInfo.AppointmentInterval.Start).TotalMilliseconds
        leftOffset = CInt((hidden * scale))
    End If
    If Not viewInfo.HasRightBorder Then
        Dim hidden As Double = (viewInfo.AppointmentInterval.End - viewInfo.Interval.End).TotalMilliseconds
        rightOffset = CInt((hidden * scale))
    End If
    Dim bounds As Rectangle = viewInfo.InnerBounds
    Return Rectangle.FromLTRB(bounds.Left - leftOffset, bounds.Y, bounds.Right + rightOffset, bounds.Bottom)
End Function
Private Shared Sub DrawBackGroundCore(ByVal cache As DevExpress.Utils.Drawing.GraphicsCache, ByVal bounds As Rectangle, ByVal completenessRatio As Double)
    Dim brush1 As Brush = New SolidBrush(Color.LightGray)
    cache.FillRectangle(brush1, New Rectangle(bounds.X, bounds.Y, CInt((bounds.Width * completenessRatio)), bounds.Height))
End Sub

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

winforms-schedulercontrol-api-t224044/CS/SchedulerAPISample/CodeExamples/AppointmentConflicts.cs#L53

#region #ConflictCalculator
scheduler.CustomDrawAppointmentBackground += scheduler_CustomDrawAppointmentBackground;
scheduler.ActiveView.LayoutChanged();

how-to-build-a-layout-similar-to-ms-outlook-calendar-in-overlay-mode-with-schedulercontrol-t191172/CS/SchedulerOverlay/Form1.cs#L28

schedulerControl = new SchedulerControl(schedulerStorage);
schedulerControl.CustomDrawAppointmentBackground += schedulerControl_CustomDrawAppointmentBackground;
schedulerControl.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;

VB.NET

winforms-schedulercontrol-api-t224044/VB/SchedulerAPISample/CodeExamples/AppointmentConflicts.vb#L49

'            #Region "#ConflictCalculator"
AddHandler scheduler.CustomDrawAppointmentBackground, AddressOf scheduler_CustomDrawAppointmentBackground
scheduler.ActiveView.LayoutChanged()

how-to-build-a-layout-similar-to-ms-outlook-calendar-in-overlay-mode-with-schedulercontrol-t191172/VB/SchedulerOverlay/Form1.vb#L27

schedulerControl = New SchedulerControl(schedulerStorage)
AddHandler schedulerControl.CustomDrawAppointmentBackground, AddressOf schedulerControl_CustomDrawAppointmentBackground
schedulerControl.Dock = DockStyle.Fill