AppointmentForm.LoadFormData(Appointment) Method

Override this method in a custom form to load custom fields to form editors.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraScheduler.UI

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraScheduler.v23.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Win.Scheduler

Declaration

C#

public virtual void LoadFormData(
    Appointment appointment
)

VB.NET

Public Overridable Sub LoadFormData(
    appointment As Appointment
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
appointment	Appointment	An Appointment object that is the appointment being edited in the form.

Remarks

When implementing a custom appointment form which descends from AppointmentForm or uses the AppointmentFormController, call the LoadFormData method to load the values of custom appointment fields.

View Example

C#

string _contacts;

public virtual void LoadFormData(Appointment appointment) {
    if (appointment.CustomFields["Contacts"] == null)
        mxContacts.Text = "";
    else {
        _contacts = appointment.CustomFields["Contacts"].ToString();
        mxContacts.Text = _contacts;
    }

}
public virtual bool SaveFormData(Appointment appointment) {
    appointment.CustomFields["Contacts"] = mxContacts.Text;
    return true;

}
public virtual bool IsAppointmentChanged(Appointment appointment) {
    if (_contacts == appointment.CustomFields["Contacts"].ToString())
        return false;
    else
        return true;
}

VB.NET

Private _contacts As String

Public Overridable Sub LoadFormData(ByVal appointment As Appointment)
    If appointment.CustomFields("Contacts") Is Nothing Then
        mxContacts.Text = ""
    Else
        _contacts = appointment.CustomFields("Contacts").ToString()
        mxContacts.Text = _contacts
    End If

End Sub
Public Overridable Function SaveFormData(ByVal appointment As Appointment) As Boolean
    appointment.CustomFields("Contacts") = mxContacts.Text
    Return True

End Function
Public Overridable Function IsAppointmentChanged(ByVal appointment As Appointment) As Boolean
    If _contacts = appointment.CustomFields("Contacts").ToString() Then
        Return False
    Else
        Return True
    End If
End Function

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

winforms-scheduler-create-appointment-edit-form-with-custom-fields/CS/SimpleCustomFields/MyAppointmentForm.cs#L28

{
    base.LoadFormData(apt);
    UpdateCustomFieldEditors();

VB.NET

winforms-scheduler-create-appointment-edit-form-with-custom-fields/VB/SimpleCustomFields/MyAppointmentForm.vb#L30

Public Overrides Sub LoadFormData(ByVal apt As Appointment)
    MyBase.LoadFormData(apt)
    UpdateCustomFieldEditors()