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How to add appointments using a custom appointment form in WinForms ScheduleControl?

Custom appointment form


The custom appointment form in WinForms ScheduleControl can be shown by using the ShowingAppointmentForm eventThe default appointment form can be canceled by using the e.Cancel property and custom appointment can be shown by calling its ShowDialog method.

 

C#

AppointmentForm form;
//Hook the event for showing the appointment form.
this.scheduleControl1.ShowingAppointmentForm += scheduleControl1_ShowingAppointmentForm;

/// <summary>
/// Raise the event when showing the appointment form
/// </summary>

void scheduleControl1_ShowingAppointmentForm(object sender, ShowingAppointFormEventArgs e)
{
   //Cancel the default appointment form for schedule control.
    e.Cancel = true;

    //Shows the Custom appointment form.
    form.ShowDialog();
}

VB

Private form As AppointmentForm
'Hook the event for showing the appointment.
Private Me.scheduleControl1.ShowingAppointmentForm += AddressOf scheduleControl1_ShowingAppointmentForm

''' <summary>
''' Raise the event when showing the appointment form
''' </summary>

Private Sub scheduleControl1_ShowingAppointmentForm(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As ShowingAppointFormEventArgs)
    'Cancel the default appointment form for schedule control.
    e.Cancel = True

    ' Shows the Custom appointment form.
    form.ShowDialog()
End Sub

Note:

The appointment can be added to the schedule control from custom appointment form.


C#

void ok_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
    //Create a new schedule appointment
    IScheduleAppointment item = provider.NewScheduleAppointment();
    if (item != null)
    {
        item.AllDay = true;
        item.StartTime = this.StartDateDateTimePickerAdv.Value;
        item.EndTime = this.EndDateDateTimePickerAdv.Value;
        item.Subject = this.SubjectTextBoxExt.Text;
        item.LabelValue = this.comboBox1.SelectedIndex;
        //Appointment can be added in ScheduleDataProvider
        provider.AddItem(item);
    }
    this.schedulegrid.DataSource = provider;
    this.schedulegrid.GetScheduleHost().SetDataToDayPanels();
    this.Close();
}

VB

Private Sub ok_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
      'Create a new schedule appointment
      Dim item As IScheduleAppointment = provider.NewScheduleAppointment()
      If item IsNot Nothing Then
            item.AllDay = True
            item.StartTime = Me.StartDateDateTimePickerAdv.Value
            item.EndTime = Me.EndDateDateTimePickerAdv.Value
            item.Subject = Me.SubjectTextBoxExt.Text
            item.LabelValue = Me.comboBox1.SelectedIndex
            'Appointment can be added in ScheduleDataProvider
            provider.AddItem(item)
      End If
      Me.schedulegrid.DataSource = provider
      Me.schedulegrid.GetScheduleHost().SetDataToDayPanels()
      Me.Close()
End Sub

Custom appointment form as shown in the screenshot below

Show the custom appointment form


Samples:

C#: Custom AppointmentForm

VB: Custom AppointmentForm


Conclusion

I hope you enjoyed learning about how to add the appointments using custom appointment form in ScheduleControl.

You can refer to our WinForms ScheduleControl feature tour page to know about its other groundbreaking feature representations. You can also explore our WinForms ScheduleControl documentation to understand how to present and manipulate data.

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