Professional DevExpress™ ASP.NET Controls

Chapter 6. Managing Scheduled Items and Using Gauges

This chapter introduces and demonstrates the ASPxScheduler and ASPxGaugeControl. The ASPxScheduler is a suite of elements that offers a fully operational calendaring subsystem. With the ASPxScheduler, you can let your users define resources and add appointment elements, define recurring appointments with reminders, and use the canned search, export, and import features. The ASPxGaugeControl contains dozens of predefined gauges that you can use to visually represent values, or you can design your own custom gauges with the Visual Gauge Control Designer.

Supporting ASP.NET and .NET framework topics are incorporated into the samples in this chapter. By trying the examples in this chapter, you can learn about using extension methods, querying XML with LINQ to XML, implementing a custom data source, and inheriting from BindingList<T>. You also explore several additional examples of client-side JavaScript.

Scheduling Calendar Events

The ASPxScheduler is an Outlook-style control that supports creating Web subsystems that need to store appointments or events at some point in time. The ASPxScheduler has built-in support for editing calendar events, creating recurring events, reminders, and search functionality. (These elements are added as user controls to your project when you add the ASPxScheduler.)

The ASPxScheduler has built-in support that permits the end user to switch between a Day, Work Week, Week, Month, or Timeline views. You don't ...