DayPilot News (April 2013)

Releases

DayPilot Pro for Java 7.2 SP1 March 18, 2013

This is a bug-fixing release. It includes the following improvements and fixes:

• [Scheduler] TimeHeaders and CellGroupBy fixed.

• [Scheduler] Resource header background can be set using onBeforeResHeaderRender in CssOnly mode.
• [Scheduler] Active areas fixed.
• [Scheduler] Default time header text for CellGroupBy=Week changed to week number (used to be "Week NO (YEAR)".
• [Scheduler] TimeHeaders demo added (shows three levels of headers - month/week/day).
• MenuItem.Image property added.
• [Calendar] CssOnly mode/onBeforeCellRender: e.BackgroundColor, e.BackgroundImage, e.BackgroundRepeat supported.
• [Scheduler] CssOnly mode/onBeforeCellRender: e.BackgroundColor, e.BackgroundImage, e.BackgroundRepeat supported.

CSS Theme Designer for Calendar March 18, 2013

The Online CSS Theme Designer application now supports DayPilot Event Calendar control. The themes can be used in all available platforms: ASP.NET WebForms, ASP.NET MVC, and Java.

The designer lets you create a theme using a WYSIWYG editor. It supports the following elements:

• Events
• All-day events
• Headers
• Backgroung time cells (slots)
• Integrated message bar

The generated theme (CSS) can be downloaded in a .zip file.

CSS Theme Designer for Month March 18, 2013

The Online CSS Theme Designer application now supports DayPilot Monthly Calendar control. The themes can be used in all available platforms: ASP.NET WebForms, ASP.NET MVC, and Java.

The designer lets you create a theme using a WYSIWYG editor. It supports the following elements:

• Events
• Headers
• Backgroung day cells
• Integrated message bar

The generated theme (CSS) can be downloaded in a .zip file.

DayPilot Lite for ASP.NET MVC 1.2 SP3 March 19, 2013

This release integrates DayPilot.Modal dialog. The modal popup is used for creating new events and event editing.

DayPilot Pro for ASP.NET WebForms (Mono) March 20, 2013

DayPilot is working with Mono .NET framework and it's tested on Linux (Ubuntu) as well.

See also:

• Running DayPilot Pro for ASP.NET WebForms on Mono (Linux/Ubuntu)

DayPilot Lite for ASP.NET MVC 1.3 March 21, 2013

This release introduces an AJAX monthly event calendar for ASP.NET MVC.

Features:

• Event Creating (Drag and Drop)
• Event Moving  (Drag and Drop)
• Event Resizing (Drag and Drop)
• jQuery Plugin

You can download the full source code (Apache Software License 2.0).

Tutorials

Monthly Event Calendar for ASP.NET MVC and jQuery Tutorial (Open-Source) March 21, 2013

This tutorial shows how to create a full drag and drop monthly event calendar in a few easy steps.

• Loading events from a database (SQL Server, LINQ)
• C# source code
• ASP.NET MVC helper initialization code/jQuery initialization code
• Event creating using drag and drop
• Event moving using drag and drop
• Event resizing using drag and drop

It includes DayPilot Lite for ASP.NET MVC which introduced the month view in the 1.3 release.

KB Articles

• List of CSS classes used in CssOnly mode (Calendar) March 20, 2013
• Sample Calendar CSS Theme March 20, 2013
• List of CSS classes used in CssOnly mode (Month) March 20, 2013
• Sample Monthly Calendar CSS Theme March 20, 2013
• List of CSS classes used in CssOnly mode (Navigator) March 20, 2013
• Sample Navigator CSS Theme March 20, 2013
• Running DayPilot Pro for ASP.NET WebForms on Mono (Linux/Ubuntu) March 20, 2013
• How to highlight busy days in DayPilot Navigator (ASP.NET WebForms) March 21, 2013