WebCalendar

• backColor (String)

  The background color of the calendar event. If you set this value to AutoSelect, the next available color in the list is chosen automatically.

• defaultId (String)

  The Id of the SystemCalendar, GroupCalendar or UserCalendar to display on the Web page. For more information about using this property, see Combining Web Calendars (Mashups).

• queryParam (String)

  The parameter that may be in the query string to mash-up additional calendars. This can be any Calendar SourceType. For example, if the value is set to uid, then the querystring can be:

  .../calendar.aspx?calendar_id=”55”&uid=”440”

  For more information about using this property, see Combining Web Calendars (Mashups).

• sourceType (String)

  Choices are SystemCalendar, GroupCalendar, UserCalendar. See also: Combining Web Calendars (Mashups)

  NOTE: The CategoryID property set inside the <DataSource> <CategoryID> tag is used to identify taxonomy categories to filter calendar events.

Inserting the WebCalendar server control onto a page

Prerequisite

You must have installed the server controls. See Installing server controls into Visual Studio Toolbox.

1. In Visual Studio, choose View > Toolbox.
2. Click the Ektron server control tab to display the server controls.
3. Drag the WebCalendar server control and drop it into the desired location on the page.

   NOTE: You also can place the cursor on the page where you want the server control, then double click the server control that you want.

   <CMS:WebCalendar ID="WebCalendar1" runat="server"></CMS:WebCalendar>

4. Click on WebCalendar in the code to display and modify the control’s properties using the Properties window of Visual Studio. The page is updated as you modify the property values.
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WebCalendar properties

The following are Ektron-specific server controla server control uses API language to interact with the CMS and Framework UI to display the output. A server control can be dragged and dropped onto a Web form and then modified. properties. For information about native .NET properties such as font, height, width and border style, use Visual Studio^® help.

• AllowEventEditing (Boolean)

  Determines whether users can add or edit calendar events. Default is True.

• DefaultDisplayType (String)

  Specify the default calendar display. The default is Month, which means that the month view appears on the Web page. The site visitor can change the view.

• DisplayTemplatePath (String)

  Specify the path to the code that controls how events are displayed. Default is blank.

• DisplayType (String)

  Determines which time periods appear on the calendar. Choices are All, Day, Month, Week. Default is All.

• DoInitFill (Boolean)

  By default, Fill occurs during the Page_Init event. Set to false if you want to postpone the fill-action until later. In this case, Fill is automatically called during the Page Render event. You might do this if you need to set or change a property on the control in code-behind and have it render with your changes shown.

• DynamicParameter (String)

  To make this calendar dynamic, select calendar_id. When you do, this server control uses the calendar passed as a URL parameter. To exclude this function, choose None- Use Default. Only Calendars with sourcetype=SystemCalendar may be used in the querystring for this value. For example, where DyanamicParameter=”calendar_id”, the URL may read http://mysite.com/calendar.aspx?calendar_id=”55”. In this case, calendar 55 must be of the SystemCalendar type.

• Hide (Boolean)

  Hides or displays the output of the control in design time and run time.

  • True. Hide the control output.
  • False. Display the control output.
• Language (Integer)

  Set a language for viewing content; shows results in design-time (in Visual Studio) and at run-time (in a browser).

• SuppressWrapperTags (Boolean)

  Suppresses the output of the span/div tags around the control.

  • True. Suppress wrap tags.
  • False (default). Allow wrap tags.
• WrapTag (String)

  Lets a developer specify a server control’s tag.

  • Span (default). Designate an inline portion of an HTML document as a span element.
  • Div. Apply attributes to a block of code.
  • Custom. Lets you use a custom tag.