6. Handling User Actions

There are two types of user actions:

  • clicking a free time (you will typically use this action to create a new event)
  • clicking an event (you will typically use this action to show event details)

The actions can be handled on the client (by custom JavaScript code) or on the server (by handling the server event).

Property Description Type Default value
EventClickHandling Handling of a click on a calendar event. UserActionHandling UserActionHandling.JavaScript
FreetimeClickHandling Handling of a click on a free-time slot. UserActionHandling UserActionHandling.JavaScript
JavaScriptEventAction JavaScript code that should be executed when the user clicks on a calendar event (provided that EventClickHandling is set to JavaScript). The string "{0}" will be replaced with an event ID. Set the value to an empty string to disable the default alert box. string "alert('{0}');"
JavaScriptFreeAction JavaScript code that should be executed when the user clicks on a free-time slot (provided that FreetimeClickHandling is set to JavaScript). The string "{0}" will be replaced with the date and time specified in the standard format produced by DateTime.ToString("s") - e.g. "2006-05-15T07:00:00". Set the value to an empty string to disable the default alert box. string "alert('{0}');"

For more about server-side event handling see Server-side event handling.

Usage

The typical action for clicking a free time slot will be creating a new event. You can use the following JavaScript code to redirect the user to a page with new event details:

Set JavaScriptFreeAction to "document.location='NewEvent.aspx?startingtime={0}';"

In the NewEvent.aspx take the Request.QueryString["startingtime"] value and convert it to DateTime:

DateTime startingTime;
if (Request.QueryString["startingtime"] != null)
  startingTime = Convert.ToDateTime(Request.QueryString["startingtime"]);

Then you can use the value to prefill a form with date and time specification.

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