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Appointment layout for ResourceView
Jul 14^th, 2010 at 2:55am

Hi there,

I am working on a calendar using scheduling view grouped by Resource.

I have a requirement that I need to make sure all the appointments against a contact belonging to a same resource will need to be on the same row.

I think the current appointment layout algorithm is similar to a reverse stack,

Below is the scenario which I want to accomplish...

	Time1	Time2	Time3
R1	\|empty\|	App1 For Contact 1	\|empty but need to PAD this space
	\|empty\|	App2 For Contact 2	\|APP3 For Contact 2

But the standard behaviour is

	Time1	Time2	Time3
R1	\|empty\|	App1 For Contact 1	\|APP3 For Contact 2
	\|empty\|	App2 For Contact 2	\|empty

so I want to have "APP3 For Contact 2" to appear behind the "App2 for contact 2" and on the same row.

Is there a easy way to do this?

thanks in advance.

Cheers,

Wilson

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Meppy God Member Offline MindFusion support Posts: 1783 Joined: Jul 20^th, 2005	Re: Appointment layout for ResourceView Reply #1 - Jul 14^th, 2010 at 5:54am	Print Post
	This is not currently possible unless you split R1 to two resources - one for 'Contact 1' and another for 'Contact 2'. The row header could probably be custom-painted so that it looks as a single resource to the user. Regards, Meppy


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vtecman YaBB Newbies Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 5 Joined: Jul 14^th, 2010	Re: Appointment layout for ResourceView Reply #2 - Jul 14^th, 2010 at 6:38am	Print Post
	thanks for the response, just another question, is there a easy way to retrieve the row number a appointment is on? e.g. I want to retrive the row position of App2 for Contact 2, which gives me a 2 if it is a zero based thing.. thanks, Wilson


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Meppy God Member Offline MindFusion support Posts: 1783 Joined: Jul 20^th, 2005	Re: Appointment layout for ResourceView Reply #3 - Jul 14^th, 2010 at 6:46am	Print Post
	Try using the Calendar.GetItemListLane(Item) method. Let me know if it works. Regards, Meppy


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vtecman YaBB Newbies Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 5 Joined: Jul 14^th, 2010	Re: Appointment layout for ResourceView Reply #4 - Jul 14^th, 2010 at 7:07am	Print Post
	no, I have already tried that.. but looks like it only works for List mode not resourceview? it returns some random values which I can't make any sense of.. anything else you can think of? thanks, Wilson


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Meppy God Member Offline MindFusion support Posts: 1783 Joined: Jul 20^th, 2005	Re: Appointment layout for ResourceView Reply #5 - Jul 14^th, 2010 at 7:45am	Print Post
	Initially Calendar.GetItemListLane was indeed designed to work only in a List view. However, I think we extended it at some point to operate on items in some other views. I am testing it here and it gives correct results in a Resource view. What version of the Calendar control are you using? Regards, Meppy


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vtecman YaBB Newbies Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 5 Joined: Jul 14^th, 2010	Re: Appointment layout for ResourceView Reply #6 - Jul 14^th, 2010 at 7:59am	Print Post
	the Calendar.dll is 4.4.1.123803 and the mindfusion.common.dll is using 1.0.2826.18027 hey I just tried the List mode, I could get similar layout effect as the resourceview if I chagne the orientation to horizontal. but the problem is when I try to increase the VisibleColumn property to more than 3, when I click on a empty cell the whole calendar cell section becomes WHITE. even I click on it nothing happens, I have to click on the scrollbar and it redraws itself.. can you think of a reason why this is happening? or may be is fixed is the latest release? if I can get the list mode working then may be I can just use the FREEDRAG property to do what I want? cheers, Wilson


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Meppy God Member Offline MindFusion support Posts: 1783 Joined: Jul 20^th, 2005	Re: Appointment layout for ResourceView Reply #7 - Jul 14^th, 2010 at 8:07am	Print Post
	The version you are using is very old. Download the most recent version of the control from the following link and try with it: https://www.mindfusion.eu/PlannerTrial.zip Using the FreeDrag option in the List view will indeed help you move items manually in whichever row you desire. Let me know if the problem with the List view is still present in the most recent version. Regards, Meppy


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vtecman YaBB Newbies Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 5 Joined: Jul 14^th, 2010	Re: Appointment layout for ResourceView Reply #8 - Jul 18^th, 2010 at 11:44pm	Print Post
	Hi Meppy, I have tried the latest version and everything seems to work fine. the version I purchased was the single developer license with source code. but I think the 1 year maintenance has already expired. I am just wondering do I need to repurchase another maintenance license to download the latest version + source? many thanks, Wilson


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Meppy God Member Offline MindFusion support Posts: 1783 Joined: Jul 20^th, 2005	Re: Appointment layout for ResourceView Reply #9 - Jul 19^th, 2010 at 6:13am	Print Post
	If your 12-month free upgrade period has expired, you can renew your subscription here: http://mindfusion.eu/buy-planner.html. Then you can download the latest version from http://clientsarea.eu. Let me know if this helps. Regards, Meppy


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