Question

I want to make a simple ASP.NET page that draws a months from a calendar and highlights given dates. (I’m not looking for a date picker.) What I have is a list of DateTime values and I need to display them a a nice way.

Given that I’m a total beginner with ASP, simpler really is better. (I’d rather not, I’m willing to hack together something with StringBuilder and <table> if it’s easier).

p.s. I have no budget, so non-free controls will only be of use to other readers.

Answer 1

You can do this with the standard Calendar Control and use the DayRender event to format the individual days. I did something similar to this as my first ASP.Net application (a basic event scheduler) where the special dates were stored in a DB.

<asp:Calendar id = "objCalendar" runat = "server"
            onDayRender = "objCalendar_DayRender"
            Borderstyle = solid
            >

<%
    public void objCalendar_DayRender(object sender, DayRenderEventArgs e) 
    {

        CalendarDay d = ((DayRenderEventArgs)e).Day;

        string strCurrrentDayDisplay = GetDaySchedule(d.Date.ToShortDateString());

        TableCell c = ((DayRenderEventArgs)e).Cell;
        if (d.IsOtherMonth) 
        {
            c.Controls.Clear();
        }
        else 
        {
            try 
            {

                c.Controls.Add(new LiteralControl("<br>" + strCurrrentDayDisplay));
            }
            catch (Exception err) 
            {
                Response.Write (err.ToString());
            }
        }
        d.IsSelectable = false;
    }
%>