DayRender

The RadCalendar control provides the DayRender server event, which is raised after all the cells of the day matrix have been generated and just before a cell is rendered to the client. It is the last place where changes to the already constructed calendar cells can be made.

The DayRender event handler receives two arguments:

1. The RadCalendar control whose cell is about to be rendered. This argument is of type object, but can be cast to the RadCalendar type.

2. A DayRenderEventArgs object. This object carries the following three arguments:

   • Cell is the control for the cell that is about to be rendered. The event handler can make changes to this control to change the way the cell is rendered.

   • Day is the RadCalendarDay object that represents the day that the cell represents. Use this object to obtain information about the date the cell represents, and about its state (IsDisabled, IsToday, IsSelected, and so on).

   • View is the MonthView object that represents the month in which the cell occurs. Use this to obtain information about the context in which the cell occurs.

Use the DayRender event handler to make changes to the cell before it is rendered. For example, the following event handler changes the text of dates in the non-current month, and changes the appearance of today's date:

protected void RadCalendar1_DayRender(object sender, Telerik.Web.UI.Calendar.DayRenderEventArgs e)
{
    DateTime CurrentDate = e.Day.Date;
    if (CurrentDate.Month != RadCalendar1.FocusedDate.Month)
    {
        e.Cell.Text = "(" + CurrentDate.Day + ")";
    }
    else if (e.Day.IsToday)
    {
        e.Cell.Style["background-color"] = "Red";
    }
}

Protected Sub RadCalendar1_DayRender(ByVal sender As Object, _
ByVal e As Telerik.Web.UI.Calendar.DayRenderEventArgs) _
Handles RadCalendar1.DayRender
    Dim CurrentDate As DateTime = e.Day.[Date]
    If CurrentDate.Month <> RadCalendar1.FocusedDate.Month Then
        e.Cell.Text = "(" + CurrentDate.Day + ")"
    ElseIf e.Day.IsToday Then
        e.Cell.Style("background-color") = "Red"
    End If
End Sub

When customizing the appearance of the cells of the calendar using the DayRender event, it is often helpful to also create a handler for the client-side OnDayRender event that makes the same customizations when the user changes the view.

For a live example that uses the DayRender event , see DayRender Event.

See Also

• Adding Controls to a Calendar Cell

• HeaderCellRender