Generate Exception for Recurring Event Using External DatePicker
Environment
| Product | Progress® Kendo UI® Scheduler for jQuery |
Description
How to manually add exception date for recurring event in the Kendo Scheduler using the Kendo DatePicker?
Solution
Pick a date to be added to the exception:
<input id="datepicker" />
<button type="button" class="k-button" id="btn">Click to add the selected date as exception</button>
<div id="scheduler"></div>
<script>
$("#scheduler").kendoScheduler({
views: ['week'],
showWorkHours: true,
dataSource: [{
id: 1,
start: new Date("2017/7/16 12:00"),
end: new Date("2017/7/16 12:30"),
title: "Lunch",
recurrenceRule: "FREQ=DAILY"
}]
});
$("#datepicker").kendoDatePicker();
$('#btn').on('click', function() {
var picker = $("#datepicker").getKendoDatePicker();
var pickerDate = picker.value();
if (!pickerDate) {
return;
}
pickerDate.setHours(12,0,0,0);
var pickerString = pickerDate.toISOString();
var schedulerDataSource = $("#scheduler").getKendoScheduler().dataSource;
var dataItem = schedulerDataSource.at(0);
if (!dataItem.recurrenceException) {
dataItem.recurrenceException = '';
} else {
dataItem.recurrenceException += ',';
}
dataItem.recurrenceException = dataItem.recurrenceException + pickerString;
schedulerDataSource.sync();
});
</script>