Class RecurrenceHelper

Represents a helper for handling recurrence appointments.

Inheritance
System.Object
RecurrenceHelper
Namespace: Syncfusion.UI.Xaml.Scheduler
Assembly: Syncfusion.SfScheduler.WPF.dll
Syntax
public static class RecurrenceHelper : Object

Methods

CreateRRule(RecurrenceProperties, DateTime, DateTime)

Method to generate RRule for recurrence appointment's.

Declaration
public static string CreateRRule(RecurrenceProperties recurrenceProperties, DateTime appStartTime, DateTime appEndTime)
Parameters
Type Name Description
RecurrenceProperties recurrenceProperties

RecurrenceProperties for an appointment.
System.DateTime appStartTime

Start time of recurrence appointment.
System.DateTime appEndTime

End time of recurrence appointment.
Returns
Type Description
System.String

Recurrence rule string.

GetOccurrenceAppointment(SfScheduler, Object, DateTime, DayOfWeek)

Get the occurrence appointment on specific date from the pattern appointment.

Declaration
public static ScheduleAppointment GetOccurrenceAppointment(SfScheduler scheduler, object patternAppointment, DateTime occurrenceDate, DayOfWeek firstDayOfWeek)
Parameters
Type Name Description
SfScheduler scheduler

An instance of SfScheduler.
System.Object patternAppointment

Pattern appointment to get the occurrence appointment.
System.DateTime occurrenceDate

Date of occurrence appointment.
System.DayOfWeek firstDayOfWeek

An optional parameter that specifies the first day of the week for filtering the recurrence date-time collection.
Returns
Type Description
ScheduleAppointment

Returns specific occurrence ScheduleAppointment of the pattern appointment. For custom appointment, you can get the custom appointment detail from Data.
Remarks

It returns null for non-recurrence appointments and when there is no occurrence appointment or exception date or exception appointment on given date.

Examples

The following example describes to get the occurrence appointment on specific date.

#[C#](#tab/tabid-1) 
DateTime appointmentDateTime = new DateTime(2020, 09, 1);
ScheduleAppointmentCollection appointments = new ScheduleAppointmentCollection();
appointments.Add(new ScheduleAppointment { Subject = "Meeting", StartTime = appointmentDateTime.Date.AddHours(9), EndTime = appointmentDateTime.Date.AddHours(11), RecurrenceRule = "FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=2", Id = 1 });
var occrrenceAppointment = RecurrenceHelper.GetOccurrenceAppointment(schedule, appointments[0], new DateTime(2020, 09, 24));
See Also

GetPatternAppointment(SfScheduler, Object)

Get the pattern appointment of specific occurrence appointment.

Declaration
public static ScheduleAppointment GetPatternAppointment(SfScheduler scheduler, object occurrenceAppointment)
Parameters
Type Name Description
SfScheduler scheduler

An instance of SfScheduler.
System.Object occurrenceAppointment

Occurrence appointment to get pattern appointment.
Returns
Type Description
ScheduleAppointment

Returns the ScheduleAppointment pattern appointment of given occurrence appointment ,For custom appointment you can get the custom pattern appointment detail from Data.
Examples

The following example describes to get the pattern appointment .

#[C#](#tab/tabid-2) 
DateTime appointmentDateTime = new DateTime(2020, 09, 1);
ScheduleAppointmentCollection appointments = new ScheduleAppointmentCollection();
appointments.Add(new ScheduleAppointment { Subject = "Meeting", StartTime = appointmentDateTime.Date.AddHours(9), EndTime = appointmentDateTime.Date.AddHours(11), RecurrenceRule = "FREQ=DAILY;INTERVAL=2", Id = 1 });
this.schedule.SchedulerContextMenuOpening += Schedule_SchedulerContextMenuOpening;
private void Schedule_SchedulerContextMenuOpening(object sender, SchedulerContextMenuOpeningEventArgs e)
{
   if (e.MenuType == SchedulerContextMenuType.Appointment)
   {
    ScheduleAppointment patternAppointment = RecurrenceHelper.GetPatternAppointment(schedule, e.MenuInfo.Appointment);
   }
}
See Also

GetRecurrenceDateTimeCollection(String, DateTime, Nullable<DateTime>, Nullable<DateTime>, Nullable<DateTime>, DayOfWeek)

Method to get recurrence appointment's date-time collection.

Declaration
public static IEnumerable<DateTime> GetRecurrenceDateTimeCollection(string rRule, DateTime recurrenceStartDate, Nullable<DateTime> specificStartDate = null, Nullable<DateTime> specificEndDate = null, Nullable<DateTime> recurrenceEndDate = null, DayOfWeek firstDayOfWeek)
Parameters
Type Name Description
System.String rRule

RRule of Recurrence appointment's.
System.DateTime recurrenceStartDate

RangeStartDate of ScheduleAppointment's RecurrenceProperties.
System.Nullable<System.DateTime> specificStartDate

Optional parameter, can be passed to get the occurrences of recurrence appointment from specified start date of date ranges.
System.Nullable<System.DateTime> specificEndDate

Optional parameter, can be passed to get the occurrences of recurrence appointment up to the specified end date of date ranges.
System.Nullable<System.DateTime> recurrenceEndDate

An optional parameter can be passed to calculate the recurrence duration for get the occurrence start date time collection of a span recurrence appointment up to the specified start and end date ranges, when the occurrence start date time is not in between the specified visible start and end date ranges.
System.DayOfWeek firstDayOfWeek

An optional parameter that specifies the first day of the week for filtering the recurrence date-time collection.
Returns
Type Description
System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable<System.DateTime>

recurrence dates collection.

RRuleParser(String, DateTime)

Method for Recurrence rule parser.

Declaration
public static RecurrenceProperties RRuleParser(string rRule, DateTime recStartDate)
Parameters
Type Name Description
System.String rRule

Recurrence rule.
System.DateTime recStartDate

Recurrence start date.
Returns
Type Description
RecurrenceProperties

Recurrence properties.