DayPilot News Blog

DayPilot Pro 5.8 (build 1956) was released on December 1, 2009.



New features:

1. Automatic Event Reloading (AutoRefresh) for DayPilot Scheduler
2. PNG Export for DayPilot Month
   
3. Dynamic Event Loading for DayPilot Scheduler
   
4. Dynamic Scheduler is Obsolete
   
5. Transparent Event Move/Resize Indicator for DayPilot Month
6. Scheduler: Full Width PNG Export (Printing)
7. Scheduler: Week Numbers for CellDuration="10800"
   
8. Custom Event Sorting (Calendar and Month)
9. Static Bubble for DayPilot Scheduler
   

Check the illustrated 5.8 release notes for a full feature list and more details.

The sandbox, demo and trial download are updated. The customers will find a full version in the customer area.

DayPilot Pro 5.8 will allow custom event sorting inside a single block of overlapping events.

Custom event sorting is already available for DayPilot Month Control in Cell Stacking Mode:



The events can be sorted (inside the cells) using an EventSortExpression property:

EventSortExpression="priority asc, created desc"

This functionality is now available for DayPilot Month Control in Row Stacking Mode as well:



And also for DayPilot Calendar:



The default sorting order is "start asc, end desc" (it's applied when to EventSortExpression is specified).

The fields specified in EventSortExpression must be available in the DataSource (but do not have to be included in DataTagFields).

You can download a preview in the sandbox (available since build 5.8.1948).

DayPilot Pro 5.8 will introduce an image export feature for the Month control.



You can test it live in the sandbox:

• Month Calendar Image Export
  

It is possible to export the Scheduler into several image formats:

• BMP
• GIF
• JPEG
• PNG
• TIFF
  

Some limitations apply:

• The related CSS classes are ignored (CssClassPrefix)
• It's not possible to use HTML in Before*Render events. You can detect the export by checking DayPilotScheduler.IsExport property and set e.InnerHTML to plain text during export.

This feature is already available for the other controls:

• DayPilot Calendar: Image Export (BMP, PNG, GIF, JPG)
• DayPilot Scheduler: Image Export (BMP, PNG, GIF, JPG)

You can download a preview in the sandbox (available since build 5.8.1946).