Well so most of the time as a developer we get requirement to develop a calender with holidays list, so here i have tried to explain this in very simple way. Just follow step by step to develop this.
Open Microsoft Visual Studio --> Click File --> New --> Website --> Enter file Name --> OK
Lets write few code on page Default.aspx page
Open Microsoft Visual Studio --> Click File --> New --> Website --> Enter file Name --> OK
Lets write few code on page Default.aspx page
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Default.aspx.cs" Inherits="_Default" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head id="Head1" runat="server">
<title></title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<asp:Calendar ID="Calendar1" runat="server" Height="444px" Width="100%"OnDayRender="Calendar1_DayRender"
OnSelectionChanged="Calendar1_SelectionChanged"OnVisibleMonthChanged="Calendar1_VisibleMonthChanged"
DayNameFormat="Full" ForeColor="#000099" NextMonthText="">
<DayHeaderStyle BackColor="#666699" ForeColor="Maroon" />
<DayStyle BackColor="#CCCCCC" Font-Bold="True" Font-Italic="False" ForeColor="#000066" />
<SelectedDayStyle BackColor="#9999FF" Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="Maroon" />
<WeekendDayStyle BackColor="#999966" Font-Bold="True" ForeColor="#990000" />
</asp:Calendar>
<asp:Label ID="LabelAction" runat="server"></asp:Label>
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Now write the below code in .cs page.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Collections;
public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page
{
Hashtable HolidayList;
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
HolidayList = Getholiday();
Calendar1.Caption = "Calender";
Calendar1.FirstDayOfWeek = FirstDayOfWeek.Monday;
Calendar1.NextPrevFormat = NextPrevFormat.FullMonth;
Calendar1.TitleFormat = TitleFormat.Month;
Calendar1.ShowGridLines = true;
Calendar1.DayStyle.Height = new Unit(50);
Calendar1.DayStyle.Width = new Unit(150);
Calendar1.DayStyle.HorizontalAlign = HorizontalAlign.Center;
Calendar1.DayStyle.VerticalAlign = VerticalAlign.Middle;
//Calendar1.OtherMonthDayStyle.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.AliceBlue;
}
private Hashtable Getholiday()
{
Hashtable holiday = new Hashtable();
holiday["1/1/2013"] = "New Year";
holiday["1/5/2013"] = "Guru Govind Singh Jayanti";
holiday["1/8/2013"] = "Muharam (Al Hijra)";
holiday["1/14/2013"] = "Pongal";
holiday["1/26/2013"] = "Republic Day";
holiday["2/23/2013"] = "Maha Shivaratri";
holiday["3/10/2013"] = "Milad un Nabi (Birthday of the Prophet";
holiday["3/21/2013"] = "Holi";
holiday["3/21/2013"] = "Telugu New Year";
holiday["4/3/2013"] = "Ram Navmi";
holiday["4/7/2013"] = "Mahavir Jayanti";
holiday["4/10/2013"] = "Good Friday";
holiday["4/12/2013"] = "Easter";
holiday["4/14/2013"] = "Tamil New Year and Dr Ambedkar Birth Day";
holiday["5/1/2013"] = "May Day";
holiday["5/9/2013"] = "Buddha Jayanti and Buddha Purnima";
holiday["6/24/2013"] = "Rath yatra";
holiday["8/13/2013"] = "Krishna Jayanthi";
holiday["8/14/2013"] = "Janmashtami";
holiday["8/15/2013"] = "Independence Day";
holiday["8/19/2013"] = "Parsi New Year";
holiday["8/23/2013"] = "Vinayaka Chaturthi";
holiday["9/2/2013"] = "Onam";
holiday["9/5/2013"] = "Teachers Day";
holiday["9/21/2013"] = "Ramzan";
holiday["9/27/2013"] = "Ayutha Pooja";
holiday["9/28/2013"] = "Vijaya Dasami (Dusherra)";
holiday["10/2/2013"] = "Gandhi Jayanti";
holiday["10/17/2013"] = "Diwali & Govardhan Puja";
holiday["10/19/2013"] = "Bhaidooj";
holiday["11/2/2013"] = "Guru Nanak Jayanti";
holiday["11/14/2013"] = "Children's Day";
holiday["11/28/2013"] = "Bakrid";
holiday["12/25/2013"] = "Christmas";
holiday["12/28/2013"] = "Muharram";
return holiday;
}
protected void Calendar1_DayRender(object sender, DayRenderEventArgs e)
{
if (HolidayList[e.Day.Date.ToShortDateString()] != null)
{
Literal literal1 = new Literal();
literal1.Text = "<br/>";
e.Cell.Controls.Add(literal1);
Label label1 = new Label();
label1.Text = (string)HolidayList[e.Day.Date.ToShortDateString()];
label1.Font.Size = new FontUnit(FontSize.Small);
e.Cell.Controls.Add(label1);
}
}
protected void Calendar1_VisibleMonthChanged(object sender, MonthChangedEventArgs e)
{
LabelAction.Text = "Month changed to :" + e.NewDate.ToShortDateString();
}
protected void Calendar1_SelectionChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
LabelAction.Text = "Date changed to :" + Calendar1.SelectedDate.ToShortDateString();
}
}
Press F5 and enjoy.
