addMarkedTimespan, then invert or delete partially

Scheduler Javascript
#1

I have this requirement, where I’d have to start off with a full day that is blocked out.

Then, querying from the database, I will know which timeslots are actually available, so that I can “unblock” these timeslots within the day, so they can be opened up to add events.

What I did was the following:

// First blocks out the whole day
scheduler.addMarkedTimespan({  
                        days: date_from.toDate(),
                        zones:'fullday',
                        type: "dhx_time_block"
                    });

// Then I start unblocking each available timeslots I got from the DB.  I tried several things:

// Method 1
                    scheduler.addMarkedTimespan({  
                            start_date: new Date('2011-01-01 16:00:00'),
                            end_date: new Date('2011-01-01 16:30:00'),
                            invert_zones: true
                        });

// Method 2
                scheduler.deleteMarkedTimespan({
                    start_date: new Date('2011-01-01 16:00:00'),
                    end_date: new Date('2011-01-01 16:30:00'),
                });

However, they just don’t work for some reason. Am I misunderstanding the original concept, or misusing it somehow?

If so, how should I achieve what I want to do?

Would be grateful if someone could help me on this.

Thanks!

Cheers,
Thomas

#2

Hi,
when you use scheduler.deleteMarkedTimespan, make sure you specify the same ‘type’ that has been used in scheduler.addMarkedTimespan of the target area
e.g.

scheduler.addMarkedTimespan({ days: new Date(2014, 7, 6), zones: "fullday", type: "dhx_time_block" }); //--> scheduler.deleteMarkedTimespan({ start_date: new Date(2014, 7, 6, 10), end_date: new Date(2014, 7, 6, 12), type: "dhx_time_block" });