getRecDates: How to Iterate Through Values

Scheduler Javascript
#1

I’m having trouble iterating through the values returned from getRecDates. It is merely listing it as an Object. I believe that it is an array but cannot seem to look through it like a normal array. Here is some code:

scheduler.attachEvent(“onEventSave”, function (a, b) {
var dates = scheduler.getRecDates(b.id,1000);
for (var i = 0; i < dates.length; i++) {
alert(“dates[” + i + “] is =>’” + dates[i] + “’”);
}
var c = this.getEvent(a);
if (!c.rec_type && b.rec_type && (a + “”).indexOf("#") == -1) this._select_id = null; return !0
});

Any thoughts?

#2

Hello,

getRecDates returns array of objects, each object has start_date and end_date properties:

[ { start_date: date, end_date: date }, { start_date: next_date, end_date: next_date }, ... ]
Please note that in onEventSave event you won’t receive full list of event occurrences.

Kind regards,
Ilya

#3

I’ll try that. Thanks but is there an event where I can get all of scheduling dates if onEventSave is not the best place?

#4

If you want to do it after save operation ends you can try to use onAfterLightbox event, it is called when lightbox is closed and edit operation is fully finished ( onEventSave called when saving operation starts )

#5

I will try that. The point is that we have to decipher all dates scheduled (insert/update/delete) into a format that does not use rec_dates (i.e., one record per scheduled event).

#6

Ok. onAfterLightbox is not passed the event like onEventSave does so how do I get the event.id to pass to getRecDates?

#7

Yep, sorry for incorrect suggestion.
Try to use
onEventAdded
onEventChanged
handlers, they are occurs after edit operation finished, and both provide the event id.

#8

I’m not sure what is wrong then. Here is what I have:
scheduler.attachEvent(“onEventAdded”, function (a) {
var dates = scheduler.getRecDates(a, 1000);
alert(dates.length); // RETURNS 0
}

This should work, right? When I alert(a); it displays a very long number if that helps.

#9

Event in question is really recurring?
getRecDates will return empty set for the normal events, and array of objects only for recurring events.

When I alert(a); it displays a very long number
It looks correct - long number is default id for the new event

#10

Ok. This is what I see. Changed seems to work as expected because it has the actual id for getRecDates but Added only gets a temp ID (long number). Is there a way during Added to get the actual db ID for getRecDates?

#11

Actual DB id will appear only after callback from server side. It is not available yet when onEventAdded is called

onEventSaving
onEventAdded

  • request to server side sent
    onAfterLightBox
    … some time…
  • response from server side received
  • id updated from temp to real one

You can use onAfterUpdate event of dataprocessor to catch moment when response from server side was received.

#12

Hello,

Or you can use onEventIdChange event:

scheduler.attachEvent("onEventIdChange", function(old_event_id,new_event_id){ //any custom logic here });
Kind regards,
Ilya