Description Property (DateRecurrence)

Returns the human-readable description of this DateRecurrence instance.

Syntax

Visual Basic

'Declaration
 
Public Overridable ReadOnly Property Description As String

C#

public virtual string Description {get;}

Example

The following code sample demonstrates how to use the RecurrenceDialog to create or edit a DateRecurrence object, and also how to use the DateRecurrence object's GetDateOfNextOccurrence method to determine the dates on which occurrences will be generated:

Visual Basic

Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports Infragistics.Win
Imports Infragistics.Win.UltraWinSchedule
Imports System.Diagnostics

    Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click

        '  Create a new DateRecurrence on which the dialog session will be based.
        Dim recurrence As DateRecurrence = New DateRecurrence(New DateTime(DateTime.Today.Year, 1, 1))
        recurrence.RangeEndDate = New DateTime(DateTime.Today.Year, 12, 31)

        '  Create and show the RecurrenceDialog in DateRecurrence mode
        Dim dialog As New RecurrenceDialog(recurrence)
        dialog.ShowDialog()

        '  If the dialog session was not canceled...
        If dialog.Result = RecurrenceDialogResult.Ok Then

            '  Reassign the 'recurrence' stack variable to now
            '  reference the instance that resulted from the dialog session.
            recurrence = dialog.DateRecurrence

            '  Get the first 10 occurrences generated by the recurrence
            Dim occurrenceDates As List(Of DateTime) = New List(Of DateTime)(10)

            Dim startDate As DateTime = DateTime.Today
            While occurrenceDates.Count < 10

                Dim nextOccurrence As Nullable(Of DateTime) = recurrence.GetDateOfNextOccurrence(startDate)
                If nextOccurrence.HasValue Then

                    occurrenceDates.Add(nextOccurrence.Value)
                    startDate = nextOccurrence.Value.AddDays(1)

                    If (startDate > recurrence.RangeEndDate) Then Exit While
                Else
                    Exit While
                End If

            End While

            '  Display a human-readable description of the recurrence
            '  along with the dates of the first 10 occurrences in a MessageBox
            Dim sb As New StringBuilder()
            sb.AppendLine(recurrence.Description)
            sb.AppendLine(Environment.NewLine)

            '  List the first 10 occurrences
            sb.AppendLine(String.Format("The first {0} occurrences are:", occurrenceDates.Count))
            sb.AppendLine(Environment.NewLine)
            Dim occurrenceDate As DateTime
            For Each occurrenceDate In occurrenceDates

                sb.AppendLine(occurrenceDate.ToShortDateString())
            Next

            '  Show the MessageBox.
            MessageBox.Show(sb.ToString(), recurrence.ToString(), MessageBoxButtons.OK)
        End If

    End Sub

C#

using System.Collections.Generic;
using Infragistics.Win;
using Infragistics.Win.UltraWinSchedule;
using System.Diagnostics;

    private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        //  Create a new DateRecurrence on which the dialog session will be based.
        DateRecurrence recurrence = new DateRecurrence( new DateTime(DateTime.Today.Year, 1, 1) );
        recurrence.RangeEndDate = new DateTime(DateTime.Today.Year, 12, 31);

        //  Create and show the RecurrenceDialog in DateRecurrence mode
        RecurrenceDialog dialog = new RecurrenceDialog( recurrence );
        dialog.ShowDialog();

        //  If the dialog session was not canceled...
        if ( dialog.Result == RecurrenceDialogResult.Ok )
        {
            //  Reassign the 'recurrence' stack variable to now
            //  reference the instance that resulted from the dialog session.
            recurrence = dialog.DateRecurrence;

            //  Get the first 10 occurrences generated by the recurrence
            List<DateTime> occurrenceDates = new List<DateTime>(10);

            DateTime startDate = DateTime.Today;
            while ( occurrenceDates.Count < 10 )
            {
                Nullable<DateTime> nextOccurrence = recurrence.GetDateOfNextOccurrence( startDate );
                if ( nextOccurrence.HasValue )
                {
                    occurrenceDates.Add( nextOccurrence.Value );
                    startDate = nextOccurrence.Value.AddDays(1);

                    if ( startDate > recurrence.RangeEndDate )
                        break;
                }
                else
                    break;
            }

            //  Display a human-readable description of the recurrence
            //  along with the dates of the first 10 occurrences in a MessageBox
            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
            sb.AppendLine( recurrence.Description );
            sb.AppendLine( Environment.NewLine );

            //  List the first 10 occurrences
            sb.AppendLine( string.Format("The first {0} occurrences are:", occurrenceDates.Count) );
            sb.AppendLine( Environment.NewLine );
            foreach( DateTime occurrenceDate in occurrenceDates )
            {
                sb.AppendLine( occurrenceDate.ToShortDateString() );
            }

            //  Show the MessageBox.
            MessageBox.Show( sb.ToString(), recurrence.ToString(), MessageBoxButtons.OK );
        }
    }

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2