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Scheduler: how to add new tabs for custom addons eg: search feature and tab to schedule reoccuring events.

I can see huge potential to this product.
Is it possible to add new tabs to the existing 'day' 'week' 'month'?

I need to add two features:
1. a html form so my users can schedule reoccurring events;
2. a 'search' function so users can search for scheduled events.

I could add these features outside...eg. use iframe, however, need a way to programmatically go to a specified date.

It would be great if I could add tabs to launch these custom features.
It would be better if these features could be integrated into your API...

thanks,
David

>>Is it possible to add new tabs to the existing 'day' 'week' 'month'?

a) add tab to html template of scheduler


<div class="dhx_cal_tab" name="day_tab" style="right:204px;"></div>
<div class="dhx_cal_tab" name="week_tab" style="right:140px;"></div>
<div class="dhx_cal_tab" name="month_tab" style="right:76px;"></div>
<div class="dhx_cal_tab" name="custom_tab" style="right:270px;"></div>

b) add new tab name to locale

scheduler.locale.labels.custom_tab="Custom 1";

c) add wrapper to update_view method, to handle your custom tab


scheduler.update_view = function(){
if (this._mode=="custom")
        alert("Date:"+this._date+", mode:"+this._mode);
        else return this.update_viewA();
}

name of mode , for custom tab, taken from name attribute inside html template.

Sample is attached. 

Adding support of recurring events is topmost feature in our todo list. 

>>2. a 'search' function so users can search for scheduled events.
Can be done as

for (var event in scheduler._events ){
    if (event.start_date == some ) //or any other kind of check
   {
                 scheduler.setCurrentView (event.start_date, "week");
                 return;
   }
}