ASP.NET

Create a Simple Event Reminder App using ASP.NET Web Form

Hello everyone!! In this article I am going to make a simple application based on ASP.NET Web Forms which includes a few server controls such as Calendar control.

To get started,

Follow these steps

Step 1 -

Open your latest version of Visual Studio. Select File, New, then Project to see the following screen.Under the section of Visual C#, click on ASP.NET Empty Web Application. Name it EventApp.

 

Step 2 -

Click on OK Button to load the project .On the left hand side of the Solution Explorer right click on your project name and add a new Web Form. Name it Event.aspx as follows.

 

Click on Add button to load the main project.

Step 3 - Add the following code to the Event.aspx page,

  1. <%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeBehind="Event.aspx.cs" Inherits="EventApp.Event" %>  
  2.     <!DOCTYPE html>  
  3.     <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">  
  4.   
  5.     <head runat="server">  
  6.         <title></title>  
  7.     </head>  
  8.   
  9.     <body>  
  10.         <form id="form1" runat="server">  
  11.             <div>  
  12.                 <h1 style="text-align: center;">  
  13.   
  14. Enter details and set a day to initiate an event.  
  15.   
  16. </h1> </div>  
  17.             <div style="text-align: center;">  
  18.                 <table style="text-align: left; margin:auto; border-color: #000000;  
  19.   
  20. border-width: 2px; background-color: #fff99e;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="8" rules="none" width="540">  
  21.                     <tr>  
  22.                         <td valign="top">Your Name:</td>  
  23.                         <td valign="top">  
  24.                             <asp:TextBox ID="nameBox" Runat="server" Width="160px" />  
  25.                             <asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="validateName" 
    Runat=    "server" ErrorMessage="You must enter a name." 
    ControlToValidate="nameBox" Display="None" /> </td>  
  26.                         <td valign="middle" rowspan="4">  
  27.                             <asp:Calendar ID="calendar" Runat="server" BackColor="White" /> </td>  
  28.                     </tr>  
  29.                     <tr>  
  30.                         <td valign="top"> Event Name:</td>  
  31.                         <td valign="top">  
  32.                             <asp:TextBox ID="eventBox" Runat="server" Width="160px" />  
  33.                             <asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="validateEvent" Runat="server" 
    ErrorMessage=    "You must enter an event name." ControlToValidate="eventBox" Display="None" /> </td>  
  34.                     </tr>  
  35.                     <tr>  
  36.                         <td valign="top"> Meeting Room:</td>  
  37.                         <td valign="top">  
  38.                             <asp:DropDownList ID="roomList" Runat="server" Width="160px">  
  39.                                 <asp:ListItem Value="1">The Happy Room</asp:ListItem>  
  40.                                 <asp:ListItem Value="2">The Angry Room</asp:ListItem>  
  41.                                 <asp:ListItem Value="3">The Depressing Room</asp:ListItem>  
  42.                                 <asp:ListItem Value="4">The Funked Out Room</asp:ListItem>  
  43.                             </asp:DropDownList>  
  44.                             <asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="validateRoom" Runat="server" 
    ErrorMessage=    "You must select a room." ControlToValidate="roomList" Display="None" /> </td>  
  45.                     </tr>  
  46.                     <tr>  
  47.                         <td valign="top"> Attendees:</td>  
  48.                         <td valign="top">  
  49.                             <asp:ListBox ID="attendeeList" Runat="server" Width="160px" SelectionMode="Multiple" Rows="6">  
  50.                                 <asp:ListItem Value="1">Bill Gates</asp:ListItem>  
  51.                                 <asp:ListItem Value="2">Steve Jobs</asp:ListItem>  
  52.                                 <asp:ListItem Value="3">Mark Zuckerberg</asp:ListItem>  
  53.                                 <asp:ListItem Value="4">William Hewlett</asp:ListItem>  
  54.                                 <asp:ListItem Value="5">Bob Packard</asp:ListItem>  
  55.                                 <asp:ListItem Value="6">Larry Page</asp:ListItem>  
  56.                             </asp:ListBox>  
  57.                             <asp:RequiredFieldValidator ID="validateAttendees" Runat="server" 
    ErrorMessage=    "You must have at least one attendee." ControlToValidate="attendeeList" Display="None" /> </td>  
  58.                     </tr>  
  59.                     <tr>  
  60.                         <td align="center" colspan="3">  
  61.                             <asp:Button ID="submitButton" Runat="server" Width="100%" 
    Text=    "Submit meeting room request" onclick="submitButton_Click" /> </td>  
  62.                     </tr>  
  63.                     <tr>  
  64.                         <td align="center" colspan="3">  
  65.                             <asp:ValidationSummary ID="validationSummary" Runat="server" 
    HeaderText=    "Before submitting your request:" /> </td>  
  66.                     </tr>  
  67.                 </table>  
  68.             </div>  
  69.             <table>  
  70.                 <tr>  
  71.                     <td height="50"></td>  
  72.                 </tr>  
  73.             </table>  
  74.             <table style="text-align: left; margin:auto; border-color: #000000;  
  75.   
  76. border-width: 2px; background-color:lightgoldenrodyellow;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="8" rules="none" width="540">  
  77.                 <tr>  
  78.                     <td>  
  79.                         <p style="text-align:center;"> Results:  
  80.                             <asp:Label Runat="server" ID="resultLabel" Text="None." /> </p>  
  81.                     </td>  
  82.                 </tr>  
  83.             </table>  
  84.         </form>  
  85.     </body>  
  86.   
  87.     </html>  
Step 4 - Open the Event.aspx.cs page and the following code to it,

  1. using System;  
  2. using System.Collections.Generic;  
  3. using System.Linq;  
  4. using System.Web;  
  5. using System.Web.UI;  
  6. using System.Web.UI.WebControls;  
  7. public partial class _Default: System.Web.UI.Page   
  8. {  
  9.     protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)   
  10.     {  
  11.         if (!this.IsPostBack)   
  12.         {  
  13.             calendar.SelectedDate = DateTime.Now;  
  14.         }  
  15.     }  
  16.     protected void submitButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)  
  17.     {  
  18.         if (this.IsValid)  
  19.         {  
  20.             resultLabel.Text = roomList.SelectedItem.Text + " has been booked on " + 
    calendar.SelectedDate.ToLongDateString() +     " by " + nameBox.Text + " for " + eventBox.Text + " event. ";  
  21.             foreach(ListItem attendee in attendeeList.Items)  
  22.             {  
  23.                 if (attendee.Selected)  
  24.                 {  
  25.                     resultLabel.Text += attendee.Text + ", ";  
  26.                 }  
  27.             }  
  28.             resultLabel.Text += " and " + nameBox.Text + " will be attending.";  
  29.         }  
  30.     }  
  31. }  
Step 5 - Save the project and build it to see the following output,

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