Calendar Tools 2.0 for .NET -- Is the .NET developer’s choice for Outlook-style appointment scheduling and interactive Calendar functionality for .NET Windows Forms.
Calendar Tools 2.0 for .NET is a complete component-solution:
a single presentation settings for all components
a common data-management architecture for all components,
a comprehensive appointment, contact, location and
task management,
a appointment scheduling, 
a interactive Calendars,
a date input
a date selection
DBI introduces:
The Collaborative Data Framework - a common presentation and data management layer for sharing appointment, contact, location and task information. Microsoft offers the concept of “Collaboration Information” through the Outlook data model. Developers can extend Outlook using the Collaboration Information object model.
In listening to customers, DBI delivers Calendar Tools 2.0 for .NET, a foundational appointment scheduling, contact, and task framework with interactive calendar presentations.
Pushing the boundaries, Calendar Tools 2.0 for .NET provides an intuitive, straight forward component design giving developers a friendly structure to implement Outlook-style functionality. Custom properties, methods and events allow for efficient implementation of essential appointment scheduling and calendar-based functionality.
example:
“dbiDayView1.Appointments[1].BackColor = color.red”
“dbiDate.Buttons.ForeColor = Color.Black”
Great functionality doesn’t stop there … Calendar Tools 2.0 for .NET includes a foundational object model for developers to quickly share core data with any object in the Calendar Tools presentation layer. Also, extend the Collaborative Data Framework to existing Outlook data and beyond with ease.
DBI’s Collaborative Data Framework also supports the data elements of Outlook’s scheduling Object Model. In a straightforward fashion, developers can intuitively implement great appointment scheduling and calendar/date functionality using existing Outlook data.
Each component found in Calendar Tools 2.0 for .NET supports Design-Time and Run-Time XML import and export functions, making them ideal for consuming and emitting data from any data source. The controls found in this product are not data-bound providing complete developer flexibility and choice of data repository.
| Components included in Calendar Tools 2.0 for .NET |
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| • dbiDayView Outlook style multi-day, appointment schedule |
| • dbiCalendar Scrolling virtual Calendar |
| • dbiDate date picker with single or multiple calendar views |
| • dbiDropDate includes Date Edit functionality |
| • dbiMonth interactive month presentation with back/forward navigation |
| • dbiPIM (common data structure and presentation host) | |
With your purchase of Calendar Tools 2.0 for .NET receive a copy of the “Collaborative Foundational Framework” source code - Free. Customize and extend the Collaborative Foundational Framework functionality to accommodate your own unique solution requirements.