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CalendarDay.IsWeekend Property

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Definition

Namespace:
System.Web.UI.WebControls
Assembly:
System.Web.dll

Gets a value that indicates whether the date represented by an instance of this class is a either Saturday or Sunday. This property is read-only.

public:
 property bool IsWeekend { bool get(); };
public bool IsWeekend { get; }
member this.IsWeekend : bool
Public ReadOnly Property IsWeekend As Boolean

Property Value

Boolean

true if the date represented by an instance of this class is either a Saturday or a Sunday; otherwise, false.

Examples

The following example demonstrates how to use the properties of a CalendarDay object to determine whether the date being rendered in the DayRender event is in the displayed month and are not either a Saturday or a Sunday. These dates are displayed in yellow. Note that the Day property of the DayRenderEventArgs object passed into the DayRender event handler is the CalendarDay object.

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="True" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head>
    <title>ASP.NET Example</title>
<script language="C#" runat="server">

      void DayRender(Object source, DayRenderEventArgs e) 
      {
      
         if (!e.Day.IsOtherMonth && !e.Day.IsWeekend)
            e.Cell.BackColor=System.Drawing.Color.Yellow;
      
      }

   </script>
 
</head>
 
<body>
 
   <form id="form1" runat="server">
 
      <asp:Calendar id="calendar1" runat="server"
           WeekendDayStyle-BackColor="gray"
           OnDayRender="DayRender"/>
                   
   </form>
         
</body>
</html>

<%@ Page Language="VB" AutoEventWireup="True" %>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head>
    <title>ASP.NET Example</title>
<script language="VB" runat="server">
        Sub DayRender(source As Object, e As DayRenderEventArgs)
            
            If Not e.Day.IsOtherMonth And Not e.Day.IsWeekend Then
                e.Cell.BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.Yellow
            End If 
        End Sub 'DayRender
   </script>
 
</head>
 
<body>
 
   <form id="form1" runat="server">
 
      <asp:Calendar id="calendar1" runat="server"
           WeekendDayStyle-BackColor="gray"
           OnDayRender="DayRender"/>
                   
   </form>
         
</body>
</html>

<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="True" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
    <title>Calendar DayRender Example</title>
<script runat="server">
   
      void DayRender(Object sender, DayRenderEventArgs e) 
      {

         // Change the background color of the days in the month
         // to yellow.
         if (!e.Day.IsOtherMonth && !e.Day.IsWeekend)
         {
            e.Cell.BackColor=System.Drawing.Color.Yellow;
         }

         // Add custom text to cell in the Calendar control.
         if (e.Day.Date.Day == 18)
         {
            e.Cell.Controls.Add(new LiteralControl("<br />Holiday"));
         }

      }

      void Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e)
      {

         // Manually register the event-handling method for the DayRender  
         // event of the Calendar control.
         Calendar1.DayRender += new DayRenderEventHandler(this.DayRender);

      }

   </script>
 
</head>
 
<body>
 
   <form id="form1" runat="server">

      <h3>Calendar DayRender Example</h3>
 
      <asp:Calendar id="Calendar1" 
                    runat="server">

         <WeekendDayStyle BackColor="gray">
         </WeekendDayStyle>

      </asp:Calendar>
                   
   </form>
          
</body>
</html>

<%@ Page Language="VB" AutoEventWireup="True" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
    <title>Calendar DayRender Example</title>
<script runat="server">
   
      Sub DayRender(sender as Object, e As DayRenderEventArgs) 

         ' Change the background color of the days in the month
         ' to yellow.
         If (Not e.Day.IsOtherMonth) And (Not e.Day.IsWeekend) Then
        
            e.Cell.BackColor=System.Drawing.Color.Yellow
         
         End If

         ' Add custom text to cell in the Calendar control.
         If e.Day.Date.Day = 18 Then
         
            e.Cell.Controls.Add(New LiteralControl("<br />Holiday"))
         
         End If

      End Sub

      Sub Page_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)

         ' Manually register the event-handling method for the DayRender  
         ' event of the Calendar control.
         AddHandler Calendar1.DayRender, AddressOf DayRender

      End Sub

   </script>
 
</head>
 
<body>
 
   <form id="form1" runat="server">

      <h3>Calendar DayRender Example</h3>
 
      <asp:Calendar id="Calendar1" 
                    runat="server">

         <WeekendDayStyle BackColor="gray">
         </WeekendDayStyle>

      </asp:Calendar>
                   
   </form>
          
</body>
</html>

Remarks

Use the IsWeekend property to programmatically determine whether the date represented by an instance of this class is either a Saturday or a Sunday. This allows you to programmatically control the appearance or behavior of the day, based on this value.

Applies to

See also