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Build and configure the DevExpress Blazor Scheduler (DxScheduler) — a calendar/appointment scheduling component for Blazor Server, WebAssembly, and Hybrid apps. Use for day/week/work-week/month/timeline views; data binding via DxSchedulerDataStorage and AppointmentMappings; appointment creation, editing, deletion, drag-and-drop and resize; recurring appointments (RecurrenceInfo / recurrence rules); resources (rooms/people); labels/statuses; and time/work-time configuration. Also use for DxScheduler, scheduler, calendar, appointment calendar, recurring appointments, and scheduling feature comparisons or migration scenarios.

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DevExpress Blazor Scheduler

DxScheduler is a calendar/appointment component for Blazor. It visualizes time-based data as appointments across Day, Week, Work Week, Month, and Timeline views. Users can create, edit, drag, resize, and delete appointments through built-in UI.

When to Use This Skill

Display appointments or events in calendar views
Bind to a collection of appointment data objects via DxSchedulerDataStorage
Support recurring appointments (daily, weekly, monthly, yearly)
Manage multiple resources (rooms, employees, etc.)
Create, edit, or delete appointments through the built-in edit forms
Show work-time-only views with ShowWorkTimeOnly
Navigate between dates with the scheduler toolbar

Prerequisites & Installation

NuGet Package

Package	Purpose
`DevExpress.Blazor`	Scheduler + all standard Blazor UI components

# Install from NuGet.org:
dotnet add package DevExpress.Blazor

Setup

Register in Program.cs:
```
builder.Services.AddDevExpressBlazor();
```
v26.1 note: DevExpress.Blazor no longer includes options.BootstrapVersion or DevExpress.Blazor.BootstrapVersion. Do not generate either API.

Apply a theme and add client scripts in App.razor inside <head>:

@using DevExpress.Blazor
@DxResourceManager.RegisterTheme(Themes.Fluent)
@DxResourceManager.RegisterScripts()

Add namespace to _Imports.razor:
```
@using DevExpress.Blazor
```

Before You Start — Ask the Developer

If the host agent has a structured question-asking tool available, use it to ask these questions one at a time with clear options — for example, Claude Code's AskUserQuestion tool or GitHub Copilot's askQuestions tool. If no such tool is available, ask the questions directly in the chat response before generating code.

Render mode: Are you using InteractiveServer, InteractiveWebAssembly, or InteractiveAuto?
Data model: What is your appointment data class? What are the field names for start, end, subject, type, recurrence, etc.?
Initial view: Which view should be shown by default? (Day, Week, Work Week, Month, Timeline)
Start date: What date should the scheduler open on?
Features: Do you need recurring appointments? Resources? Custom labels/statuses?

Component Overview

DxScheduler includes:

Data Storage (DxSchedulerDataStorage): Connects the component to appointment data via AppointmentsSource and AppointmentMappings
Appointment Mappings (DxSchedulerAppointmentMappings): Maps your data model fields to scheduler concepts (Id, Start, End, Subject, Type, RecurrenceInfo, etc.)
Views: DxSchedulerDayView, DxSchedulerWeekView, DxSchedulerWorkWeekView, DxSchedulerMonthView, DxSchedulerTimelineView
Recurrence (DxSchedulerRecurrenceInfo): Built-in recurrence rule support (Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Yearly)
Resources: Bind appointment resources via DxSchedulerResourceMappings and DxSchedulerDataStorage
Labels & Statuses: Configurable labels and status indicators for appointments
Appointment Templates (HorizontalAppointmentTemplate, VerticalAppointmentTemplate on each view; AppointmentTooltipTemplate on DxScheduler): Customize how appointments and hover tooltips render
Drag & Resize (AllowDragAppointment, AllowDragAppointmentBetweenResources, AllowResizeAppointment): Users can drag appointments to reschedule them, drag between resource groups, or resize by dragging appointment borders; all three are enabled by default; set to false to restrict a specific operation; AppointmentStartDragging, AppointmentStartResizing, and AppointmentDraggingBetweenResources events allow customizing or canceling these operations
Toolbar (ToolbarItems): Add, remove, or replace built-in toolbar items (DxSchedulerDateNavigatorToolbarItem, DxSchedulerTodayToolbarItem, etc.) and inject custom DxToolbarItem commands

Core Entry Point (Razor)

@rendermode InteractiveServer

<DxScheduler StartDate="@DateTime.Today"
             DataStorage="@DataStorage">
    <DxSchedulerWeekView ShowWorkTimeOnly="true" />
</DxScheduler>

@code {
    DxSchedulerDataStorage DataStorage = new DxSchedulerDataStorage {
        AppointmentsSource = new List<AppointmentData>(),
        AppointmentMappings = new DxSchedulerAppointmentMappings {
            // Required mappings:
            Id = nameof(AppointmentData.Id),
            Type = nameof(AppointmentData.AppointmentType),
            Start = nameof(AppointmentData.StartDate),
            End = nameof(AppointmentData.EndDate),
            Subject = nameof(AppointmentData.Caption),
            // Optional mappings (add as needed):
            // AllDay = nameof(AppointmentData.AllDay),
            // Description = nameof(AppointmentData.Description),
            // Location = nameof(AppointmentData.Location),
            // LabelId = nameof(AppointmentData.Label),
            // StatusId = nameof(AppointmentData.Status),
            // RecurrenceInfo = nameof(AppointmentData.Recurrence)
        }
    };
}

Documentation & Navigation Guide

Getting Started

📄 references/getting-started.md

When you need to:

Set up the scheduler from scratch
Configure DxSchedulerDataStorage and AppointmentMappings
Display your first calendar view

Data Binding

📄 references/data-binding.md

When you need to:

Connect your appointment data model to the scheduler
Load appointments from a service or database
Understand all AppointmentMappings properties

Appointments

📄 references/appointments.md

When you need to:

Handle appointment creation, editing, and deletion events
Configure recurring appointments
Customize appointment display with labels and statuses
Use the compact form settings

Views

📄 references/views.md

When you need to:

Choose between Day, Week, Work Week, Month, and Timeline views
Configure ShowWorkTimeOnly
Set visible time range and cell duration

Examples

💻 examples/quickstart.razor — Multi-view scheduler with appointment CRUD, labels, and statuses
💻 examples/resources.razor — Multi-resource timeline view with ResourcesSource, ResourceMappings, and GroupType.Resource

Quick Start Example

@page "/scheduler-demo"
@rendermode InteractiveServer

<DxScheduler StartDate="@DateTime.Today"
             DataStorage="@DataStorage">
    <DxSchedulerDayView />
    <DxSchedulerWeekView ShowWorkTimeOnly="true" />
    <DxSchedulerWorkWeekView />
    <DxSchedulerMonthView />
</DxScheduler>

@code {
    DxSchedulerDataStorage DataStorage;

    protected override void OnInitialized() {
        var appointments = new List<AppointmentData> {
            new AppointmentData {
                Id = 1, AppointmentType = 0,
                StartDate = DateTime.Today.AddHours(9),
                EndDate = DateTime.Today.AddHours(10),
                Caption = "Team Meeting",
                Description = "Weekly sync",
                Label = 2, Status = 0
            },
            new AppointmentData {
                Id = 2, AppointmentType = 0,
                StartDate = DateTime.Today.AddDays(1).AddHours(14),
                EndDate = DateTime.Today.AddDays(1).AddHours(15),
                Caption = "Code Review",
                Label = 3, Status = 0
            },
        };

        DataStorage = new DxSchedulerDataStorage {
            AppointmentsSource = appointments,
            AppointmentMappings = new DxSchedulerAppointmentMappings {
                Id = nameof(AppointmentData.Id),
                Type = nameof(AppointmentData.AppointmentType),
                Start = nameof(AppointmentData.StartDate),
                End = nameof(AppointmentData.EndDate),
                Subject = nameof(AppointmentData.Caption),
                Description = nameof(AppointmentData.Description),
                AllDay = nameof(AppointmentData.AllDay),
                Location = nameof(AppointmentData.Location),
                LabelId = nameof(AppointmentData.Label),
                StatusId = nameof(AppointmentData.Status),
                RecurrenceInfo = nameof(AppointmentData.Recurrence)
            }
        };
    }

    class AppointmentData {
        public int Id { get; set; }
        public int AppointmentType { get; set; }
        public DateTime StartDate { get; set; }
        public DateTime EndDate { get; set; }
        public string Caption { get; set; }
        public string Description { get; set; }
        public string Location { get; set; }
        public bool AllDay { get; set; }
        public int Label { get; set; }
        public int Status { get; set; }
        public string Recurrence { get; set; }
    }
}

Key Properties

DxScheduler

Property	Type	Description
`StartDate`	`DateTime`	Initial date displayed
`DataStorage`	`DxSchedulerDataStorage`	Data source and mapping configuration
`ActiveViewType`	`SchedulerViewType`	Currently active view
`GroupType`	`SchedulerGroupType`	Group appointments by date or resource

DxSchedulerDataStorage

Property	Type	Description
`AppointmentsSource`	`IList`	Collection of appointment data objects
`AppointmentMappings`	`DxSchedulerAppointmentMappings`	Field mapping configuration
`ResourcesSource`	`IList`	Collection of resource objects
`ResourceMappings`	`DxSchedulerResourceMappings`	Resource field mappings

DxSchedulerAppointmentMappings

Property	Maps To
`Id`	Appointment unique identifier
`Type`	Appointment type (`0` = one-time, `1` = pattern, `2` = occurrence, `3` = changed occurrence, `4` = deleted occurrence)
`Start`	Start date/time
`End`	End date/time
`Subject`	Appointment title
`AllDay`	All-day flag (bool)
`Description`	Appointment notes
`Location`	Location string
`LabelId`	Label ID (int?)
`StatusId`	Status ID (int)
`RecurrenceInfo`	Recurrence XML string

Programmatic Recurrence Patterns

When a user asks to make an appointment recurring, create a recurring pattern in the data source. Set AppointmentType = 1 and assign a recurrence rule string to the mapped Recurrence field. Do not invent helpers like WeeklyRecurrence(...) unless the project already defines them.

var start = DateTime.Today.AddDays(1).AddHours(14);
var end = DateTime.Today.AddDays(1).AddHours(15);

var appointment = new AppointmentData {
    Id = 3,
    AppointmentType = 1,
    StartDate = start,
    EndDate = end,
    Caption = "Planning Session",
    Description = "Sprint planning",
    Label = 5,
    Status = 1,
    Recurrence = string.Format(
        System.Globalization.CultureInfo.InvariantCulture,
        "<RecurrenceInfo Start=\"{0}\" End=\"{1}\" WeekDays=\"{2}\" Frequency=\"1\" Range=\"0\" Type=\"1\" Id=\"{3}\" />",
        start,
        end,
        1 << (int)start.DayOfWeek,
        Guid.NewGuid())
};

Use the following recurrence rule shapes for common prompts:

Prompt Shape	Required Rule Fields	Example Rule Body
Every `N` days	`Type="0"`, `Frequency`	`Type="0" Frequency="3"`
Every `N` weeks on specific weekdays	`Type="1"`, `Frequency`, `WeekDays`	`Type="1" Frequency="2" WeekDays="16"`
Every month on a day number	`Type="2"`, `Frequency`, `WeekOfMonth="0"`, `DayNumber`	`Type="2" Frequency="1" WeekOfMonth="0" DayNumber="30"`
Every month on a weekday pattern	`Type="2"`, `Frequency`, `WeekOfMonth`, `WeekDays`	`Type="2" Frequency="1" WeekOfMonth="1" WeekDays="2"`
Every year on a fixed date	`Type="3"`, `Frequency`, `Month`, `WeekOfMonth="0"`, `DayNumber`	`Type="3" Frequency="1" Month="3" WeekOfMonth="0" DayNumber="5"`
Every year on a weekday pattern	`Type="3"`, `Frequency`, `Month`, `WeekOfMonth`, `WeekDays`	`Type="3" Frequency="1" Month="3" WeekOfMonth="1" WeekDays="2"`

Range values control when the series ends:

Range Shape	Meaning
`Range="0"`	No end date
`Range="1" OccurrenceCount="N"`	End after `N` occurrences
`Range="2" End="..."`	End on a specific date

For changed or deleted occurrences, use an exception rule instead of a pattern rule:

"<RecurrenceInfo Id=\"6de79b21-6b16-4dea-9736-c500058ec858\" Index=\"25\"/>"

Use this exception rule only for changed or deleted occurrences, not for the base recurring pattern.

Advanced Recurrence Details

Use these value mappings when a prompt requires exact recurrence control:

`WeekDays` value	Meaning
`1`	Sunday
`2`	Monday
`4`	Tuesday
`8`	Wednesday
`16`	Thursday
`32`	Friday
`64`	Saturday
`62`	WorkDays (Monday through Friday)
`65`	WeekendDays (Saturday and Sunday)
`127`	EveryDay

WeekDays is a flags enum. Combine values with bitwise OR in C# when building recurrence data in code. In XML, the combined numeric value is stored in the WeekDays attribute.

`WeekOfMonth` value	Meaning
`0`	None
`1`	First
`2`	Second
`3`	Third
`4`	Fourth
`5`	Last

When WeekOfMonth = "0", the week position does not affect the rule and WeekDays is ignored for monthly and yearly day-number rules. In those cases, use DayNumber instead.

Property	Constraint
`DayNumber`	Valid values are `1` through `31`. Lower values are normalized to `1`; higher values are normalized to `31`.
`Month`	Valid values are `1` through `12`. Lower values are normalized to `1`; higher values are normalized to `12`.

If a project works with recurrence objects instead of raw XML strings, use the documented XML conversion methods on ISchedulerRecurrenceInfo:

Method	Use
`FromXml(string)`	Reconstruct recurrence information from an XML rule string
`ToXml()`	Convert recurrence information to an XML rule string
`Reset(SchedulerRecurrenceType)`	Reset recurrence fields for a specific recurrence type
`Assign(...)`	Copy recurrence settings from another recurrence object

If a prompt mentions time zones for recurring appointments, map the appointment time zone field with DxSchedulerAppointmentMappings.TimeZoneId. Recurrence time zone information is obtained from the appointment item and is used to calculate recurring series start and end times.

For prompt interpretation, use the following rules:

Prompt Intent	Recommended Output
"every work day"	Weekly rule with `WeekDays="62"`
"every day"	Daily rule or `WeekDays="127"` only when the project specifically models recurrence that way
"first Monday of each month"	Monthly rule with `Type="2" WeekOfMonth="1" WeekDays="2"`
"last Monday of April every year"	Yearly rule with `Type="3" Month="4" WeekOfMonth="5" WeekDays="2"`
"skip this occurrence"	Create or preserve a deleted-occurrence exception with an `Id`/`Index` rule
"edit only this occurrence"	Create or preserve a changed-occurrence exception with an `Id`/`Index` rule

Do not generate changed-occurrence or deleted-occurrence records unless the prompt explicitly targets a single occurrence or the surrounding code already manages recurrence exceptions.

Troubleshooting

Symptom	Cause	Fix
No appointments shown	`AppointmentMappings` fields not matching model	Use `nameof()` for all mapping properties
Appointments show wrong time	Time zone mismatch	Ensure `StartDate`/`EndDate` are stored in local or UTC consistently
Scheduler does not respond to clicks	Static render mode	Add `@rendermode InteractiveServer` to the page
Recurring appointments broken	`RecurrenceInfo` mapping missing	Set `RecurrenceInfo = nameof(AppointmentData.Recurrence)` in mappings
`MissingMethodException: Constructor on type 'Int32Converter' not found` (WASM)	Blazor linker removes required types during WebAssembly compilation	Set `<BlazorWebAssemblyEnableLinking>false</BlazorWebAssemblyEnableLinking>` in the project file, or add a `LinkerConfig.xml` to preserve required types
`"Unhandled exception on the current circuit"` with no detail	`CircuitOptions.DetailedErrors` not set	Add `builder.Services.Configure<CircuitOptions>(o => o.DetailedErrors = true);` in `Program.cs` (development only)
`"Component parameter 'ValueChanged' is used two or more times"` compile error	`@bind-Value` and `ValueChanged` used together	Use `@bind-Value="@val"` for two-way binding, or `Value="@val" ValueChanged="@handler"` — never both simultaneously
`dx-blazor.js` not found (404) behind a reverse proxy	Reverse proxy strips the app base path	Add `app.UsePathBase("/subpath")` before `app.MapBlazorHub()`, or set `<base href="/subpath/" />` in `App.razor`
Static assets return 404 (`dx-blazor.css`, `dx-blazor.js`)	`UseStaticWebAssets()` not called	Add `app.UseStaticWebAssets();` in `Program.cs` before `app.UseStaticFiles()`
`"Could not find 'X' in 'window.DxBlazor'"` JavaScript error	Stale browser-cached JS from an older DevExpress version	Hard-refresh the browser (Ctrl+Shift+R), clear site data, or verify all DevExpress NuGet packages are the same version
`"Cannot pass the parameter 'X' to component 'Y' with rendermode"`	Non-serializable parameter passed across a render mode boundary	Move the component to a child `.razor` file with its own `@rendermode` directive; pass only serializable parameters

Constraints & Rules

Never invent API: If a property, method, event, or feature is not documented in this skill or its references, do not assume it exists. When asked about an unfamiliar API, first try to verify it using the DevExpress documentation MCP (devexpress_docs_search) or the local apidoc/ folder. Only after checking: if confirmed, use the API; if not found, explicitly state that it does not appear to be part of the DxScheduler API. Do not warn that a feature "may have been introduced in a recent version" as a way to justify inventing it.
Render mode: DxScheduler requires interactive render mode for appointment creation, editing, and navigation.
AppointmentMappings: All mapping properties must exactly match your data model field names. Use nameof() to avoid spelling errors.
AppointmentType: Recurring appointments created in code require AppointmentType = 1 and a valid RecurrenceInfo mapping. Regular non-recurring appointments use 0.
NuGet packages: Use DevExpress.Blazor. Match versions across all DevExpress packages.
Build verification: Run dotnet build after changes.

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SKILL.md

DevExpress Blazor Scheduler

When to Use This Skill

Prerequisites & Installation

NuGet Package

Setup

Before You Start — Ask the Developer

Component Overview

Core Entry Point (Razor)

Documentation & Navigation Guide

Getting Started

Data Binding

Appointments

Views

Examples

Quick Start Example

Key Properties

DxScheduler

DxSchedulerDataStorage

DxSchedulerAppointmentMappings

Programmatic Recurrence Patterns

Advanced Recurrence Details

Troubleshooting

Constraints & Rules

Using DevExpress Documentation MCP

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