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EventsCalendar for ASP.NET Web Forms allows you to use standard ADO.NET databinding to bind the C1EventsCalendar control to a datasource.

Binding data to the C1EventsCalendar control involves two simple steps:

Configure an AccessDataSource: Choose the database to bind to and then specify the parameters that are mapped to the fields in the database table.
Map to the Data Storage: Map to the C1EventsCalendar data storage (C1EventStorage or C1CalendarStorage) by specifying the data source in the C1EventStorage.DataSourceID/C1CalendarStorage.DataSourceID property and then entering the names of the data fields using the Mappings properties. Each database table and its columns can be mapped to separate areas in the storage, and then calendars, subjects, colors, descriptions, start and end times, locations and more can be loaded from the database.

C1EventStorage

The C1EventStorage class allows you to begin binding to a data source by specifying the data source in the DataSourceID property. You can then map the fields from the data source to the EventStorage using the C1EventStorageMappings properties.

C1EventStorageMappings Properties	Description
CalendarMapping	Allows the calendar property to be bound to the appropriate field in the data source.
ColorMapping	Allows the color property to be bound to the appropriate field in the data source.
DescriptionMapping	Allows the description property to be bound to the appropriate field in the data source.
EndMapping	Allows the end property to be bound to the appropriate field in the data source.
IdMapping	Gets the Id property to be bound to the appropriate field in the data source.
LocationMapping	Allows the location property to be bound to the appropriate field in the data source.
PropertiesMapping	Allows other event properties to be bound to the appropriate field in the data source.
StartMapping	Allows the start property to be bound to the appropriate field in the data source.
SubjectMapping	Allows the subject property to be bound to the appropriate field in the data source.
TagMapping	Allows the tag property to be bound to the appropriate field in the data source (the tag property can be used to store any user-defined information).

C1EventsCalender

C1CalendarStorage

The C1CalendarStorage class allows you to begin binding to a data source simply by specifying the data source in the DataSourceID property. You can then map the fields from the data source to the CalendarStorage using the C1EventStorageMappings properties.

C1CalendarStorageMappings Properties	Description
ColorMapping	Allows the color property to be bound to the appropriate field in the data source.
DescriptionMapping	Allows the description property to be bound to the appropriate field in the data source.
LocationMapping	Allows the location property to be bound to the appropriate field in the data source.
NameMapping	Allows the name property to be bound to the appropriate field in the data source.
PropertiesMapping	Allows other calendar properties to be bound to the appropriate field in the data source.
TagMapping	Allows the tag property to be bound to the appropriate field in the data source (the tag property can be used to store any user-defined information).

C1EventsCalender

The Binding Data to a C1EventsCalendar Control Tutorial provides step-by-step instructions on configuring two AccessDataSource controls and mapping to the C1EventStorage and C1CalendarStorage.