# Calendar Tasks Menu

Quickly and easily enable the C1Calendar Tasks Menu that allows you to link C1Calendar to a C1Schedule control and set calendar properties.

## Content



In the **C1Calendar** **Tasks** menu, you can quickly and easily enable the Smart Designer, link the [C1Calendar](/componentone/docs/win/online-schedule/) to a [C1Schedule](/componentone/docs/win/online-schedule/) control, and set calendar properties.

To access the **C1Calendar Tasks** menu, click on the smart tag (![](https://cdn.mescius.io/document-site-files/images/675b9aff-7616-4324-81ac-58e410fb9531/imagesext/image14_0.png)) in the upper right corner of the control. This will open the **C1Calendar Tasks** menu.

![C1Calendar Tasks](https://cdn.mescius.io/document-site-files/images/675b9aff-7616-4324-81ac-58e410fb9531/images/calendar-tasksmenu.png)

### Enable Smart Designer

Selecting the **Enable Smart Designer** check box, activates the Smart Designer on the C1Calendar control for greater design-time interaction. The default is checked. For more information on the Smart Designer, see [C1Calendar Smart Designer](/componentone/docs/win/online-schedule/concepts/scheduer-views/designtimesupport/schedulerforwinforms5/c1calendarsmartdesig).

### Schedule

Clicking the drop-down arrow in the **Schedule** box allows you to link the [C1Calendar](/componentone/docs/win/online-schedule/) control to a [C1Schedule](/componentone/docs/win/online-schedule/) control. When the **Schedule** drop-down box is set to a C1Schedule control, the **First Date** and **Week Start** options appear on the **C1Calendar Tasks** menu.

![Week Start Options](https://cdn.mescius.io/document-site-files/images/675b9aff-7616-4324-81ac-58e410fb9531/imagesext/image14_13.png)

### Calendar Dimensions

Clicking the drop-down arrow in the **Calendar Dimensions** box opens a list containing the number of months to appear in the C1Calendar control. The default value for the [CalendarDimensions](/componentone/docs/win/online-schedule/) property is **1**.


> type=note
> **Note**: The CalendarDimensions property accepts values from 1 to 12, but will only display the number of months that it can fit into the available space.

### Show Week Numbers

Checking the **Show Week Numbers** check box displays week number in the [C1Calendar](/componentone/docs/win/online-schedule/) control. The default value is checked.

### Visual Style

Clicking the drop-down arrow in the **Visual Style** drop-down opens a list of different [VisualStyle](/componentone/docs/win/online-schedule/) enumeration options, such as System, Office 2007 Blue, Office 2007 Black, Office 2007 Silver, Windows XP Blue, Windows XP Silver, Windows XP Olive, Royale, Yahoo, Aero, and Custom. The default value is **Office 2007 Blue**. For more information on the different visual styles, see [Visual Styles](/componentone/docs/win/online-schedule/visualstyles).

![Visual Styles](https://cdn.mescius.io/document-site-files/images/675b9aff-7616-4324-81ac-58e410fb9531/imagesext/image14_14.png)

When the **Visual Style** drop-down is set to a modified version of one of the predefined visual styles, additional options appear in the tasks menu, such as **Previous Month**, **Next Month**, **Day Header Format**, **Month Header Format**, and **Base Font**.

![Visual Styles](https://cdn.mescius.io/document-site-files/images/675b9aff-7616-4324-81ac-58e410fb9531/imagesext/image14_15.png)

The **Previous Month** box will open the **Select Resource** dialog box where you can choose an image for the **Previous** button.

The **Next Month** box will open the **Select Resource** dialog where you can choose an image for the **Next** button.

The **Day Header Format** drop-down sets the format of the day header text. The default is **dd** (for example, Mo). Available formats include:

*   **d** - Displays the 1-letter abbreviated name for each day. For example, **M**.
*   **dd** - Displays the 2-letter abbreviated name for each day. For example, **Mo**.
*   **ddd** - Displays the 3-letter abbreviated name for each day. For example, **Mon**.

The **Month Header Format** drop-down sets the format of the month header text. The default is **MMMM yyy** (for example, February 2007). Available formats include:

*   **MMMM yyy** - Displays the full name of the month and the year. For example, **February 2007**.
*   **MMM yyy** - Displays the abbreviated name of the month and the year. For example, **Feb 2007**.

The **Base Font** box will open a **Font** dialog box where you can change the appearance of the font for the entire [C1Calendar](/componentone/docs/win/online-schedule/) control.

### First Date (Only available when C1Calendar is linked to a C1Schedule control)

Clicking the drop-down arrow in the **First Date** box opens a DateTimePicker to select the first date that will appear in the [C1Schedule](/componentone/docs/win/online-schedule/) control.

### Week Start (Only available when C1Calendar is linked to a C1Schedule control)

Clicking the drop-down arrow in the **Week Start** box opens a list of different [WeekStart](/componentone/docs/win/online-schedule/) property options, such as **Sunday**, **Monday**, **Tuesday**, **Wednesday**, **Thursday**, **Friday**, and **Saturday**. The default value is determined by the system settings. The WeekStart property determines the first day of the week.

### Reset Appearance

Clicking **Reset Appearance** resets all of the settings to the default values.

### About C1Schedule

Clicking **About** displays the C1Calendar control's **About** dialog box, which is helpful in finding the build number of the control.

### Localize

Clicking the **Localize** button opens the **Localize** dialog box. In the **Localize** dialog box, you can customize your localization settings. For more information, see [Localization](/componentone/docs/win/online-schedule/features/localization).


> type=note
> **Note**: WinForms .NET Edition does not include rich design-time support yet. We will enhance it in future releases.