Booking grid table GUI

Mats A

15y3.1k.NET

Hello

I'm working on a booking site, and I have problems with the GUI.
How can I/should I build a grid/table displaying the information.

The columns are: Monday - Sunday
The Rows are: First available time - Last available time

The times available are set by admin and do not have start/end at the same time every day.

Each cell in the grid should contain a button or a link so the user can book/select available times.
On the admin pages each cell should contain a control for creating a bookable time (if the time is unavailable) or an control for removing a available time.

Im working in C#/ASP.NET.

Any suggestions?

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Sam Hobbs15y ago
Yes, UserControls are fun. Unless you need to do something advanced such as use multiple inputs. It is possible but I have not found anything showing how.
Mats A15y ago
Thank you for your replies. I have got it working, but the code is really ugly and uses a lot of work-arounds. So I´m looking on advice on best-practice ways to do something like this. I´m partly doing this for fun/experience so I will not use 3rd party components. I will look into the idea with user controls, it is nothing I have not done before so it should be fun.
Sam Hobbs15y ago
If you are able to define the requirements clearly and accurately then design how to do it, it might become more manageable than it appears before doing that. It is nearly certain that you need to create a UserControl; probably multiple UserControls. Are you familiar with UserControls? If not then start by reading the articles in this web site about them. Also you will likely benefit from a good book about UI develpment.
Mahesh Chand15y ago
It looks like it will be quite a work to get what you are trying to do. Are you OK to use third party components such as DevExpress? They have pretty cool customizable Grid.