DlhSoft Gantt Chart Library 3.0 (subset of Project Management Library 3.0)

for Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and .NET 3.5

Gantt Chart Library 3.0 contains Gantt Chart related Windows client components such as the GanttChartTaskListView, and GanttChartView controls, representing a subset of Project Management Library 3.0. The current product build is 3.0.8.

The product requires Microsoft Windows Vista, XP, Server 2003, or Server 2008 and Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) within Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 (Service Pack 1), and integrates with Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 (Service Pack 1).

Included controls can be used in Windows and browser applications, and support all .NET languages, including but not limited to C# and Visual Basic .NET. Appropriate reference documentation is available in Visual Studio style.

Basic usage screenshots of controls included within the product are presented below:

• GanttChartTaskListView:

  

• GanttChartView:

  

The GanttChartTaskListView control is used to display and update a list of task items using a grid view and an attached Gantt Chart.

The list of the most important features of the control is presented below:

• Very similar in appearance, behavior, and development related features with the standard ListView control;

• Permits using standard GridViewColumn objects within a GridView definition to indicate custom columns to be displayed in the grid view user interface;

• Permits using a TreeGridViewColumn object derived from GridViewColumn within a GridView definition to indicate the column to be displayed as a tree in the grid view user interface;

• Permits using customized Gantt Chart scale headers, such as one or more of the predefined time scales (hours, days, weeks, months, quarters, years) or other user defined time scaless, using the Scales property;

• Permits using a customized Gantt Chart update scale (for drag and drop update operations), such as one of the predefined update scales (free, minute, hour quarter, hour third, hour half, hour, day, week, month) or another user defined update scale, using the UpdateScale property;

• Permits showing or hiding nonworking days and nonworking hours in the Gantt Chart, using the AreNonWorkingDaysVisible and AreNonWorkingHoursVisible;

• Allows the developer to data bind or disable data binding of task indentation, start date and time, effort, completed effort, assignments, predecessors, cost, and expansion values to custom data item members by setting or clearing the appropriate MemberPath properties;

• Data hierarchy is based on the task collection index and indentation value;

• Allows the developer to manage task indentation, start date and time, effort, completed effort, assignments, predecessors, cost, and expansion values programatically;

• Allows the developer to set up a custom schedule defining the working time to be used for determining and updating task date and times and time spans using the Schedule property;

• Permits showing customized tool tips when the user hovers Gantt Chart task bars;

• Permits Gantt Chart task bar and dependency line customizations, such as custom brushes and templates, either generally or for specific tasks (if IsItemAppearanceApplied property is set to true);

• Supports exporting images representing the task list and its associated Gantt Chart;

• Supports printing the task list and its associated Gantt Chart;

• Supports resource leveling for the tasks in the list;

• Supports determining the critical path of the project represented by the tasks in the list;

• Allows the developer to use an external TaskManager class instance as the core task management business logic provider within the control;

• Allows the end users to add and remove tasks, expand and close tasks, increment or decrement task indentation, update existing task values either from the grid view or from the Gantt Chart using drag and drop operations, and update the displayed timeline page, excepting the case that these features are disabled by the developer, by setting the appropriate ReadOnly properties to true manually;

• Uses the current culture (language and region) set by the end user (using the Regional and Language Options) for displaying and retrieving values such as numbers or dates and times, excepting the case that the running thread culture was set by the developer to a specific culture information object manually;

• Uses the current theme provided by the operating system (Aero, Luna, etc.) or configured by the end user (when such option is available), excepting the case that the developer has customized the user interface properties values manually.

Supplemental screenshots of a set of sample applications that use the control are presented below:

• Custom data binding:

  

• Custom appearance:

  

• Custom scale:

  

• Custom schedule:

  

• Statistics:

  

• Commands:

  

• Resource filtering:

  

• Bar templating:

  

• Critical path:

  

• Grid lines:

  

• Control templating:

  

The GanttChartView control is used to display and update a list of task items using a Gantt Chart.

The list of the most important features of the control is presented below:

• Very similar in appearance, behavior, and development related features with a standard ItemsControl based control;

• Permits using customized scale headers, such as one or more of the predefined time scales (hours, days, weeks, months, quarters, years) or other user defined time scaless, using the Scales property;

• Permits using a customized update scale (for drag and drop update operations), such as one of the predefined update scales (free, minute, hour quarter, hour third, hour half, hour, day, week, month) or another user defined update scale, using the UpdateScale property;

• Permits showing or hiding nonworking days and nonworking hours, using the AreNonWorkingDaysVisible and AreNonWorkingHoursVisible;

• Allows the developer to data bind or disable data binding of task indentation, start date and time, effort, completed effort, assignments, predecessors, cost, and expansion values to custom data item members by setting or clearing the appropriate MemberPath properties;

• Data hierarchy is based on the task collection index and indentation value;

• Allows the developer to manage task indentation, start date and time, effort, completed effort, assignments, predecessors, cost, and expansion values programatically;

• Allows the developer to set up a custom schedule defining the working time to be used for determining and updating task date and times and time spans using the Schedule property;

• Permits showing customized tool tips when the user hovers task bars;

• Permits task bar and dependency line customizations, such as custom brushes and templates, either generally or for specific tasks (if IsItemAppearanceApplied property is set to true);

• Supports exporting images representing the Gantt Chart;

• Supports printing the Gantt Chart;

• Supports determining the critical path of the project represented by the tasks in the Gantt Chart;

• Allows the developer to use an external TaskManager class instance as the core task management business logic provider within the control;

• Allows the end users to update existing task values using drag and drop operations, and update the displayed timeline page, excepting the case that these features are disabled by the developer, by setting the appropriate ReadOnly properties to true manually;

• Uses the current culture (language and region) set by the end user (using the Regional and Language Options) for displaying and retrieving values such as numbers or dates and times, excepting the case that the running thread culture was set by the developer to a specific culture information object manually;

• Uses the current theme provided by the operating system (Aero, Luna, etc.) or configured by the end user (when such option is available), excepting the case that the developer has customized the user interface properties values manually.

Supplemental screenshots of a set of sample applications that use the control are presented below:

• Custom data binding:

  

• Custom appearance:

  

• Custom scale:

  

• Custom schedule:

  

• Statistics:

  

• Bar templating:

  

• Critical path:

  

• Grid lines:

  

• Control templating:

  

More details, such as get started guidelines, sample applications, and questions and answers are available in the online product documentation. You can also run a live demo of the product (ClickOnce application).

Note that in order to be able to build and run the sample application code available within the product documentation, you are required to download and install the software package.

You can download, install, and test the software package for free, for as long as needed. If you find the software useful and you would like to use it in production, you need to purchase and install the product license on your computer(s). Don't hesitate to request support whenever needed.

You may also want to review information about the related products available:

• Project Management Library 3.0:
  Includes the GanttChartTaskListView and GanttChartView controls, and supplementary adds a few other project management related controls.

Other versions of this product are available:

• Version 2.0 (for Windows Forms and .NET 2.0)

If you need further details, review the feature comparison of the related products and versions.