The diagram below presents an overview of the available DlhSoft project management and Gantt Chart related products and their recent history transitions:
If you need more information, please review the detailed feature comparison presented below:
| Products and features |
Project Management Library 2.0 |
Gantt Chart Library 2.0 |
Project Management Library 3.0 |
Gantt Chart Library 3.0 |
| Platform |
Windows Forms, .NET 2.0 |
Windows Forms, .NET 2.0 |
WPF, .NET 3.5 |
WPF, .NET 3.5 |
| Design goals |
Providing an interactive Gantt Chart control with associated task tree-grid editor, with separated business logic providing components |
Providing an interactive Gantt Chart control with associated task tree-grid editor, with data binding support |
Providing an interactive Gantt Chart control optionally with associated task tree-grid editor, and other project management related controls such as for resource editing, with data binding support and separated business logic components |
Providing an interactive Gantt Chart control optionally with associated task tree-grid editor, with data binding support and separated business logic components |
| Business logic classes |
Project Management Framework classes (Task, Resource, Schedule, etc.) |
None (not separated) |
TaskManager (Task, TaskItem), ResourceManager (Resource, ResourceItem), Schedule, etc. |
TaskManager (Task, TaskItem), ResourceManager (Resource, ResourceItem), Schedule, etc. |
| User interface controls |
ProjectView, ResourcesView, ScheduleView, StatisticsView |
GanttChartView, ResourceLoadChartView |
GanttChartTaskListView, GanttChartView, TaskListView, ResourceListView |
GanttChartTaskListView, GanttChartView |
| Supported on .NET 2.0 |
Yes, natively |
Yes, natively |
No |
No |
| Supported on .NET 3.0 |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Supported on .NET 3.5 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes, natively |
Yes, natively |
| Supported in Windows Forms applications |
Yes, natively |
Yes, natively |
Yes, using Windows Forms Integration |
Yes, using Windows Forms Integration |
| Supported in WPF (Windows Presentation Foundation) applications |
Yes, using Windows Forms Integration |
Yes, using Windows Forms Integration |
Yes, natively |
Yes, natively |
| Integrates with Visual Studio 2005 |
Yes, natively |
Yes, natively |
Yes, but you also need WPF Extensions for Visual Studio (CTP) |
Yes, but you also need WPF Extensions for Visual Studio (CTP) |
| Integrates with Visual Studio 2008 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes, natively |
Yes, natively |
| Data binding support |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Customizable grid columns |
Yes, but not at design time: for adding new columns you are required to define a CustomTask base class, inheriting from Task, and write code to add corresponding columns to the grid |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Customizable schedule |
Yes, general schedule and customizable per task and/or per resource, supporting different work hours per day of week, or for specific dates (including holidays) |
Yes, but only all tasks and resources at once (general schedule), supporting different work hours per day of week, or for specific dates (including holidays) |
Yes, general schedule and customizable per task and/or per resource, fully configurable such as per day of week, for specific dates (including holidays), or for any arbitrary other condition determined by date (using a delegate) |
Yes, general schedule and customizable per task and/or per resource, fully configurable such as per day of week, for specific dates (including holidays), or for any arbitrary other condition determined by date (using a delegate) |
| Task start date and times granularity |
Any date (DateTime object), without time of day information (however, the user interface is able to internally determine time of day information for tasks based on assigned resources on each date) |
Any date and time (DateTime object) |
Any date and time (DateTime object) |
Any date and time (DateTime object) |
| Task effort and duration granularity |
Any time span (hours float number) |
Any time span (hours float object) |
Any time span value (TimeSpan object) |
Any time span value (TimeSpan object) |
| Customizable Gantt Chart time scale |
Yes, two scale rows: days/hours, weeks/days, months/weeks, quarters/months, and years/quarters |
Yes, two scale rows: days/hours, weeks/days, months/weeks, quarters/months, and years/quarters |
Yes, any number of scale rows, including built-in and custom defined scale definitions (using delegates) |
Yes, any number of scale rows, including built-in and custom defined scale definitions (using delegates) |
| Customizable Gantt Chart update scale (drag and drop automatic rounding for date time values) |
Yes, hours, days, visible scale-based, or free |
Yes, hours, days, visible scale-based, or free |
Yes, including built-in and custom defined update scale definition (using a delegate) |
Yes, including built-in and custom defined update scale definition (using a delegate) |
| Configurable task bar templates (standard, parent, and milestones) |
Yes, using general properties, and per task setter methods |
Yes, using general and task specific data member properties |
Yes, using general and task specific data member properties, and fully customizable task bar templates |
Yes, using general and task specific data member properties, and fully customizable task bar templates |
| Integrated displaying and hiding estimated (baseline planned) values using a secondary task bar in the Gantt Chart |
No |
Yes, using task specific data member properties |
No, but a sample application shows how to extend the control to include such elements (using a custom task bar template) |
No, but a sample application shows how to extend the control to include such elements (using a custom task bar template) |
| Customizable task bar tooltips |
No |
Yes, using task specific data member properties |
Yes, based on item template |
Yes, based on item template |
| Automatic task cost computation |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Resource leveling |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Integrated critical task determination and highlighting |
Yes |
Yes |
No, but a sample application shows how to determine and highlight critical tasks (using custom code) |
No, but a sample application shows how to determine and highlight critical tasks (using custom code) |
| Resource management user interface control |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Resource load chart view user interface control |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Schedule editing user interface control |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Statistics chart view user interface control |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Integrated support for loading and saving task data from/to XML files |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Integrated support for loading and saving task data from/to a database |
No |
No, but a sample application shows how to load and save data from/to a database (using DataSet and table adapters) |
No, but a sample application shows how to load and save data from/to a database (using LINQ to SQL) |
No, but a sample application shows how to load and save data from/to a database (using LINQ to SQL) |
| Integrated support for importing task data from Microsoft Project files saved as XML |
No, but a sample application shows how to import task data from Microsoft Project files saved as XML |
No |
No, but a sample application shows how to import task data from Microsoft Project files saved as XML |
No, but a sample application shows how to import task data from Microsoft Project files saved as XML |
| Localization support |
English, and Romanian, based on satellite assemblies; for any other language contact DlhSoft for obtaining an XML with resource strings to translate yourself; later the translated XML contents can be used by DlhSoft to generate the requested localized satellite assembly for your language |
All languages, as the control do not provides strings or other objects that need translating or exposes those strings or objects as properties for allowing the developer to set them as needed |
All languages, as the control do not provides strings or other objects that need translating |
All languages, as the control do not provides strings or other objects that need translating |
| Performance indicators and recommendations |
Less than 20,000 tasks recommended; asynchronous mode applied by default (cannot be disabled) |
Less than 40,000 tasks recommended; asynchronous mode applied by default (can be disabled) |
Less than 10,000 tasks recommended; support for asynchronous loading recommended (not applied by default, but a sample application is available for understanding how to apply it and to see how it works) |
Less than 10,000 tasks recommended; support for asynchronous loading recommended (not applied by default, but a sample application is available for understanding how to apply it and to see how it works) |