DlhSoft News 2008-04-10T00:00:00Z 2024-11-17T12:00:00Z DlhSoft urn:uuid:A44CE95C-C5D0-11DB-AE01-568C55D89593;Link=http://dlhsoft.com/ganttchart.wpf urn:uuid:9FEDCB58-620A-47ec-B883-5A0CE4466270 Gantt Chart Library for Silverlight™ 4/WPF 4 2010-12-20T00:00:00Z A new product is available from DlhSoft: Gantt Chart Library. It includes GanttChartDataGrid and GanttChartView controls (available for both Silverlight™ 4 and WPF 4), designed to get significantly higher runtime performance (compared to the similar original WPF components). The GanttChartDataGrid control combines the standard DataGrid with a GanttChartView component. urn:uuid:F2D4C3DB-F7F5-4632-8401-BF80713B4441 Version 4.1 of Gantt Chart Library for Silverlight™ 4/WPF 4 2011-01-24T21:00:00Z Version 4.1 of Gantt Chart Library for Silverlight™ 4/WPF 4 is now available. It includes a set of new controls providing Schedule Chart and Load Chart views (resource oriented Gantt charts) with and without attached DataGrid controls (available for both Silverlight™ 4 and WPF 4), designed to get significantly higher runtime performance (compared to the similar original WPF components). urn:uuid:38B99EEA-E868-433c-A362-C3788724F8CD Build 4.1.1 of Gantt Chart Library for Silverlight™ 4/WPF 4 2011-02-07T20:00:00Z Build 4.1.1 of Gantt Chart Library for Silverlight™ 4/WPF 4 is now available for download. It includes (compared to the previous build): item activation events, timeline page update buttons (enabling the end user to easily extra scroll and the timeline page by a specific amount), support for updating resource assignments using drag and drop operations (within Schedule Chart controls), a suite of previously missing basic sample applications (among others, we have added custom data binding and bar templating examples for Schedule Chart controls), and a set of minor corrections. urn:uuid:8669FA22-242B-4d64-AF23-E33578611768 Printing support added to Gantt Chart Library for Silverlight™ 4/WPF 4 2011-02-22T15:00:00Z We have added printing and image export support to all Gantt Chart and related controls within Gantt Chart Library for Silverlight™ 4/WPF 4 (build 4.1.2). urn:uuid:AA77ED6F-B527-45f2-9156-038E38F15BBE New features added to Gantt Chart Library for Silverlight™ 4/WPF 4 2011-04-26T06:00:00Z We have added new features to Gantt Chart and related controls within Gantt Chart Library for Silverlight™ 4/WPF 4 (build 4.1.3): support to set individual chart bars as read only, data connectors from Gantt to Schedule and Load Chart controls based on disconnected mode method calls, resource leveling basic algorithm, critical path determination. urn:uuid:2F8D956D-A20A-4F3C-83BB-2B34F5FA32F8 Minor corrections applied to Gantt Chart Library for Silverlight™ 4/WPF 4 2011-05-03T09:00:00Z Minor corrections have been applied and predecessor string support methods have been added to Gantt Chart Library for Silverlight™ 4/WPF 4 (build 4.1.4). urn:uuid:28AF5293-5B2D-43b9-B584-5BA75C43420F Resource hierarchy within ScheduleChartDataGrid control of Gantt Chart Library for Silverlight™ 4/WPF 4 2011-09-11T14:00:00Z We have added new features to Gantt Chart Library for Silverlight™ 4/WPF 4 (build 4.1.5): you can now display resources using an indentation based hierarchy (i.e. collapsible resource groups) and their assignments within ScheduleChartDataGrid control. Also, we have added new sample applications showing how to aggregate custom values from child items to summary tasks (e.g. sum up task costs), and how to perform zoom in our out operations on mouse wheel notifications within the chart area, in GanttChartDataGrid control. urn:uuid:870656C4-D763-4d4c-BD96-5089AB3524CE Several new samples within Gantt Chart Library for Silverlight™ 4/WPF 4 2011-09-26T11:30:00Z In addition to some highly requested features (support for disabling summary value aggregation, and for custom code injection on setting a new predecessor item during a drag and drop based dependency line creation event) and further minor corrections, we have added several new sample applications to Gantt Chart Library for Silverlight™ 4/WPF 4 (build 4.1.6): custom scales (numeric days, minute level), drag and drop (within task hierarchy), task recurrence, summary bars (displaying child item bars in the line of collapsed summary tasks), persistence (XML files, SQL Server® database), and Microsoft® Project® XML file import. urn:uuid:FE010CA8-E6E9-4B26-AFE8-FFCB71244FC3 Microsoft Project® XML compatibility and displaying multiple assignment lines per schedule row within Gantt Chart Library for Silverlight™ 4/WPF 4 2011-10-12T14:00:00Z We have added a few highly requested new features to Gantt Chart Library for Silverlight™ 4/WPF 4 (build 4.1.7): you can now present and persist data as Microsoft Project® XML files using the new LoadProjectXml and SaveProjectXml methods of the GanttChartDataGrid control, display multiple assignment lines per scheduled resource row in ScheduleChartDataGrid control, and configure an alternating item background or item separator lines in all available Gantt Chart controls in the library. The new features are available on both Silverlight™ and WPF platforms. urn:uuid:CCA1FC70-BE60-4da6-8020-F104AFFD958F Receiving a completed asynchronous presentation notification in Gantt Chart Library for Silverlight™ 4/WPF 4 2011-11-08T16:00:00Z We have added new AsynchronousPresentationCompleted events to GanttChartDataGrid and other components within build 4.1.8 of Gantt Chart Library for Silverlight™ 4/WPF 4, allowing developers to receive a notification when the asynchronous data load operation is completed. urn:uuid:F2F45E12-6C65-408a-832B-28442B14B738 Printing Gantt Charts using a custom page template from Gantt Chart Library for Silverlight™ 4/WPF 4 2011-11-08T16:00:00Z We have added new PrintingTemplate properties to GanttChartDataGrid and other components within build 4.1.8 of Gantt Chart Library for Silverlight™ 4/WPF 4, allowing developers to set up a custom page template to use when printing the content of Gantt Chart data. The demo application (Get Started sample) has also been updated to include an example of setting up a PrintingTemplate definition. Other changes of the demo application includes inline examples of using custom task bar and dependency line tool tips, and DatePicker and ComboBox controls for the task start, finish, and assignments grid columns. urn:uuid:6164506E-DDBC-4fb0-9931-040AF53FFE3D Data binding support with built-in converters added to Gantt Chart Library for Silverlight™ 4/WPF 4 2011-12-02T20:00:00Z We have added new TaskItemsConverter and ResourceItemConverter components within build 4.1.9 of Gantt Chart Library for Silverlight™ 4/WPF 4, allowing you to data bind the included Gantt Chart and Schedule Chart controls more easily to your custom data collections using *Member definitions (such as ContentMember, IndentationMember, StartMember, FinishMember, PredecessorsMember, etc.) urn:uuid:60546F4A-68F5-437a-B665-E031D1B688CE Undo/redo queue added to Gantt Chart Library for Silverlight™ 4/WPF 4 2011-12-23T21:00:00Z We have added an internal undo/redo queue that you can enable using IsUndoEnabled property of Gantt Chart and Schedule Chart controls within build 4.1.10 of Gantt Chart Library for Silverlight™ 4/WPF 4, allowing you to easily provide Gantt Chart item-related undo/redo support in your application. urn:uuid:2DD2EE45-95BA-46c7-B681-9C0F22FBBA5B PERT Chart control: new in Gantt Chart Library 4.2 2012-01-25T16:00:00Z A new product version (Gantt Chart Library 4.2) is available for download, including a new PertChartView control that may be used by developers to easily display a project PERT Chart, either built in your code or generated automatically from data within an existing instance of GanttChartDataGrid control from the same product (using its GetPertChartItems method), in Windows® client and Silverlight™ applications. The new build also contains a set of minor corrections applied to some of the pre-existing components in the product. Previously purchased license files (for version 4.x) continue to work with the new build as long as you continue using only pre-existing controls; otherwise, if you need to use the new PertChartView control, you will simply need to get a free upgrade license file from the Purchase License page of our Web site. urn:uuid:A412226A-84D7-4650-875F-9A1C4DA000DA Network Diagram control: new in Gantt Chart Library 4.3 2012-02-16T14:00:00Z A new product version (Gantt Chart Library 4.3) is available for download, including a new NetworkDiagramView control that may be used by developers to easily display a project network diagram, either built in your code or generated automatically from data within an existing instance of GanttChartDataGrid control from the same product (using its GetNetworkDiagramItems method), in Windows® client and Silverlight™ applications. The new build also contains a set of minor corrections applied to some of the pre-existing components in the product. Previously purchased license files (for version 4.x) continue to work with the new build as long as you continue using only pre-existing controls; otherwise, if you need to use the new NetworkDiagramView control, you will simply need to get a free upgrade license file from the Purchase License page of our Web site. urn:uuid:E830B1BF-A4BB-4551-A122-676707E23391 TimeOfDay converter: new in Gantt Chart Library 4.3.1 2012-03-28T15:00:00Z A new product build (Gantt Chart Library 4.3.1) is available for download, including a new type converter for TimeOfDay data type (providing support to set {Working/Visible}Day{Start/Finish} property values using XAML), and several minor corrections distributed among miscellaneous areas of the library. urn:uuid:24CFD531-3D51-44fc-820F-D2AD18B90874 Basic Edition licenses for Gantt Chart Library 2012-04-24T15:00:00Z We would like to announce that a new set of low pricing Basic Edition license types for DlhSoft Gantt Chart Library are now available on our Web site, providing full access to the most used Gantt Chart and Schedule Chart components of the library (specifically, GanttChartDataGrid, GanttChartView, ScheduleChartDataGrid, and ScheduleChartView controls, both for WPF and Silverlight™). Developers that don't need advanced library functionalities (such as resource load charts, PERT charts, or network diagram output support) are therefore able to purchase Basic Edition instead of Standard Edition licenses and decrease their project costs. Eventually, they would be able to upgrade to the Standard Edition of the product at any time later (whenever needed) by paying only the difference between the target and source license prices. urn:uuid:B2E3B11A-FA88-4b83-AD94-F167B4E96F62 Baseline visualizations, and task level schedule definition support: new in Gantt Chart Library 4.3.2 2012-04-27T18:00:00Z A new product build (Gantt Chart Library 4.3.2) is available for download, including a set of new features: support to view baseline as secondary task bars within Gantt Charts (by setting IsBaselineVisible to true and specifying values for GanttChartItem.Baseline{Start/Finish} properties), NonworkingDayIntervalProvider delegate property to support recurrent breaks and holidays at control level, and GanttChartItem.Schedule support to be able to define working and nonworking time intervals at task level whenever needed. urn:uuid:11057D6A-13BF-4e64-8F26-B15E74A4DD8A Assignment selector controls (AssignmentListBox and AssignmentComboBox): new in Gantt Chart Library 4.3.3 2012-05-15T10:30:00Z A new product build (Gantt Chart Library 4.3.3) is available for download, including new assignment selector controls that developers can reference within their custom task editor dialogs and/or within the editing cell template of the Assignments column in the grid associated to Gantt Chart control instances in order to allow end user to easily select multiple resources with percent allocation units as task assignment entries without typing any resource names. urn:uuid:25521890-DC5F-4e8e-AD32-5DF1A889944B Minor updates: Gantt Chart Library 4.3.3.1 2012-06-27T15:00:00Z A product build refresh (Gantt Chart Library 4.3.3.1) is available for download, including a set of minor corrections, such as preserving completion percent as zero when the task has not yet started and its start value is changed to a past value, and not recording unnecessary string value changes for Content and AssignmentsContent properties of the task items to the undo stack, as they are object typed. urn:uuid:B465C876-36A2-4d85-AAF7-F2E0799050D6 Minor updates: Gantt Chart Library 4.3.4 2012-06-29T14:00:00Z A new product build (Gantt Chart Library 4.3.4) is available for download, including a set of minor corrections and updates, such as fully resetting the vertical scroll bar of the Gantt Chart area when removing all items from the Items collection. urn:uuid:816B5FCC-712A-452c-961D-93CF80F89DED Minor updates: Gantt Chart Library 4.3.4.1 2012-07-10T14:00:00Z A product build refresh (Gantt Chart Library 4.3.4.1) is available for download, including a minor correction for PredecessorsString property behavior: when collapsing or expanding summary tasks, predecessor indexes do not change within PredecessorsString property values anymore, reusing the (unchanged) IndexString values instead, and therefore resolving some specific value editing issues when using the default Predecessors grid column of the component. urn:uuid:EFEBB8B0-EDB8-47a2-9852-A2739EB8841A Milestone finish times, lazy loading of child nodes options, minor improvements: available in Gantt Chart Library 4.3.5 2012-07-25T15:00:00Z Besides other minor improvements, we have added new features to build 4.3.5 of Gantt Chart Library for Silverlight™ 4/WPF 4, allowing you to specify whether milestones should be considered as finish times (and be able to be set on finish time of working days), and to perform lazy loading of child items upon initial node expansion. urn:uuid:D72FA3EB-DCE3-48F2-8571-C20E1152BE26 Circular dependency detection and removal algorithm: available in Gantt Chart Library 4.3.6 2012-08-14T11:30:00Z Besides other minor improvements, we have added a new set of features to Gantt Chart Library for Silverlight™ 4/WPF 4 (build 4.3.6), allowing developers to specifically disallow circular dependencies between tasks; also, when enabling dependency constraints, the component will now remove existing and disallow new circular dependencies by design. urn:uuid:2C3DB5EA-119B-4011-91A6-8E72211789CB Gantt Chart Library 4.3.6.1: Vertical scrolling synchronization improvements 2012-08-15T08:00:00Z We have added an IsChartVerticalScrollBarEnabled property to GanttChartDataGrid and related controls in Gantt Chart Library (build 4.3.6.1), allowing developers to re-enable the vertical scroll bar of the chart area, if needed, as it is disabled by default in order to avoid visual inconsistencies between the scroll bar thumb sizes (generated by internal issues of the core DataGrid control). Moreover, we have improved the algorithm for vertical position synchronization between the data grid and chart areas within the composite Silverlight™ controls. urn:uuid:5922D975-03CC-4913-8FA0-79F4FB8F7C0F Gantt Chart Library 4.3.6.2: WBS indexing 2012-08-21T16:00:00Z We have added a new WbsIndexString property to GanttChartItem objects displayed by Gantt Chart Library components (build 4.3.6.2), allowing developers to bind a grid column to a string that identifies the hierarchical position of tasks within the hierarchy. urn:uuid:9BE9C4A8-5418-4203-B820-BB10B836D33E Gantt Chart Library 4.3.7: Clipboard support 2012-08-31T20:00:00Z We have added support for clipboard operations (such as copy and paste) to GanttChartDataGrid and ScheduleChartDataGrid controls for Silverlight™ and WPF in Gantt Chart Library (build 4.3.7). urn:uuid:E543B51C-6DC5-4322-838F-D5E43D330E61 Gantt Chart Library 4.3.7.2: Improved selection behavior 2012-09-11T15:00:00Z We have improved the behavior and performance of the selection properties (SelectedItems, SelectedItem, and SelectedIndex) of GanttChartDataGrid and ScheduleChartDataGrid controls from Gantt Chart Library for Silverlight™ and WPF (build refresh 4.3.7.2). urn:uuid:E543B51C-6DC5-4322-838F-D5E43D330E61 Gantt Chart Library 4.3.8: Improved scrolling performance 2012-09-14T14:00:00Z We have added a suite of improvements for the behavior and performance of vertical scrolling and scrolling synchronization inside GanttChartDataGrid and ScheduleChartDataGrid controls from Gantt Chart Library for Silverlight™ and WPF (build 4.3.8). Separately, a minor functional update has also been applied: started tasks are now automatically scheduled when dependency constraints are enabled and the operation is needed, exactly as for planned items; of course, their completion state is preserved. urn:uuid:60FAE951-F0DB-4037-A6A9-E6D4D7C3402E Gantt Chart Library 4.3.9: Improved copy/paste behavior and customizability 2012-09-18T14:00:00Z We have added a suite of improvements to the behavior and API that provides customizability features for copy and paste operations in GanttChartDataGrid and ScheduleChartDataGrid controls from Gantt Chart Library for Silverlight™ and WPF (build 4.3.9). urn:uuid:6A40F85E-12AF-4d3d-957C-3E32DD1537D1 Gantt Chart Library 4.3.10: Customizable hierarchy validation 2012-09-27T19:00:00Z We have added new AreHierarchyConstraintsEnabled properties (having default values set to true) to GanttChartDataGrid and ScheduleChartDataGrid controls from Gantt Chart Library for Silverlight™ and WPF (build 4.3.10), allowing developers to manually disable internal item hierarchy validation (by setting them to false at initialization time) in case they manage coercion for task indentation values externally using custom code. urn:uuid:1B9F9F4C-D433-4653-84EC-F9E995C04D90 Gantt Chart Library 4.3.11: Better printing support 2012-10-02T21:00:00Z We have extended the print features of the Silverlight™ and WPF controls within Gantt Chart Library (build 4.3.11): data grid cells are now printed using their text color and font settings, and Gantt Charts are now visually separated from any remaining white space on the output page by a solid line, as customers have requested. urn:uuid:2DEBCAE0-758B-4810-9FDF-665430CF90B6 Gantt Chart Library 4.3.12: Row filtering support 2012-10-09T18:00:00Z To support custom row filtering without affecting data hierarchy, we have added a new IsHidden property to GanttChartItem object type within Gantt Chart Library for Silverlight™ and WPF (build 4.3.12); a new GanttChartDataGrid Filtering sample application is also included to the latest software package, showing how you can use the new feature of the components in your output applications. urn:uuid:ACB41419-D23C-4517-805B-AFCC3A9F3B3A Gantt Chart Library 4.3.13: Better WPF image export quality 2012-10-12T17:00:00Z WPF components from build 4.3.13 of the software package use an improved bitmap export algorithm, increasing the output image quality, especially when you have a large number of items or a long chart timeline to present. urn:uuid:603BA26C-B869-4006-A093-28376C2424F0 Gantt Chart Library 4.3.14: WPF hierarchy browsing improvements and other updates 2012-10-16T14:00:00Z We have improved the summary task expansion and collapsing operations for the WPF based GanttChartDataGrid and ScheduleChartDataGrid components wihin build 4.3.14 of the software package. Moreover, to increase the performance of the hierarchical grid further on other operations we recommend setting AreHierarchyConstraintsEnabled properties of the components to false, and to place your WPF item collection changing code between BeginInit and EndInit calls whenever you update multiple items. Also, we have added new GetSelectedItems methods to the grid components allowing developers to easily iterate the selected tasks and any invisible children that collapsed summaries might have. See the updated Get Started applications within the new package build for example code. urn:uuid:78346034-A75B-41c1-8DA3-992E505B5E1D Gantt Chart Library 4.3.14.1: Improved WPF print performance 2012-10-18T18:00:00Z WPF components from build revision 4.3.14.1 of the software package use an improved pagination algorithm for printing, allowing you to prepare hundreds of output pages for printing or XPS exporting in a timely fashion (using the nested DocumentPaginator classes available) and requiring significantly less memory amounts during the process. urn:uuid:6651E81F-B862-4f83-BCA4-A5652F441603 Gantt Chart Library 4.3.15: Disabling dependency constraints while dragging 2012-11-07T15:00:00Z We have added a new AreTaskDependencyConstraintsDisabledWhileDragging property to the Gantt Chart components from build 4.3.15 of the software package in order to allow developers to improve performance of their output applications during task bar dragging operations when they have AreTaskDependencyConstraintsEnabled property set to true. urn:uuid:E3C8C5CB-2985-4a8a-849C-00FFCAB6680E Gantt Chart Library 4.3.16: Multiple new minor features, including support for displaying unassigned items in Schedule Charts 2012-11-21T12:30:00Z Build 4.3.16 of the software package adds up several new minor features requested by customers over time: AreSummaryRowsBold property enables highlighting summary tasks in the hierarchy; LoadingRow and UnloadingRow events allow injecting row initialization and finalization code for the hierarchical data grid; ItemBackground and ItemForeground properties defined by GanttChartItem and ScheduleChartItem objects configuring individual item appearance settings in the grid, when AreIndividualItemAppearanceSettings property is set to true on the chart control; UpdateScaleOrigin property to be considered for UpdateScaleInterval computed points during timeline aware drag and drop operations; support to display a special '(Unassigned)' row in ScheduleChartDataGrid presenting task items that have no resource assignments, and offering the ability for the end user to create resource assignments for these items using simple vertical drag and drop operations. urn:uuid:35BE9F3A-1807-4869-A935-7DF0A390FAE1 Gantt Chart Library 4.3.17: Ability to limit collapsible summary tasks to improve DataGrid performance 2012-12-05T14:30:00Z Build 4.3.17 of the software package adds up several new minor features, including the CollapsibilityMaxCount and GanttChartItem.IsCollapsible properties enabling developers to limit, whenever needed, the summary tasks that may be collapsed and expanded in the user interface, as a workaround for the internal DataGrid performance issues occuring when multiple items get hidden (such as if a parent node is collapsed) in the view. urn:uuid:8EACE205-9D10-4C1D-95E2-8C90C1CA142B Gantt Chart Library 4.3.18: multiple improvements 2013-02-09T21:00:00Z We have added a suite of important improvements to our Silverlight™ and WPF Gantt Chart components: left ends of the task bars may now be dragged and dropped to edit itemstart date and times while preserving finish values; DurationStringConverter supports a new parameter scale suffix (e.g. "0.##d/8"), presenting time span values scaled out (e.g. presenting duration in working days, considering 8h/day); a new scale type is available displaying weeks as starting on Saturday (ScaleType.WeeksStartingSaturday). urn:uuid:36BCE04F-AAF3-4503-9922-3B0EF0FB5912 Gantt Chart Library 4.3.19: miscellaneous improvements 2013-02-16T20:30:00Z Miscellaneous improvements applied to Silverlight™ and WPF Gantt Chart components: split remaining work method, improved assignment templating. urn:uuid:AAAD639D-CC26-4fb3-8305-D97A38BD5905 Gantt Chart Library 4.3.20: date constraints, and support for moving items in the hierarchy and for hierarchically sorting data 2013-03-09T18:00:00Z New features are available with GanttChartDataGrid component (and partially with related components): date constraints (GanttChartItem.{Min/Max}{Start/Finish} properties), support for moving items in the hierarchy (Move, MoveRange, MoveUp, and MoveDown methods) and for hierarchically sorting data (Sort method), and improved configurability for dependency constraints based automatic scheduling algorithm (AreTaskDependenciesEnabledMaxSteps property, indicating the maximum number of iterations of the algorithm to run, limited to 1 by default to improve performance). urn:uuid:77090327-D77F-4200-B848-E0AD1E88CCDC Gantt Chart Library 4.3.21: miscellaneous updates 2013-03-22T17:00:00Z A set of scenario specific updates (such as support to use a new DragTaskThumbRole.UpdateFinishPreservingEffort enumeration value) and a few minor corrections are available with GanttChartDataGrid and related components provided by the most recent build of the software. urn:uuid:471A07AA-4A8D-4be2-8FBB-B9E316487C3E Gantt Chart Library 4.3.22: miscellaneous improvements 2013-05-11T06:00:00Z A suite of miscellaneous improvements have been applied to the components, including performance adjustments for the Gantt Chart auto-scheduling algorithm (running when AreTaskDependencyConstraintsEnabled is set to true), and new Owner and DataContext properties for the PringinPage object that you can bind to when designing printing page templates (PrintingTemplate component property). urn:uuid:6C967097-A2DD-4629-AC38-FC2D94A41113 Gantt Chart Library 4.3.23: mouse wheel zooming 2013-07-23T15:30:00Z A new commonly requested feature, mouse wheel scroll based zooming, has been added to DlhSoft Gantt Chart components as a built in behavior that allows end users to easily control the horizontal zoom level of the graphical schedule and task bars displayed on the screen. Of course, developers may fully control the new behavior or disable it completely, as needed, specifying appropriate values for the new set of IsMouseWheelZoomEnabled* prefixed properties. urn:uuid:8A49DF75-511E-42AC-BC3B-9AE2C6346002 Gantt Chart Library 4.3.24: fitting chart width to timeline page, easier schedule definitions, and dependency lag export support 2013-09-13T13:30:00Z Besides a set of miscellaneous minor updates, the latest product build adds an option for automatically fitting and synchronizing the Gantt Chart width to the displayed timeline page (IsFittingToTimelinePageEnabled property), and built-in support for using common worktime schedule definitions (Schedule.Standard, Schedule.Continuous instances), easier setting up of day schedule breaks (AddWorkingDayTimeBreak[s] method), and exporting dependency lags to output XML files. urn:uuid:FD451E11-3C66-4E21-9BA1-4B12BF6CF13A Gantt Chart Library 4.3.25: MVVM sample application 2013-09-23T09:30:00Z Besides a set of miscellaneous minor updates, including automatic selection based on chart bar clicking (configurable using IsChartClickSelectionEnabled property), the latest product build includes a new Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) pattern based sample application, providing a full example of GanttChartDataGrid component configuration when using the MVVM approach in WPF application development. urn:uuid:FE30805F-3913-40CA-A524-5EA4FB6FAD9E Gantt Chart Library 4.3.26: improved UI Automation 2013-10-11T16:30:00Z The new product build improves WPF and Silverlight™ based UI Automation for included GanttChartDataGrid and inheriting components. urn:uuid:D7F1E5B7-1515-4d07-844A-CCD96045385C Gantt Chart Library 4.3.27: auto time scrolling on grid row clicking, LightSwitch extensions 2013-12-10T15:15:00Z The new product build adds automatic timeline scrolling for GanttChartDataGrid upon grid row clicking. Also, you can now download specific LightSwitch® extensions for the product, allowing easy Gantt Chart setting up within your business line applications developed with Visual Studio® 2012 or 2013. urn:uuid:ACCBFCCD-D54A-4864-B9F7-12789DA26538 Gantt Chart Library 4.3.28: miscellaneous improvements 2014-01-21T13:30:00Z We have added a set of miscellaneous performance and other type of improvements to the Silverlight™ and WPF Gantt Chart controls, and also to the LightSwitch® based Gantt Chart extension that we have recently made available. urn:uuid:36B3FA42-07DC-444D-BAE7-16873E1DAFB9 Gantt Chart Library 4.3.29: current time line updating, Silverlight™ rotated printing support 2014-02-28T20:30:00Z We have added a set of improvements to the Gantt Chart and related controls from the product, including: support for automatically updating the current time vertical line position when the new CurrentTimeUpdateInterval property of the component is set to a positive time span value, and a new rotate parameter for the Print method of the Silverlight™ components that allows developers to simulate landscape printing so that the end user doens't need to change the default Portrait setting to obtain rotated printed output. urn:uuid:CA1F8691-6E3D-40e0-8DE8-7B65D2886E00 Gantt Chart Library 4.3.30: cost computing, material resource quantities 2014-03-12T15:00:00Z We have added a set of improvements to the Gantt Chart and related controls, including: support for automatically computing task and project costs given initiation and execution costs and resource usage and hour rates, and for defining material quantities (including infinite amounts) for leveling resources. urn:uuid:1C05F312-F888-4e3f-888D-8569EEAD2EB3 Mini Edition of Gantt Chart Library 2014-05-05T14:00:00Z A new Mini Edition of DlhSoft Gantt Chart Library is now available, providing full access to the core Gantt Chart component only (GanttChartDataGrid and GanttChartView controls for WPF and Silverlight™) at a minimal price. Developers that don't need advanced library functionalities (such as resource scheduling charts) are therefore able to purchase Mini Edition licenses and decrease their project costs. urn:uuid:5DCA953C-B23E-4998-90B0-0194BEC3035D Gantt Chart Library 4.3.31: individual item nonworking time and task bar interruption highlighting, work optimization function 2014-05-16T10:00:00Z We have added a set of new features to the Gantt Chart controls, including: individual item nonworking time highlighting setting (IsIndividualItemNonworkingTimeHighlighted property), task bar interruption highlighting setting (AreTaskInterruptionsHighlighted property), work optimization function (OptimizeWork method), bar changing event to allow synchronizing custom bar updates (BarChanged event and associated OnBarChanged virtual method), item rescheduling function (GanttChartItem.RescheduleTo{Start/Finish} methods). urn:uuid:9E5B578D-F093-4438-8D00-804A0105D9CA Gantt Chart Library 4.3.32: drag and drop support for creating all dependency types, updating tool tips, built-in item identifier properties 2014-06-04T14:30:00Z New features: drag and drop support for creating start- and -to-finish dependencies (that may be disabled by setting the new AllowCreatingStartDependencies and AllowCreatingToFinishDependencies properties of Gantt Chart components to false); updating tool tips displayed during drag and drop operations; new numeric and GUID item identifier properties (Key/GlobalKey) to support easier Entity Framework data layer integration. urn:uuid:D784E74D-7D15-4fb9-9EA2-540C9C3C8DE9 Gantt Chart Library 4.3.33: miscellaneous improvements 2014-06-20T12:00:00Z A new product build (4.3.33) is available for download, including minor improvements requested by customers, such as a new LevelAllocations method that allows updating resource assignment allocation units of specific tasks to sum up to 100% as required for duration based activities. urn:uuid:95E7829A-F196-4B07-BAF5-7AD9F41D729C Gantt Chart Library 4.3.34: miscellaneous updates 2015-04-26T00:00:00Z Serveral updates are now available with Gantt Chart Library 4.3.34: predecessors string formatting support for dependency types and lag values, better predecessors string editing, zero allocation support for load chart displaying, support for reloading default grid columns in second component instances, ordering displayed tasks based on their time interval for faster schedule chart loading, sample refreshes, other minor corrections, and several performance improvements. urn:uuid:D0C641FE-EDAF-4622-B992-0450E6F0713F Gantt Chart Library 4.3.35 2016-06-01T00:00:00Z New feature: content for custom scale intervals displayed in Gantt chart area using ContentTemplate defined on scale level. urn:uuid:520B0D02-2B95-41E4-BFE9-F713DC4E1900 Gantt Chart Library 4.3.36: customer requested improvements 2016-08-15T00:00:00Z Gantt Chart Library 4.3.36 includes, as customers requested: support for setting different brushes on different dependency lines targeting the same item (setting GanttChartView.DependencyLineStroke attached property to individual PredecessorItem objects), new GetPertCriticalPathItems function enumerating critical path items computed using PERT method (as in NetworkDiagramView), support for null value set as SelectedItems collection, and miscellaneous corrections and improvements. urn:uuid:97FF4F5C-4BBC-4BE2-B849-EDF67D195F28 Gantt Chart Library 4.3.37: support for resource schedules 2016-12-31T00:00:00Z Gantt Chart Library 4.3.37 includes, as customers requested, support for defining schedule objects defining working and nonworking time for individual resources, and using them for scheduling tasks having those resources assigned (specifically, only the schedule of the first assigned resource having the maximum allocation units value among assignments is used). Also ScheduleChartItem.Schedule property can be now set to initialize a common schedule for all tasks in a resource row displayed in a Schedule Chart view. urn:uuid:117A8535-E564-4078-81E8-E202067D6417 Gantt Chart Library 4.3.38: support for preserving task effort when changing start or finish in grid 2017-04-01T00:00:00Z Gantt Chart Library 4.3.38 includes, as customers requested, support for preserving task effort when changing start or finish values in grid - new StartPreservingEffort and FinishPreservingEffort properties for GanttChartItem objects are available for binding in column definitions of GanttChartDataGrid component. urn:uuid:4F5784CE-4429-4B49-BC39-5DA8376D4E26 Gantt Chart Library 4.3.39: improved scheduling algorithms 2018-03-09T08:45:00Z Gantt Chart Library 4.3.39 includes better handling of time constraints (MaxStart/MinFinish item values) during auto-scheduling and upon manually enforcing task dependency constraints. You can now set up such time constraints to lock certain tasks on specific timeline intervals and the scheduling algorithms would then skip changing the time values on those specific items). urn:uuid:2734C8B4-6BCC-448B-874C-C81983F5BE94 Gantt Chart Library 4.3.40: multiple fixes and improvements 2019-05-17T18:00:00Z Gantt Chart Library 4.3.40 adds multiple miscellaneous fixes and improvements, including an update for the default printing templates that previously had a memory leak issue due to some resident bindings. urn:uuid:5812511D-25F3-4926-80AE-40F8964B2AA4 Gantt Chart Library 4.3.41: higher performance, miscellaneous fixes and improvements 2019-07-08T18:00:00Z Gantt Chart Library 4.3.41 adds miscellaneous improvements (incl. vertical scrollbar fixes applied when displaying multiple collapsed summary items with many hidden children, added AsyncPresentationStarted event, GetScale method to avoid index incrementing requirement for the internally nonworking time scale, Scale.IntervalProvider and HeaderContentProvider to be easier to define custom scales, fully configurable conext menus for items and dependency lines, optional UI for displaying summary completion percent in chart), better UX (enlarged DragTaskThumb hovering areas, fixed alternative item background previously mixed-up between grid and chart upon fast scrolling), and higher performance (for load time and upon expanding/collapsing summary items, and for auto-scheduling and resource leveling algorithms as well, supplemented by internally caching values for Effort, TotalEffort, CompletedEffort, TotalCompletedEffort, Duration, Completion, PredecessorsString, Cost, and BaselineEffort properties). urn:uuid:E895A241-5D49-4794-A3F6-4AB78E11EF37 Gantt Chart Library 4.3.42: miscellaneous improvements, updated styles 2019-08-07T18:00:00Z Gantt Chart Library 4.3.42 adds a couple of improvements (item leveling priority support and custom scale interval correction), and updated default appearance values (preserving element sizing, however.) urn:uuid:34F2126B-5952-476B-B7C2-6826AA9EC055 Gantt Chart Library 4.3.43: more scheduling options 2019-08-16T18:00:00Z Gantt Chart Library 4.3.43 adds a support for Microsoft Project-like fixed work items (GanttChartItem.HasFixedEffort property) and for optionally enforcing minimum breaks upon item scheduling (GanttChartItem.RequiresMinSchedulingBreaks property). urn:uuid:64C15068-882F-4035-AE0A-413B9723B5E7 Gantt Chart Library 4.3.44: Schedule chart dependency lines 2020-06-24T15:00:00Z Added dependency line support for WPF and .NET Core-based ScheduleChartView and ScheduleChartDataGrid (when DependencyCreationValidator property is set to a non-null object, such as GanttChartView.DefaultDependencyCreationValidator). urn:uuid:CEF8E35D-98F8-40F7-A282-AE3F7CC6E7E1 Gantt Chart Library 4.3.45: chart selection highlighting 2020-11-10T07:00:00Z Added support for extending selection background from grid to chart area for GanttChartDataGrid (using IsChartSelectionHighlightingEnabled). urn:uuid:018AA77D-6DE2-4678-A306-CA19823A49E7 Gantt Chart Library 4.3.46: multiple improvements 2022-10-09T08:00:00Z Added drag completing events on DragThumbTask (when used to support vertical drag operations, i.e. hierarchical moving), DragDependencyThumb, and DragAssignmentThumb classes, allowing developers to optionally cancel the operations (or, upon dragging new dependency lines, to initialize DependencyType) in certain conditions based on their external requirments; added optional support for retrieving Schedule chart items with dependency links (predecessor items) from Gantt chart components; fixed an issue that was previously inadvertendly allowing the end user to vertically scroll the Schedule chart area up to a certain level when content was not scrollable; resolved some issues that were previously occurring when you tried to import Project XML files that didn't have a CalendarUID specified for the project; other improvements. urn:uuid:CEC6CD5B-8BF9-4538-B16D-9FFD988380C3 Gantt Chart Library 4.3.47: resource schedule-based effort computed automatically 2023-01-21T10:00:00Z You can now use the new TotalResourceEffort and TotalResourceCompletedEffort properties of GanttChartItem if you want to compute the real effort consumed for the tasks given the resource schedules (if defined); this version also comes with some bugfixes around loading Microsoft Project XML files and for exporting images from ScheduleChartDataGrid. urn:uuid:1080000D-7893-4012-AA40-A4E7165E435E Gantt Chart Library 4.3.48: PERT critical path algorithm optimizations 2023-03-01T17:30:00Z We've improved PERT critical path algorithms for Gantt charts and as well for Network diagrams and PERT chart components.