DlhSoft News 2008-04-10T00:00:00Z 2024-11-17T12:00:00Z DlhSoft urn:uuid:A44CE95C-C5D0-11DB-AE01-568C55D89593;Link=http://dlhsoft.com/projectmanagement urn:uuid:D0BBAAC3-2045-48c2-8331-53C9ED82E047 Project Management Library for WPF 3.5 2008-04-10T00:00:00Z DlhSoft has published Project Management Library for WPF 3.5: it contains project management related Windows® client components, such as the GanttChartTaskListView, GanttChartView, TaskListView, and ResourceListView controls (for WPF and .NET 3.5). For more information about the product please go to http://DlhSoft.com/ProjectManagement urn:uuid:BAFB30C2-4978-492a-877F-7E19552B4313 Build 3.0.1 for Project Management Library for WPF 3.5 2008-07-31T00:00:00Z DlhSoft has published an updated build (3.0.1) for Project Management Library for WPF 3.5: it contains a set of corrections for the previously found issues, a set of new features such as a date and time box for selecting dates from a month calendar for the start and finish values in a task list, a combo box for selecting a resource from the available resources for the assignment values in the task list, and new or updated sample applications demonstrating features such as custom scale definition, task bar templating (including task icons, notes, estimation bars, and markers), critical path highlighting (for GanttChartTaskListView and GanttChartView controls), handling change notifications, displaying grid lines, fully templating the controls, and Windows® Forms integration (for GanttChartTaskListView, GanttChartView, TaskListView, and ResourceView controls), database and XML file persistence, importing Microsoft® Project® XMLs, and resource management integration (for GanttChartTaskListView control). For more information about the product please go to http://DlhSoft.com/ProjectManagement urn:uuid:8260726F-0005-461b-96C8-9AED745D1E44 Build 3.0.2 for Project Management Library for WPF 3.5 2008-08-12T00:00:00Z DlhSoft has published an updated build (3.0.2) for Project Management Library for WPF 3.5: it contains a set of new features such as printing and image exporting support, and new sample applications demonstrating features such as printing and data management business logic reusage (for GanttChartTaskListView, GanttChartView, TaskListView, and ResourceView controls), and exporting PNG images (for GanttChartTaskListView and GanttChartView controls). For more information about the product please go to http://DlhSoft.com/ProjectManagement urn:uuid:8A599890-0E9E-4e33-AA26-9C62DB4CB50A Build 3.0.3 for Project Management Library for WPF 3.5 2008-08-13T00:00:00Z DlhSoft has published an updated build (3.0.3) for Project Management Library for WPF 3.5: it contains a set of corrections for the previously found issues, a set of new features such as resource leveling and a set of new task management commands, and new sample applications demonstrating features such as resource leveling and the level resources command (for GanttChartTaskListView control). For more information about the product please go to http://DlhSoft.com/ProjectManagement urn:uuid:A3B2090F-FFED-480f-AAE1-5C375C34E72C Build 3.0.4 for Project Management Library for WPF 3.5 2008-09-24T00:00:00Z DlhSoft has published an updated build (3.0.4) for Project Management Library for WPF 3.5: it contains a set of corrections for the previously found issues, and new sample applications demonstrating features such as mouse event handling (for GanttChartTaskListView and GanttChartView controls). For more information about the product please go to http://DlhSoft.com/ProjectManagement urn:uuid:549B171D-123A-4c68-BA60-9B3AD28D4B84 .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 and Visual Studio® 2008 Service Pack 1 2008-09-29T00:00:00Z Microsoft® has recently published .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 and Visual Studio® 2008 Service Pack 1. They are required to run and integrate the most recent builds of Hierarchical Data Library for WPF 3.5, Gantt Chart Library for WPF 3.5, and Project Management Library for WPF 3.5. You can download and install the updates from the Microsoft® Downloads Web site following these links: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=AB99342F-5D1A-413D-8319-81DA479AB0D7 (.NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1); http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=FBEE1648-7106-44A7-9649-6D9F6D58056E (Visual Studio® 2008 Service Pack 1). urn:uuid:5A84550A-135C-49db-9C6A-E93FE60D3D38 Build 3.0.5 for Project Management Library for WPF 3.5 2008-09-29T00:00:00Z DlhSoft has published an updated build (3.0.5) for Project Management Library for WPF 3.5: it contains a set of new or updated features to integrate the product with .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 and Visual Studio® 2008 Service Pack 1. For more information about the product please go to http://DlhSoft.com/ProjectManagement urn:uuid:9F977ACF-FF1C-4602-AF32-F6C77DFEAF08 Build 3.0.6 for Project Management Library for WPF 3.5 2008-10-30T00:00:00Z DlhSoft has published an updated build (3.0.6) for Project Management Library for WPF 3.5: it contains a set of corrections for the previously found issues and a new product overview sample application also available as runtime demo from the Start menu or from the Web site. For more information about the product please go to http://DlhSoft.com/ProjectManagement urn:uuid:63BF38F4-6FCF-4cb4-A2A7-3592F1AAB712 Build 3.0.7 for Project Management Library for WPF 3.5 2008-11-18T13:00:00Z DlhSoft has published an updated build (3.0.7) for Project Management Library for WPF 3.5: it contains a set of performance updates for the Gantt Chart view controls based on user interface virtualizing (see the source code of the updated Improve Performance sample applications included with the product). For more information about the product please go to http://DlhSoft.com/ProjectManagement urn:uuid:D311353C-9665-4eb3-84F2-E60F68D052D8 Build 3.0.8 for Project Management Library for WPF 3.5 2008-11-21T10:00:00Z DlhSoft has published an updated build (3.0.8) for Project Management Library for WPF 3.5: it contains a new sample application that shows how you can filter the tasks displayed within the GanttChartTaskListView control based on a specific assigned resource (see Resource Filtering sample application). For more information about the product please go to http://DlhSoft.com/ProjectManagement urn:uuid:97F40F73-AC97-469e-AD58-3E697750814C Build 3.0.9 for Project Management Library for WPF 3.5 2009-02-20T21:30:00Z DlhSoft has published an updated build (3.0.9) for Project Management Library for WPF 3.5: it contains a set of corrections for the previously found issues, a set of new features such as leaf task counting, support for expanding and collapsing summary tasks by clicking them within the Gantt Chart area, a refactored class hierarchy with minor changes such as renaming some properties to shorter and easier to find names, and new or updated sample applications demonstrating features such as leaf node count statistics, and defining tasks by specifying only start and finish values (for GanttChartTaskListView, GanttChartView, and TaskListView controls), exporting XPS documents (for GanttChartTaskListView and GanttChartView controls), and performing copy and paste operations using clipboard integration for the control selection, and enabling support for task drag and drop operations (for GanttChartTaskListView control). For more information about the product and to download the updated build please go to http://DlhSoft.com/ProjectManagement urn:uuid:4BC378A3-BEB0-4942-9F93-BABB5401E52D Version 3.1 for Project Management Library for WPF 3.5 2009-05-27T10:00:00Z DlhSoft has published an updated version (3.1) for Project Management Library for WPF 3.5: it contains a set of corrections for the previously found issues, new controls such as ScheduleChartResourceListView, LoadChartResourceListView, ScheduleChartView, LoadChartView, and ScheduleDefinitionView, and a set of new features and sample applications (for the previously existing controls and classes). For more information about the product and to download the updated build please go to http://DlhSoft.com/ProjectManagement urn:uuid:93F79B43-721D-4127-8353-E92C0BF7B17E Build 3.1.1 for Project Management Library for WPF 3.5 2009-07-31T12:00:00Z DlhSoft has published an updated build (3.1.1) for Project Management Library for WPF 3.5: it contains a set of corrections for the previously found issues, a new start and/or finish minimum and/or maximum task constraints feature, and a new sample application demonstrating the start and finish constraints feature (for GanttChartTaskListView and GanttChartView controls). For more information about the product and to download the updated build please go to http://DlhSoft.com/ProjectManagement urn:uuid:C2BC8739-25D5-4fd0-9F32-8CC5A76A2BE9 Styling sample applications within Project Management Library for WPF 3.5 2009-09-01T16:00:00Z DlhSoft has published a set of new control styling related sample applications within the updated build (3.1.2) of Project Management Library for WPF 3.5. The new samples show how you can define custom item styles for the task list and resource list views available with some of the included controls. The new samples are named Styling and are available for TaskListView and ResourceListView based controls. urn:uuid:B9CC2AA4-D252-488b-A05B-73F8293C166A Update timeline page buttons merged with Gantt Chart Horizontal scroll buttons within Project Management Library for WPF 3.5 2009-09-01T16:00:00Z DlhSoft has modified the look and behavior of the horizontal scroll bar panel at the bottom of GanttChartView based controls within the updated build (3.1.2) of Project Management Library for WPF 3.5. The update timeline page buttons (extra scrolling buttons previously presented to the left and to the right of the horizontal scrollbar) are now merged with the left and right scroll buttons of the scroll bar itself: when the scroll thumb is moved to the left most position the decrease timeline page button is shown on top of the left scroll button, and when it is moved to the right most position the increase timeline page button is shown on top of the right scroll button. urn:uuid:41196210-71CF-4134-AE37-16A74A97E6E8 Data load performance increased using simple data management mode within Project Management Library for WPF 3.5 2009-09-01T16:00:00Z DlhSoft has added a new data management mode option for the TaskManager and ResourceManager business logic provider classes within the updated build (3.1.2) of Project Management Library for WPF 3.5. When using the simple data management mode you may access, update, add, and remove managed tasks and resources yourself, avoiding data binding to specific item collections, and therefore improving data load performance. The Increase Performance sample applications for the included GanttChartView based controls were updated and present appropriate usage examples. urn:uuid:27A7DE1F-9116-4745-A67F-6E384870FACF Memory performance increased using data load deferring based on scroll ratio within Project Management Library for WPF 3.5 2009-09-01T16:00:00Z DlhSoft has added a new IsAsyncPresentationLoadDeferredScrollRatio option for the ListView and GanttChartView based controls within the updated build (3.1.2) of Project Management Library for WPF 3.5. When using this option the asynchronous data loading is partially deferred until the end user actually scrolls down to view specific tasks or resources in the list or chart and therefore less memory is usually required by the controls. The Increase Performance sample applications for the included GanttChartView based controls were updated and present appropriate usage examples. urn:uuid:2F68A166-D32C-431a-99BE-E2FB44D429F6 Minor issues resolved within Project Management Library for WPF 3.5 2009-09-01T16:00:00Z DlhSoft has resolved a set of minor issues found in previous product builds within the updated build (3.1.2) of Project Management Library for WPF 3.5. urn:uuid:6F35A61B-3B23-46f0-84A1-1792CA456FE0 Numeric day samples within Project Management Library for WPF 3.5 2009-09-23T18:00:00Z DlhSoft has added a new set of sample applications, named Numeric Days, showing how you can represent dates as numeric day values in Gantt Chart controls within the updated build (3.1.3) of Project Management Library for WPF 3.5. urn:uuid: Schedule Chart custom appearance samples updated by adding task level display settings within Project Management Library for WPF 3.5 2009-09-23T18:00:00Z DlhSoft has updated the Custom Appearance set of sample applications for Schedule Chart controls by adding task level fill and stroke settings used at display time within the updated build (3.1.3) of Project Management Library for WPF 3.5. urn:uuid:526A27A4-689C-46a5-8E62-A77CEBEA3BF1 Minor issues resolved within Project Management Library for WPF 3.5 2009-09-23T18:00:00Z DlhSoft has resolved a set of minor issues found in previous product builds within the updated build (3.1.3) of Project Management Library for WPF 3.5. urn:uuid:E2F73E9A-6250-49ff-A036-54B500E152FD Read only chart bars at item level within Project Management Library for WPF 3.5 2009-10-31T10:00:00Z DlhSoft has added support for setting chart bars as read only for specific task items or resource items (examples of using the new features are provided within the updated Read Only Elements sample applications) to chart controls within the updated build (3.1.4) of Project Management Library for WPF 3.5. urn:uuid:959DAD72-7D05-4c0f-9323-9D19F476422F Item activation events within Project Management Library for WPF 3.5 2009-10-31T10:00:00Z DlhSoft has added new item activation events occuring on left button mouse double clicking (examples of using the new activation events are provided within the new Activation sample applications) to controls within the updated build (3.1.4) of Project Management Library for WPF 3.5. urn:uuid:76675BA5-7116-41c9-A329-050C5266A2C9 Group filtering samples for Gantt Chart based ListView controls within Project Management Library for WPF 3.5 2009-10-31T10:00:00Z DlhSoft has parepared new sample applications showing how to filter resources based on a selected belonging group within the GanttChartTaskListView, ScheduleChartResourceListView, and LoadChartResourceListView controls from the updated build (3.1.4) of Project Management Library for WPF 3.5. urn:uuid:02663AF7-7D7E-42c6-8B77-D8D697D483CF Increased performance and minor issues resolved within Project Management Library for WPF 3.5 2009-10-31T10:00:00Z DlhSoft has updated data loading code to increase performance and resolved a set of minor issues found in previous product builds within the updated build (3.1.4) of Project Management Library for WPF 3.5. urn:uuid:DB8A009C-CED0-427f-9100-C49D5B7397A8 New Custom Identifiers sample within Project Management Library for WPF 3.5 2009-12-01T12:30:00Z DlhSoft has added a new Custom Identifiers sample application for the GanttChartTaskListView control showing how you can use custom key or identifier strings instead of task indexes and predecessor indexes within the updated build (3.1.5) of Project Management Library for WPF 3.5. urn:uuid:72E811BD-E31A-4182-88D6-F21C0BC0A45E New Selection samples within Project Management Library for WPF 3.5 2009-12-01T12:30:00Z DlhSoft has added a new set of Selection sample applications showing how you can manage item selection and automatically update selection on mouse click events even when item data edit controls get focused within the updated build (3.1.5) of Project Management Library for WPF 3.5. urn:uuid:0C940B92-303E-44ff-B11A-474E0D74DAB9 How to manage input key shortcuts within Project Management Library for WPF 3.5 2009-12-01T12:30:00Z DlhSoft has updated the Commands sample applications showing how you can optionally manage control input key shortcuts (InputBindings collection) within the updated build (3.1.5) of Project Management Library for WPF 3.5. urn:uuid:91527D83-F0E7-4210-868B-5BB27E0755BE How to define custom item level attached properties within Project Management Library for WPF 3.5 2009-12-03T10:30:00Z DlhSoft has added a new Custom Properties sample application set for ListView based controls showing how you can define item level attached properties and bind them within custom grid view columns within the updated build (3.1.6) of Project Management Library for WPF 3.5. urn:uuid:9749083C-12FA-4ac4-854F-92C1054CD352 How to disable or hide node expanders within Project Management Library for WPF 3.5 2009-12-03T10:30:00Z DlhSoft has updated the Read Only Elements sample applications for TreeListView based controls showing how you can disable or hide node expansion toggle buttons at item level within the updated build (3.1.6) of Project Management Library for WPF 3.5. urn:uuid:5F0EB133-96E9-44e9-86B3-0E3615E1096B New samples within Project Management Library for WPF 3.5 2009-12-31T15:00:00Z DlhSoft has added a set of new sample applications within the updated build (3.1.7) of Project Management Library for WPF 3.5: Assignments and Assignment Completion (showing how to build user interface for displaying and managing assignments of a selected task within GanttChartTaskListView and TaskListView controls), Month Scale (showing how you can use a month/days scale within Gantt Chart controls), and Continuous Schedule (showing how to use a 24 hours/day, 7 days/week schedule for task management instead of the standard one). urn:uuid:F8F02F9A-6386-45f3-A12B-5B62B59E398D Minor updates within Project Management Library for WPF 3.5 2010-01-05T12:00:00Z DlhSoft has included a set of minor changes within the updated build (3.1.8) of Project Management Library for WPF 3.5: displayed timeline page start and finish date and times are now strictly respected by default, without performing any removal of marginal non-working times, and therefore ensuring a fixed displayed timeline page width when the timeline page is increased or decreased. urn:uuid:9FFD0880-E37C-4ebc-B050-C6C7D5E0C284 Microsoft® Project® 2010 UI style within Project Management Library for WPF 3.5 2010-01-14T12:00:00Z DlhSoft has added a set of sample applications showing how you can customize the Gantt Chart component user interface to get more similar to the application style of Microsoft® Project® 2010 within the updated build (3.1.9) of Project Management Library for WPF 3.5: Milestone Dates (showing dates for milestones), Red Current Time Vertical Bar (showing a red vertical line for current time), Manual Scheduling (versus automatic scheduling), Bar Drawing (defining tasks using drag and drop operations), Dependency Properties (editing properties of newly created and existing dependencies), Effort Partitions (interrupting tasks for specific time intervals), Summary Bars (showing leaf child task bars within collapsed summary task bars), Recurrence (defining task recurrences). urn:uuid:8E186C65-6B15-45f3-9B0C-18FDB493A7F1 New build of Project Management Library for WPF 3.5 2010-02-16T15:00:00Z The new build (3.1.10) of Project Management Library for WPF 3.5 includes these new features: Min/Max-*ListView/GanttChartView-Width properties to establish limits for the splitter within *Chart*ListView controls; Min/Max-[Nonworking]Day-Start/Finish properties to establish displayed start and finish times of day for standard or nonworking days; GanttChartTaskListView Custom Resources sample application showing how to define and use custom properties for assignable resource items within the control. urn:uuid:BDF2D1B8-6618-4ad8-A691-B27B9C56841A Minute scale sample application within Project Management Library for WPF 3.5 2010-02-24T18:00:00Z The new build (3.1.11) of Project Management Library for WPF 3.5 includes a new Minute Scale sample application, showing how you can zoom in and display minute and second scales within the DlhSoft Gantt Chart controls. urn:uuid:151F78DE-1EC8-4191-93E1-4D4269701395 Minor changes and improvements within Project Management Library for WPF 2010-04-13T18:00:00Z The new build (3.1.12) of Project Management Library includes a set of minor changes and improvements, including task expand/collapse performance improvements, a new ScheduleManager.CreateSchedule method that initializes a schedule object based on a definition string, and new read only control properties such as TimelinePageActualWidth, DisplayedStart, and DisplayedFinish. urn:uuid:9E310702-3560-44ef-87D8-99A3B0ECCFF7 Project Management Library for WPF 4 2010-04-28T23:00:00Z A new product version (4.0) is available for Project Management Library for WPF. It includes the same controls as the previous version, but it runs on the .NET 4 platform, using all improvements, including performance related, that Microsoft has included within its latest Framwork version. Upgrading from Project Management Library 3.1 to 4.0 is free: you just need to request an upgrade license file from the Purchase License page of our Web site; the discounted price would be zero, as long as you have already been licensed for using the 3.1 version of the product. urn:uuid:369D273F-159E-4acb-A398-6A31A4AB5DB6 Project Management Library for WPF 3.5 version is still available and supported 2010-04-28T23:00:00Z A new product version (4.0) is available for Project Management Library for WPF. It includes the same controls as the previous version, but it runs on the .NET 4 platform, using all improvements, including performance related, that Microsoft has included within its latest Framwork version. Upgrading from Project Management Library 3.1 to 4.0 is free: you just need to request an upgrade license file from the Purchase License page of our Web site; the discounted price would be zero, as long as you have already been licensed for using the 3.1 version of the product. The new product version is available at http://DlhSoft.com/ProjectManagement urn:uuid:6AE6122A-D6CF-4ab9-89CC-94340B78F025 Export data as Microsoft Project® XML files from Project Management Library for WPF 4 2011-11-08T16:00:00Z We have added new GetProjectXml methods to GanttChartTaskListView and TaskManager components within build 4.0.1 of Project Management Library for WPF 4, allowing developers to retrieve data as Microsoft Project® compatible XML from your applications; use this method to export your project data (such as tasks, resources, and assignments) as an XML file that could later be imported from the Microsoft Project® application. urn:uuid:EC2124D0-4E99-43ca-A787-FAC129EB3B5B Project Management Library 4.0.2 2012-01-14T15:00:00Z A new product build (Project Management Library 4.0.2) is available for download, including several data load optimizations for large projects with complex task hierarchies and multiple dependency links. urn:uuid:773DC69A-EA25-4b5a-B45F-D573301EC596 PERT Chart control: new in Project Management Library 4.1 2012-01-25T16:00:00Z A new product version (Project Management Library 4.1) is available for download, including a new lightweight 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 GanttChartTaskListView control from the same product (using its GetPertChartItems method), in Windows® client applications. 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:9B3045AF-3FD4-4371-BB7B-61D5E873AA85 Network Diagram control: new in Project Management Library 4.2 2012-02-16T14:00:00Z A new product version (Project Management Library 4.2) is available for download, including a new lightweight 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 GanttChartTaskListView control from the same product (using its GetNetworkDiagramItems method), in Windows® client applications. 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:EEF1217E-98CE-4379-A4DE-2745B3F11FB3 Baseline visualizations: new in Project Management Library 4.2.1 2012-04-27T18:00:00Z A new product build (Project Management Library 4.2.1) is available for download, including a new feature: support to view baseline as secondary task bars within Gantt Charts without customizing the bar template (by setting IsBaselineVisible to true and specifying values for GanttChartView.Baseline{Start/Finish} attached properties to TaskItem or managed Task objects). urn:uuid:28B2F6A2-73A7-4b8d-966B-92F5FB9B4CE4 Performance improvement: Project Management Library 4.2.1.1 2012-06-28T15:00:00Z A product build refresh (Project Management Library 4.2.1.1) is available for download, including a minor change that improves performance by default: unless the developer sets IsAsyncPresentationEnabled property to false, data is now presented asynchronously by all the UI components in the product. urn:uuid:0EAD4DD6-88B0-4d2d-9B28-193489688E44 Performance improvement: Project Management Library 3.1.12.1 2012-06-28T15:00:00Z A product build refresh (Project Management Library 3.1.12.1) is available for download, including a minor change that improves performance by default: unless the developer sets IsAsyncPresentationEnabled property to false, data is now presented asynchronously by all the UI components in the product. urn:uuid:0D2CB2FA-59C5-40e6-A92F-AF06B70549AB Project Management Library 4.2.2: Better image export quality 2012-10-12T17:00:00Z Components from build 4.2.2 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:D0F200D7-6F4A-4df6-A84D-5C8E9C3010D3 Project Management Library 4.2.2.1: Improved print performance 2012-10-18T18:00:00Z Components from build revision 4.2.2.1 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 DocumentPaginator classes available) and requiring significantly less memory amounts during the process. urn:uuid:EC26619F-72D5-4e82-B09B-39BBBD5EE333 Project Management Library 3.1.13: miscellaneous improvements 2014-06-20T12:00:00Z A new product build (3.1.13) is available for download, including minor corrections and improvements requested by customers over time. urn:uuid:2C49B4EA-5CDA-48c4-9970-E177EB300337 Project Management Library 4.2.3: miscellaneous improvements 2014-06-20T12:00:00Z A new product build (4.2.3) is available for download, including minor corrections and improvements requested by customers over time.