DlhSoft Gantt Chart Light Library for Silverlight/WPF

Differences between the Standard and Basic Editions

The Basic Edition does not incude

• PERT chart support
• Load chart support
• Network diagram support

If you are not interested in these features please see the Basic Edition

What's new in DlhSoft Gantt Chart Light Library for Silverlight/WPF 4.3.3?

• Multiple assignment selector controls (AssignmentListBox and AssignmentComboBox)

What's new in DlhSoft Gantt Chart Light Library for Silverlight/WPF 4.1.9?

• Data binding support for item collection in Gantt Chart and Schedule Chart.

What's new in DlhSoft Gantt Chart Light Library for Silverlight/WPF 4.1.8?

• AsyncPresentationCompleted event added to let the developer know when load/refresh is complete when using asynchronous presentation;
• PrintingTemplate property added to provide arbitrary printing customizations;
• Demo sample updated with more features: date picker and resource combobox, custom tooltips, custom printing with title header and page number footer.

What's new in DlhSoft Gantt Chart Light Library for Silverlight/WPF 4.1.7?

• Internal updates to add support for Microsoft Project XML compatibility and for displaying multiple lines per row in a ScheduleChartDataGrid control

What's new in DlhSoft Gantt Chart Light Library for Silverlight/WPF 4.1.6?

• Internal updates to add 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;
• Several new sample applications: 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.

What's new in DlhSoft Gantt Chart Light Library for Silverlight/WPF 4.1.5?

• Internal updates/corrections to enable support for displaying resource groups (indentation based hierarchy) within ScheduleChartDataGrid control
• Samples added to show how to automatically aggregate custom values from child items to summary tasks, and how to perform zoom in or out on mouse wheel events within chart area of GanttChartDataGrid control

What's new in DlhSoft Gantt Chart Light Library for Silverlight/WPF 4.1.4?

• Minor corrections to Finish-to-Finish dependency arrow drawings
• New predecessor string-enabled methods for managing task predecessors

What's new in DlhSoft Gantt Chart Light Library for Silverlight/WPF 4.1.3?

• New properties added to the GanttChartItem class: Completion (percent) and IsCompleted (Boolean)
• Support added for allowing the developer to set up specific Gantt Chart bars as read only (i.e. having drag/drop disabled in the chart), while generally allowing the end user to drag/drop other bars as needed (behavior is now controllable through GanttChartView.IsBarReadOnly attached property which can be set to individual GanttChartItem objects);
• More project statistics and related information retrievable through a few new/enhanced GetProject* and other Get* methods accessible through Gantt Chart control instances;
• Connectors between Gantt Chart controls (which are task hierarchy oriented) and Schedule Chart or Load Chart control (resource assignment oriented) available through GetScheduleChartItems and GetLoadChartItems methods, running based on a disconnected mode approach (to increase application performance); the Get Started sample application has been updated to include code that show how developers can use these new advanced features;
• Basic resource leveling algorithm (LevelResources method) was added to the control;
• Critical path determination algorithm is enabled within the control (GetCriticalItems/IsCritical(item) methods); code that exemplifies highlighting the critical path was added to the Get Started sample application for the developer’s convenience.

Free Upgrades
You are entitled to obtain a free upgrade to Gantt Chart Light Library 4.0 for Silverlight 4/WPF 4 Personal License if you have a license for Gantt Chart Library 3.1/4.0 for WPF 3.5/4 or Project Management Library 3.1/4.0 for WPF 3.5/4 –  please call us toll free or email us to request it.

DlhSoft Gantt Chart Light Library for Silverlight 4/WPF 4 Design Time Features (for developers)

• Integrate with the Visual Studio development environment; reference documentation is available in Visual Studio style; supports all .NET languages, including but not limited to C# and Visual Basic .NET
• Very similar in appearance, behavior, and development related features with the standard DataGrid, and ItemsControl controls
• Programmatically allow task indentation, content, start and finish date and times, completion, assignments strings, predecessors, and expansion values, resource content values, allocation unit values, and bar tool tips
• Use 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 scales, using the Scales property
• Show or hide part of week days and/or part of day time in the Gantt Chart, using the Visible{Week|Day}{Start|Finish} properties
• 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 Working{Week|Day}{Start|Finish} and NonworkingIntervals properties
• Fully customize task and allocation bars, dependency lines, tree node expanders, and the general control user interface by using custom brushes, styles, and templates
• Print or export images representing the task or resource grid and/or its associated Gantt Chart
• Ability to load large collections of items, using an optional, enabled by default, asynchronous load mechanism; the component has been designed for optimal performance
• Extensibility is provided through exposed properties, events, and type inheritance support

DlhSoft Gantt Chart Light Library for Silverlight 4/WPF 4 Runtime Features (for end users)

• Ability to expand and close tasks, and/or update existing task values either from the data grid or from the Gantt Chart using drag and drop operations
• The current culture (language and region) set by the end user (using the Regional and Language Options) is used by default for displaying and retrieving values such as numbers or dates and times
• The standard Aero theme provided by the most recent operating systems (or simulated for other operating systems) in WPF applications, or the standard theme provided by the platform in Silverlight applications, is used by default.

DlhSoft Gantt Chart Light Library for Silverlight 4/WPF 4 Included Components

• GanttChartDataGrid Control
• ScheduleChartDataGrid Control
• LoadChartDataGrid Control
• GanttChartView Control
• ScheduleChartView Control
• LoadChartView Control