ComponentSource Topic | Planning / Scheduling

MindFusion.Scheduling for Silverlight updated

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:09:00 GMT

A scheduling application built using MindFusion.Scheduling for Silverlight.

MindFusion.Scheduling for Silverlight combines rich time-management features with stylish appearance and ease of use. It is ideal for creating all types of time-tables, appointment-schedules and calendars. It features programmatic access to both schedule objects and calendar methods & properties along with numerous properties for customizing the appearance and behavior of every calendar view.

Updates in V3.1

Gantt chart controls added
Assemblies for Windows Phone 7
Support for culture-specific lists of holidays
Customizable resource headers

About MindFusion Group

MindFusion Group was founded 2001 in Bulgaria by providing outsourcing services to clients from all over the world. During 2003 MindFusion developed its first ActiveX diagramming control. MindFusion quickly became dedicated to the development of reusable software components focusing on software engineers from all over the world.

ComponentOne Scheduler for LightSwitch released

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:11:59 GMT

A schedule created with ComponentOne Scheduler for LightSwitch.

Ready-to-use LightSwitch screen that gives you a complete Outlook-style scheduling application.

ComponentOne Scheduler for LightSwitch lets you use LightSwitch to quickly and easily create an Outlook-style scheduling application. This extension comes complete with five built-in views, recurring appointments, reminders, labels, data binding, grouping and import/export capabilities. To use, simply add the Scheduler screen to your project and choose a data source.

Features

Complete Outlook-style Scheduling - Schedule one-time, all day, or recurring appointments with reminders, labels, and availability status just as in Microsoft Outlook. Stay organized with categories, resources, and contacts linked to each appointment.
Pre-built Ribbon Toolbars - Add button groups to your application; choose from Data (Print, Import, Export), View (Day, Work Week, Week, Month, Time Line), and Group.
Use Multiple Data Sources - In addition to selecting a primary data source for the screen (appointment information), Scheduler for LightSwitch provides placeholders to connect to secondary data sources for categories, contacts and resources. These tables don't need to be related; Scheduler for LightSwitch handles associations for you.
Import and Export Data - Save or load data in supported formats: XML or iCalendar.
Five Built-in Default Views - The Scheduler extension includes day, week, work week, month and time line built in default views. You can also create your own custom views.
Reminders - Scheduler can display reminder dialogs at specified times before an appointment occurs. Users have the option to dismiss one or more appointments, open the appointment or reset the reminder to appear again later (snooze).
Resource Grouping - Scheduler for LightSwitch lets you group appointments by contacts, resources or categories, to create a multi-column layout.
Time Line View - This view is useful when trying to see multiple groups at once to schedule a meeting. In this view the time is displayed horizontally and groups are arranged vertically, much like the 'Schedule' view in Microsoft Outlook.

About ComponentOne

ComponentOne provides a wide range of Microsoft Visual Studio components, IDE platform development tools and applications. This includes ComponentOne Studio Enterprise, which represents a broad and complete set of tools and solutions for Microsoft Windows, Web and Mobile application developers. ComponentOne has received numerous industry and user accolades including awards from SDTimes, The Code Project, TechWeb, Software Development Magazine, Visual Studio Magazine, Society for Technical Communication and SQL Server Magazine. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, ComponentOne is a privately held company with offices throughout the world.

Display SharePoint tasks in a Gantt Chart

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:22:16 GMT

Show task status in SharePoint.

Virto Gantt View helps users visualize their SharePoint tasks without the need for Microsoft Project.

Virto Gantt View Web Part is a simple and effective tool for displaying SharePoint tasks in a Gantt chart. It's an easy way to include resource planning in SharePoint applications without having to install a full blown project management application such as Microsoft Project. Virto Gantt View Web Part displays task data from SharePoint lists in a way that conveniently presents all the relevant information in a single view.

Features

Visualize tasks in a Table View or Gantt Chart View
Create, delete and edit tasks
Edit in-line without opening the task edit form
Supports summary and nested task milestones (indent and outdent)
Allows for group actions (delete, convert to indent/outdent)
Supports links between tasks (Finish-to-Start, Start-to-Start, Finish-to-Finish and Start-to-Finish)
Adjust splitter position (between two views from 0 to 99%)
Apply complex grid filtering
Customize filter expressions.
Attachment icons can be displayed
Set first day of week or number of weeks
Color coded status of tasks (red - overdue, yellow - in progress, green - completed)

About VirtoSoftware

VirtoSoftware designs and builds web parts for Microsoft SharePoint. Their comprehensive lineup of software and services enables information sharing, collaboration, workflow and administration for SharePoint users. More than 1,500 customers worldwide use their products.

Solutions Schedule .NET adds Time Zone features

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:41:42 GMT

Project Schedule created with Solutions Schedule for .NET.

Show different time zones and change the starting day of the week for the monthly view.

Solutions Schedule for .NET provides Windows developers with an advanced set of features for creating enterprise Asset Management and Multi-resource scheduling applications. Solutions Schedule can be used in ERP, CRM and many other enterprise applications. Solutions Schedule .NET delivers intuitive mouse driven scheduling and planning with Gantt-style project management features. Solutions Schedule .NET also includes map and scroll-to-date features to easily manage schedules of any size.

Updates in v5.0

Guideline Positions - Position guidelines in the schedule area.
Ruler Selection - Highlighting the time of a selected Time Bar in the time scale ruler.
Schedule Document - New method that returns the Print Document object for the schedule.
Edit Mode Toolbar - Displays a Toolbar with available Edit Modes at a specified location.
Current Time Offset - Allow the presentation of different time zones.
Day Month Offset - Allows developers to change the starting day of the week for the monthly view.
List Guide - Show the first column of the resource list within the schedule area.

About DBI Technologies

Incorporated in 1996, DBI Technologies is a commercial software development company that is focused on empowering Windows application developers with flexible and respected commercial component products and services. DBI provides creative solutions for its clients, incorporating leading edge Web technologies built on commercial component based architectures. DBI's component solutions are incorporated in many Fortune 1000 business support systems, as well as commercial ERP and CRM solutions.

RadiantQ Gantt updated to V3.5

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:19:00 GMT

FlexyGantt Resource View in RadiantQ Silverlight Gantt.

RadiantQ Gantt is a rich and interactive Gantt control that was natively built in WPF/Silverlight for high performance and a professional look and feel. It includes a very simple and intuitive programming model, flexible printing support, data binding, effort driven scheduling, progress tracking and localization. RadiantQ Gantt is available in the following editions:

Updates in V3.5

Virtualized rendering supports a large number of task or resource rows
Overlapped task support in the FlexyGantt control
Ability to show dependency lines in the FlexyGantt control
Ability to bind a Gantt model to a FlexyGantt control
Drag and drop rows in FlexyGantt tables
Effort column now shows sum of all child efforts in summary row
Ability to export resource list when exporting to Project format

About RadiantQ

RadiantQ is a privately held company that produces high quality .NET based software components. Their primary goals are quality and service. RadiantQ's products are used by thousands of ISVs, corporations, educational, governmental and non-profit organizations in over 90 countries.

Solutions Schedule for COM adds area notes

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 11:03:00 GMT

Displaying TimeBar appointments with Solutions Schedule for COM.

Version 11 includes a set of specific notes and images within the Gantt scheduling area.

Solutions Schedule for COM is a leading asset management and multi-resource scheduling component software for COM based IDE's. Solutions Schedule for COM includes built-in Gantt style drag-n-drop scheduling, Guide Line accuracy, TimeBar linking, conflict management, presentation styles like Silverlight and more. Solutions Schedule for COM includes royalty-free distribution, sample applications in Visual Basic and Visual FoxPro, compiled executables with direct double click access to the property inspector at run-time. Solutions Schedule for COM includes one year of technical support.

Updates in 11.0

Schedule Area Notes - set specific notes and representative note images within the Gantt scheduling area. Customize Note image, text presentation and location of the Note.
Tips on Schedule Area Notes - to present the text of the note to the user when the mouse hovers over a note.
Line Arrows - arrow images to denote that more time bars are out of the current view; in a previous view or in the next view forward.
Line Arrow Events - fire when a user clicks on an arrow allowing the developer to present and/or programmatically scroll to the next or previous time bar, or a time bar selected from a list, not visible in the schedule area within a schedule item. A great addition when wanting to indicate that there are other schedule commitments set in a schedule plan that are not in view. (similar to the more time bars functionality in Solutions Schedule for .NET)
Time Bar height definition - gets the height of the time bars in a schedule. Developers can cast a standard time bar height definition for an entire schedule plan.
Line height definition - gets the default line height of the resource list and schedule areas. Another tool in the scheduling toolbox for enhancing presentations of the Resource List and Gantt Schedule areas.
Time Bar Linking / Unlinking enhanced - a set of before linking events and enhanced unlinking methods have been added providing developers increased programmatic control when time bars are being linked or unlinked.

About DBI Technologies

Incorporated in 1996, DBI Technologies Inc. is a commercial software development company that is focused on empowering Windows application developers with the most flexible and respected commercial component products and services. DBI is recognized for its technical and pre-sales support for its customers working in any Microsoft development environment from Office to HTML. An industry leader in the implementation of component based application development, DBI provides creative solutions for its clients, incorporating leading edge Web technologies built on commercial component based architectures. DBI's Component::Solutions are incorporated in many Fortune 1000 business support systems, as well as commercial ERP and CRM solutions.

Aspose.Tasks for .NET updated to 3.9.2

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:28:42 GMT

A series of tasks displayed in Microsoft Project.

Aspose.Tasks for .NET is a non-graphical .NET Project management component that enables .NET applications to read, write and manage Project documents without utilizing Microsoft Project. With Aspose.Tasks for .NET you can read and change tasks, recurring tasks, resources, resource assignments, relations and calendars. Aspose.Tasks for .NET is a very mature product that offers stability and flexibility. As with all of the Aspose file management components, Aspose.Tasks for .NET works well with both WinForm and WebForm applications. Aspose.Tasks for .NET can also be bought as part of Aspose.Total for .NET.

Updates in V3.9.2

Read custom values (extended attributes) selected from a Lookup table from MS Project 2003 MPP files
Read a resource's cost tables from MS Project 2003/2007/2010 MPP files
Read a resource's availability from MS Project 2003/2007/2010 MPP files
Read a resource's assignment CostRateTable values from MS Project 2003/2007/2010 MPP files
Read NewTasksAreManual, UpdateManuallyScheduledTasksWhenEditingLinks and KeepTaskOnNearestWorkingTimeWhenMadeAutoScheduled properties from MS Project 2010 MPP files

About Aspose

Aspose is a leading vendor of .NET and Java development components, and rendering extensions for platforms such as Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services and JasperReports. Its core focus is to offer the most complete and powerful set of file management products available. Aspose products support some of the most popular file formats in business, including: Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations, PDF documents, Flash presentations and Project files. While its core focus is on file management products, Aspose's mission is to provide our customers with top quality products complemented by fast and reliable customer support. The company listens to its customers and produces a variety of solutions to meet the complex needs of its global audience.

VARCHART JGantt V2.51 updated

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:30:04 GMT

A Gantt chart created with VARCHART JGantt.

VARCHART JGantt is a component written in Java, that very easily lets you integrate Gantt charts into your application. Gantt charts display events, activities and their allocations over time. They are commonly used in project planning, production control and resource management. Data are turned into graphics to offer a clear, concise and detailed view of process flows.

Updates in V2.5.1 (Build 0006)

It is now possible to retrieve the number of entities in a hierarchy and to retrieve the entities according to the preOrder using the corresponding index
You can now switch off horizontal scrolling by mouse wheel in the table. For this, a new property was implemented: setInteractionWheelScrollingInTableEnabled(false);
Elimination of several bugs in the JGSynchronizerPanel

About NETRONIC Software

NETRONIC Software GmbH develops high-performance charting software for visualizing data. The company was founded in 1975 in Aachen, Germany, and was one of the first enterprises to market software components for Gantt, network and tree charts. Versatility, a high degree of interactivity and an easy integration into applications distinguish NETRONIC products. Its customers employ NETRONIC products worldwide. By visualizing their data, they make faster decisions, can display project contexts or schedule production processes. NETRONIC is one of the leading providers of visualization components.

VARCHART XGantt 4.4 (Build 0299) updated

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:26:00 GMT

Hierarchical chart in VARCHART XGantt .NET.

VARCHART XGantt is a graphical charting WinForms software component for visualizing critical business activities. It offers clear, concise and detailed process flows. Identification, tracking, scheduling and allocation of tasks and resources over time is also possible. You can create powerful and intuitive interactions that allow your customers to adapt the diagram without editing the data. VARCHART XGantt .NET Edition may be used for in-house applications as well as for products or applications to be sold to third parties.

The following editions are available:

Updates in V4.4 (Build 0299)

The scroll position of the horizontal scroll bar in the complete view did not match the Gantt views
Invoking reset (vcEmptyAllDataTables) after deleting a node would entail error no. 13
Summary bars were not generated if grouping and some layers were switched off after loading the data
Creating a histogram with calendar grid resulted in error no. 2, class 109
In drag&drop actions between two Gantt instances linked tables were not taken into account
Scrolling caused performance problems when the world view was open
Performance during the loading process of nodes was enhanced
An unexpected end of program could occur when creating a project file using the method SaveAsEx, or at runtime when the keys <alt> and <D> were pressed
Invoking reset (vcEmptyAllDataTables) after deleting nodes would result in Error no. 13, class 2203
The performance of the loading procedure was enhanced for tables containing a large number of columns
The property page "Tables" and the "about" box occasionally could not be opened when run on Windows 7
The histogram did not display curves as expected
FitHistogramsIntoView used to scale down the histogram area

About NETRONIC Software

Gantt Chart Light Library patched to 4.1.6

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:03:14 GMT

A Gantt chart in DlhSoft Gantt Chart Light Library for Silverlight/WPF.

DlhSoft Gantt Chart Light Library for Silverlight/WPF contains Gantt Chart related Windows client components, such as task and resource based Gantt Chart controls. DlhSoft Gantt Chart Light Library for Silverlight 4/WPF 4 components feature increased runtime performance, standard appearance and behavior, customizable settings, task and dependency drag and drop operations, printing and exporting support, etc. Licensed components may be redistributed royalty-free within your applications. Source code is also available with a Business Plus license. By purchasing a single product license you may use both Silverlight and WPF available components.

Updates in 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.

About DlhSoft

DlhSoft is focused on building high quality and innovative solutions using Microsoft .NET and related technologies for customers worldwide. Their activity includes designing and developing general purpose software applications, components and tools, and customized software solutions upon request. One of the most important things they rely on is the continuous communication with customers; all the feedback they receive is very valuable to them.

Gantt Chart Light Library patched

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 15:46:26 GMT

A Gantt chart in DlhSoft Gantt Chart Light Library for Silverlight/WPF.

DlhSoft Gantt Chart Light Library for Silverlight/WPF contains Gantt Chart related Windows client components, such as task and resource based Gantt Chart controls. DlhSoft Gantt Chart Light Library for Silverlight 4/WPF 4 components feature increased runtime performance, standard appearance and behaviour, customizable settings, task and dependency drag and drop operations, printing and exporting support, etc. Licensed components may be redistributed royalty-free within your applications. Source code is also available with a Business Plus license. By purchasing a single product license you may use both Silverlight and WPF available components.

Updates in 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

About DlhSoft

FlexGantt 2.0 released

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 13:55:00 GMT

Navigation sample included with FlexGantt.

Adds selectable links (relationships), menu support for links and new animated tree node expand / collapse operations.

FlexGantt is an advanced Gantt chart user interface component for Swing, which allows its users to interact with project plans and scheduling results. Applications using FlexGantt can customize the Gantt component in almost any way. Not only the rendering and editing of timeline related data can be modified but also the behavior of the entire component. This is accomplished by pluggable policy implementations, where each policy controls the behavior of a certain aspect of the Gantt chart. FlexGantt uses a very high abstraction level, which allows it to be applied in various and often very different domains such as project planning (resources, people, tasks), ERP systems, production planning and scheduling applications, manufacturing execution systems or project portfolio management applications.

Updates in V2.0

Selectable links (relationships)
Menu support for links
Different relationship types (start - end, end - start, start - start, end - end)
Improved graphics performance
Animated tree node expand / collapse operations
All bug fixes from the 1.1.x releases
Macintosh (glossy) style Gantt charts
Easier editing of timeline objects (percentage complete, linking)

About DLSC

DLSC provides Java consulting and implementation services. They also develop software products with a focus on frameworks and tools for user interface design and implementation. Their product catalog currently includes a Java class library for creating professional Gantt charts and a free plugin for the Eclipse development environment, which enables Eclipse to render scalable vector graphics (SVG).

RadiantQ Gantt adds custom background ranges

Thu, 07 Jul 2011 12:41:00 GMT

FlexyGanttResourceView in RadiantQ Silverlight Gantt.

Version 3.0 also adds better ResourceLeveling behavior for fixed duration tasks and FlexyTable drag and drop support.

RadiantQ Gantt includes a rich and interactive Gantt control that was natively built for fast performance and a professional look and feel. RadiantQ Gantt includes a very simple and intuitive programming model, flexible printing support, data binding, effort driven scheduling, progress tracking, localization and more. RadiantQ Gantt is available in the following editions:

Updates in V3.0

Custom Background Ranges: Specify custom background ranges (CustomChartBackgroundRanges property) to be rendered in the chart with a custom template. Specify either a discreet range or repeating ranges.
Resource Assignment DropDown: New Filter TextBox in Resource Assignment dropdown helps filter through a big list of resources.
Resource Leveling Behavior: Better ResourceLeveling behavior for "Fixed Duration tasks" (AdjustDurationOnAssignment == false)
FlexyTable Drag and Drop support: You can now drag and drop rows from one position to another in FlexyTable

About RadiantQ

RadiantQ is a privately held company with offices in different time zones to serve all the corners of the world with high quality .NET based software components. Its primary goals are quality and service. At present RadiantQ is focused on the development and marketing of rich and interactive Gantt components for the .NET development community.

dbiCalendarWPF 1.0 launched

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 16:45:36 GMT

Month, week and day views in dbiCalendarWPF.

Three full featured WPF scheduling controls wrapped into one.

dbiCalendarWPF provides appointment scheduling and calendar presentations for WPF application development. dbiCalendarWPF combines three direct edit controls; a Multi Column Day/Resource View, a Month Calendar View and a Week Calendar View, into one compact, feature rich, royalty free WPF control.

Features

Multi Column Day/Resource View
Month Calendar View
Week Calendar View

dbiCalendarWPF offers developers the right set of tools for managing appointments, contacts, locations, tasks and user/owner drawn columns with direct inline editing, built-in context menus, and full data integration including multi-level grouping and sorting.

Data Integration
dbiCalendarWPF has been designed for data flexibility giving developers the freedom to integrate and capture data as they need to. Connect to any data source from XML to Oracle to DB2 to whatever your data repository requirements are.

Many to Many relationships
dbiCalendarWPF expertly manages one-to-many and many-to-many relationships. It's not uncommon for one appointment, a conference call for instance, to appear in many locations, have many contacts and many tasks associated with that activity. dbiCalendarWPF is the right solution for managing and presenting multi - relational scheduling requirements. DBI component solutions have been used in the Healthcare field for fifteen years, and it's common for dental practice solutions for example to use DBI Scheduling components to help manage the multi - task aspects of appointment and resource scheduling.

Variable Time Intervals
Life doesn't happen in nice even 15, 30 or 60 minute intervals. Life happens around the clock in any combination and permutation of time. Onsite service personnel are scheduled when they're needed, Golf Course Tee Times are scheduled on 7 minute intervals and components of a dentist appointment may range from 2 minutes to 75 minutes. Being able to present WPF schedules in increments from 1 minute to 60 minutes and any combination in between is only natural.

Direct appointment creation and appointment editing
dbiCalendarWPF is designed to allow an appointment to be created directly upon selection of a time cell - just start typing. Also, an appointment can be modified directly upon selection. With the click of a Right mouse button modify the properties of an appointment directly through the built-in context menus, for: Date, Contact, Location, Task, View or a custom programmed menu option. dbiCalendarWPF does away with the need for an appointment dialogue with its built in Context Menus. An appointment dialogue is included should you need one. Enhance your User's Scheduling Experience with direct modification of appointment properties using the built-in context menus. Add / Edit appointments, Contacts, Locations and Tasks without ever seeing an edit dialogue.

About DBI Technologies

DBI Technologies Incorporated in 1996, DBI Technologies Inc. is a commercial software development company that is focused on empowering Windows application developers with the most flexible and respected commercial component products and services. DBI is recognized for its technical and pre-sales support for its customers working in any Microsoft development environment from Office to HTML. An industry leader in the implementation of component based application development, DBI provides creative solutions for its clients, incorporating leading edge web technologies built on commercial component based architectures. DBI's Component::Solutions are incorporated in many Fortune 1000 business support systems, as well as commercial ERP and CRM solutions.

FlexGantt updated

Wed, 25 May 2011 11:38:12 GMT

Reading Microsoft Project files using FlexGantt.

Updates in V1.1.7

Improvement - [FLEX-366] - Printing with a custom RelationshipRenderer
Bug Fix - [FLEX-358] - Unable to start printing once you have clicked on the cancel button
Bug Fix - [FLEX-359] - Memory leak after displaying a Preview dialog
Bug Fix - [FLEX-367] - Setting a timezone on a Gantt chart
Bug Fix - [FLEX-368] - tasks are not repainting in real time as they are moved/resized

About DLSC

Gantt Chart Light Library updated

Thu, 28 Apr 2011 17:38:00 GMT

A Gantt chart in DlhSoft Gantt Chart Light Library for Silverlight/WPF.

DlhSoft Gantt Chart Light Library for Silverlight/WPF contains Gantt Chart related Windows client components, such as task and resource based Gantt Chart controls. DlhSoft Gantt Chart Light Library for Silverlight 4/WPF 4 components feature increased runtime performance, standard appearance and behaviour, customizable settings, task and dependency drag and drop operations, printing and exporting support, etc. Licensed components may be redistributed royalty-free within your applications. Source code is also available with a Business Plus license. By purchasing a single product license you may use both Silverlight and WPF available components.

Updates in 4.1.4

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

About DlhSoft

VARCHART JGantt adds synchronized Gantt charts

Thu, 14 Apr 2011 18:43:00 GMT

A Gantt chart created with VARCHART JGantt.

VARCHART JGantt V2.5.1 adds synchronized Gantt charts, node filtering and splitter lines between groups.

The following editions are available:

Updates in V2.5.1

Synchronized Gantt Charts - The JGanttSynchronizerPanel lets you combine two Gantt instances so that all modifications affecting the time axis automatically and equally apply to both diagrams. A typical example of a modification is varying the resolution of the time scale; another one is moving the visible area of the scale.
Additional Information at Links - Additional information can be added to horizontal sections of link lines. You can add symbols or text annotations.
Data Type Color in NeEntity - In the NeAppData object you can use the data type Color in an attribute of an entity. This facilitates setting data based colors, since it spares you creating your own color class.
Links can be Selected More Easily - The size of the area in which links can be selected by mouse cursor can now be defined by the new property InteractionLinkSelectionRange. This way you can make it easier for a user to pick a link.
Filter Specific Selection of Nodes - Nodes to be visible in a diagram can be controlled by the new property ActiveNodeFilter. All objects that comply with the NeIFilter interface can be assigned to this property. So the number of nodes displayed at a certain time can easily be changed by modifying the filter conditions.
Splitter Lines Between Groups - To visually emphasize different grouping levels in the diagram area, groups can have splitter lines. For each level the color, the line type, the line thickness and the visibility can be set.

About NETRONIC Software

MindFusion.Scheduling for WPF adds Gantt charts

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 09:41:00 GMT

A scheduling appliction using MindFusion.Scheduling for WPF.

ActivityChart is used for project activities and dependencies. ResourceChart is used for allocating resources.

MindFusion.Scheduling for WPF is a programming component that provides your WPF application with a complete set of calendar and time-management features with a few mouse clicks. MindFusion.Scheduling for WPF gives you instant access to scheduling features that would normally take months to develop including various views (month, week, etc), custom-typed events, in-place item editing, scrolling, fully customizable style-based appearance and more. Buy MindFusion.Scheduling for WPF and obtain 12 months of free upgrades. MindFusion.Scheduling for WPF renewals will extend your MindFusion.Scheduling for WPF subscription for another year. MindFusion.Scheduling for WPF Enterprise and MindFusion.Scheduling for WPF Site Licenses also available.

Updates in V3

Version 3 adds two new Gantt chart controls:

ActivityChart is used for presenting and editing project activities and dependencies between them
ResourceChart is used for allocating resources to project activities
The included DataGrid and TreeGrid components within the Gantt controls can also be used independently

About MindFusion Group

MindFusion Group products and services are based on the advanced technologies of industry leaders like Microsoft, Sun Microsystems and Macromedia as well as on open-source products. The professionals working with the MindFusion Group specialise in different areas of application and web development, database design and management, systems and network integration. They utilize the available technologies to maximum extent to create manageable, cost-efficient and flexible software solutions

SharePoint Project Timer now available

Wed, 06 Apr 2011 17:13:00 GMT

Time remaining displayed using SharePoint Project Timer.

A digital countdown timer for SharePoint, that allows you to keep track of time for long-term project planning.

SharePoint Project Timer is a web part for SharePoint 2007 and 2010 which provides a powerful and flexible digital countdown timer to help remind you of important, upcoming milestones and deadlines. It displays as a digital clock that shows you the number of days, hours, minutes, and seconds remaining until the target end-date and end-time, making it a versatile tool to keep track of time for long-term project planning.

Features

Countdown to a target date and time
Fully customizable color and number-style settings
Upload and set images as backgrounds

About SharePointBoost

SharePointBoost is a leading developer of SharePoint solutions that bridge the gap between SharePoint out-of-the-box and the custom functionality needed to make daily business operations smooth and efficient.SharePointBoost believe that all businesses should have access to advanced technology solutions tailored to their specific needs and delivered with professional service and support. SharePointBoost have developed a complete suite of fully-customizable SharePoint solutions for just this purpose, designed to unlock the full potential of SharePoint.

Gantt Chart Library for WinForms launched

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:11:00 GMT

Task and resource planning using DlhSoft Gantt Chart Library for Windows Forms.

Task and resource based Gantt chart controls and related classes, with data binding support.

DlhSoft Gantt Chart Library for Windows Forms features task and resource based Gantt chart controls and related classes, with data binding support, standard appearance and behaviour, customizable settings, drag and drop operations, culture and theme awareness, printing support, etc. The developer may control how business logic is applied to task items. Licensed components may be redistributed royalty-free within your applications. Source code is also available with a Business Plus license.

Features

Integrate with 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, behaviour, and development related features with the standard DataGridView control
Programmatically allow data binding and managing task indentation, content, start date and time, effort, completed effort, assignments, predecessors, cost, and expansion values
Allow adding custom columns to the data grid, with or without data binding to extended task properties
Use customized Gantt Chart scale headers, using predefined time scales (days, weeks, months, quarters, years)
Set up a custom schedule defining the working time to be used for determining and updating task date and times and time spans
Customize task bars by using custom brushes; highlighting the critical path is also available as a single Boolean property change
Print or export images representing the task grid and/or its associated Gantt Chart
Extensibility is provided through exposed properties, events, and type inheritance support.
Ability to add and remove tasks, expand and close tasks, increment and decrement task indentation, 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

About DlhSoft

DlhSoft is focused on building high quality and innovative solutions using Microsoft .NET and related technologies for customers worldwide. Its activity includes designing and developing general purpose software applications, components and tools, and customized software solutions upon request.

New scheduling control for Silverlight

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:11:00 GMT

Silverlight scheduling demonstration in SilverSchedulerGo!.

SilverSchedulerGo! has multiple uses such as hierarchical project planning, time/resource management and room bookings.

SilverSchedulerGo! includes support for editing-in-place, drag and drop, animations, colors and customization of elements. SilverSchedulerGo! lets you create relations between tasks to allow project modelling in a Gantt chart style. Full support for data binding and WCF speed up development. The control can be used in many areas: hierarchical project planning, time management, resource management, hotel room booking, a doctor/dentist office time plan, employee scheduling, team management, project organizing, etc. A rich set of properties give you the ability to define views and content in detail, and is combined with an easy programming model and support for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 and Microsoft Expression Blend.

Features

Simple programming
A simple data model and structure similar to other .NET controls simplify using ComponentGo controls in your code.
Multilingual
Using system language settings allows operation in any language.
Animations
Modern animations effects for scrolling, expanding/collapsing, item dragging, etc. make scheduler more pleasant for users. This feature can be turn off.
Resource manager
Allows you to manage available resources in time, organized in either list or tree structure (hotel rooms, employees performing tasks, availability of various devices, cars, projects, etc.).
Full control over color from a Visual Designer
All the controls' colors can be easily adjusted by styles and control templates.
Defining tooltips
Allows you to assign additional information displayed after pointing to an items or a resource with a mouse. When a full text of an item does not fit a frame, a tooltip displays it in an enlarged window.
Customizable time resolution
Allows you to define time resolution of a control within second to year range.
Time-ruler customization
Gives control over the time-rules scales, and states auto-ruler adjusting works.
Planning of tasks for a long time
Yearly, quarterly, monthly and weekly time resolutions allow to build and planning project for a long period.
Free-time appearance controlling
Control how free-time will be presented: showing with another color, collapsing into one, special column or completely removing from the time-line.
Edit text item and resource (Edit In Place)
Edit text directly on an item or a resource control without opening a new page.
Customizable hours
Allows you to set working hours, holidays and a range of time displayed on a scheduler.
WCF demo
A demo program writing resources and items to and reading them from a SQL database using ADO.NET and WCF and any data structure.
Data binding support
Full support for data binding significantly increases connecting scheduler with any business objects.
Drag & Drop functionality
You can change duration and start time of an item directly on a scheduler using a mouse. It is possible to check how durations of linked objects change when scheduler item objects are changed.
Splitting, joining and gluing
Scheduler dragging supports item splitting (one item into two items), joining (connecting by dependency) and gluing (two items to one item). Very useful for Gantt-charts and project planning.
Overlapping items
Settings allowing you to control the way scheduler item objects overlap and are moved between different levels of resource tree.
Resources tree
Fully editable list or a tree of resources allowing for editing texts, change size and the way columns look, etc. - like data-grid
Caption and date navigator
Definable title of a list with time navigation buttons.
Item relations
Allows for linking scheduler item objects with others (many-to-many).
Layers and Regions
Layers allow for manually controlling of grouping scheduler items for ordering; regions declare styling the specified scheduler grid cells.
Multipage printing
Pager object supports multipage document creating, which contains periods of time which do not fit into a single page.

Silverlight ResourceTree control
ResourceTree is an element of SilverSchedulerGo! that can be used separately in your Silverlight application, without the scheduler control. The control can be used to display resource trees. It can also be used to display any tree structure. The multicolumn and edit in place features make the ResourceTree rather like a data grid with tree structure. Animations (optional feature) and color customizing give a modern look.

About ComponentGo

ComponentGo was created by Ernest Boron and Robert Zawadzki. They decided to create a simple calendar control for the new .NET platform. The work started in August 2003 and DailyCalendar debuted in October 2003. In May 2004 they published a Resource Scheduler, selling both DailyCalendar and ResourceScheduler as a Calendaring Combo. In January 2005 they released WebDailyCalendar for ASP.NET. ComponentGo is dedicated to providing affordable controls for .NET (WinForms and ASP.NET). ComponentGo uses .NET 1.1 and 2.0, VS 2005, AJAX and XML.

Project Management for WinForms released

Mon, 21 Mar 2011 17:14:00 GMT

Project Management application built using DlhSoft Project Management Library for Windows Forms.

Display and update project information, such as tasks, using a grid view and Gantt charts.

DlhSoft Project Management Library for Windows Forms contains project management related Windows client components, such as task & resource based Gantt charts and project management controls and related classes. Project Management Library for Windows Forms includes: standard appearance and behavior, customizable settings, drag and drop operations, resource leveling, culture and theme awareness, printing support and more. Licensed components may be redistributed royalty-free within your applications. Source code is also available with a Business Plus license.

Features

Integrate with 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 DataGridView control
Programmatically allow task indentation, content, start date, effort, completed effort, assignments, predecessors, cost, and expansion values, and resource content, and cost values
Use customized Gantt Chart scale headers, using predefined time scales (weeks, months, quarters, years)
Set up a custom schedule defining the working time to be used for determining and updating task date and times and time spans
Automatically select task assignments based on resource availability and optionally specified functions, and level resources by updating task timing information using a single LevelResources method call
Customize task bars by using custom brushes; highlighting the critical path is also available as a single Boolean property change
Print the task grid and/or its associated Gantt Chart, or the resource grid
Extensibility is provided through exposed properties, events, and type inheritance support
Ability to add and remove tasks, expand and close tasks, increment and decrement task indentation, update existing task values either from the task data grid or from the Gantt Chart using drag and drop operations, and/or update existing resource values from the resource data grid
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.

About DlhSoft

Gantt Chart Library for WPF launched

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 17:16:00 GMT

A Gantt chart created using DlhSoft Gantt Chart Library for WPF.

Fully customize task and resource bars, dependency lines, tree node expanders and the user interface.

DlhSoft Gantt Chart Library for WPF includes data binding support, customizable behavior settings, task and dependency drag and drop operations, resource leveling, culture and theme awareness and printing and exporting support. Licensed components may be redistributed royalty-free within your applications. Source code is also available with a Business Plus license.

Features

Integrates with 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 ListView, and ItemsControl controls
Allows data binding and managing task indentation, content, start date and time, effort, completed effort, assignments, predecessors, cost, and expansion values, and resource content, and cost values, programmatically. Task and resource management business logic may be used separately by accessing the included TaskManager and/or ResourceManager components that the controls also leverage internally
Use standard GridViewColumn objects within the Columns definition of a GridView to indicate custom columns to be displayed in the user interface, and/or the TreeGridViewColumn object to indicate the column to be displayed as a tree view
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 non-working days and non-working hours in the Gantt Chart, using the AreNonworkingDaysVisible and AreNonworkingHoursVisible 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 Schedule property
Automatically level resources by updating task timing information using a single LevelResources method call
Fully customize task and resource 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
Extensibility is provided through exposed properties, events, and type inheritance support

About DlhSoft

DlhSoft Gantt Chart Light launched

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 17:09:00 GMT

Printing a Gantt Chart using DlhSoft Gantt Chart Light.

DlhSoft Gantt Chart Light Library for Silverlight/WPF lets you create royalty-free planning applications.

Features

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
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.

About DlhSoft

DlhSoft joins ComponentSource

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 17:19:00 GMT

DlhSoft Project Management Library for WPF showing Gantt Charts.

DlhSoft Project Management Library for WPF lets you build Gantt Chart and project management applications.

DlhSoft Project Management Library for WPF contains project management related Windows client components featuring: task and resource based Gantt Chart and project management controls, data binding support, standard appearance and behavior settings, task and dependency drag and drop operations, resource leveling, culture and theme awareness, printing and exporting support, etc. DlhSoft Project Management Library for WPF components may be redistributed royalty-free within your applications. Source code is also available with a Business Plus license.

Features

Integrates 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 to the standard ListView, ItemsControl, and ContentControl controls
Programmatically manage task indentation, content, start date and time, effort, completed effort, assignments, predecessors, cost, expansion values, resource content, cost values, and schedule definition values. Task and resource management business logic may be used separately by accessing the included TaskManager and/or ResourceManager components that the controls also leverage internally
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 nonworking days and nonworking hours in the Gantt Chart using the AreNonworkingDaysVisible and AreNonworkingHoursVisible properties
Set up a custom schedule defining working time, to be used for determining and updating task date and times using the Schedule property. Schedule definition direct editing is also available
Automatically level resources by updating task timing information using a single LevelResources method call
Fully customize task and resource 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
Extensibility is provided through exposed properties, events, and type inheritance support