DlhSoft News 2008-04-10T00:00:00Z 2010-04-28T23:00:00Z DlhSoft urn:uuid:A44CE95C-C5D0-11DB-AE01-568C55D89593;Link=http://dlhsoft.com/ganttchart urn:uuid:BD08164C-0EF2-41f5-B3D4-90A8EA63C769 Gantt Chart Library for WPF 3.5 2008-04-10T00:00:00Z DlhSoft has published Gantt Chart Library for WPF 3.5: it contains Gantt Chart related Windows® client components, such as the GanttChartTaskListView, and GanttChartView controls (for WPF and .NET 3.5). For more information about the product please go to http://DlhSoft.com/GanttChart. urn:uuid:A0FC4D7C-12ED-4539-B96C-A07EDF8F071E Build 3.0.1 for Gantt Chart Library for WPF 3.5 2008-07-31T00:00:00Z DlhSoft has published an updated build (3.0.1) for Gantt Chart 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, handling change notifications, displaying grid lines, fully templating the controls, and Windows® Forms integration (for GanttChartTaskListView and GanttChartView controls), database and XML file persistence, and importing Microsoft® Project® XMLs (for GanttChartTaskListView control). For more information about the product please go to http://DlhSoft.com/GanttChart. Note that the new build can be installed and used side by side with any previous build of the software and any license that you may have already purchased for the product (version 3.0) works with this build also (tough you will need to install the license file again using the License Manager tool available in the product menu of the new build). urn:uuid:AB48B678-6674-4a96-9433-859C772CA4F9 Build 3.0.2 for Gantt Chart Library for WPF 3.5 2008-08-12T00:00:00Z DlhSoft has published an updated build (3.0.2) for Gantt Chart 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, exporting PNG images, and data management business logic reusage (for GanttChartTaskListView and GanttChartView controls). For more information about the product please go to http://DlhSoft.com/GanttChart. Note that the new build can be installed and used side by side with any previous build of the software and any license that you may have already purchased for the product (version 3.0) works with this build also (tough you will need to install the license file again using the License Manager tool available in the product menu of the new build). urn:uuid:3694DBB1-F139-4be7-836D-167A9291E76C Build 3.0.3 for Gantt Chart Library for WPF 3.5 2008-08-13T00:00:00Z DlhSoft has published an updated build (3.0.3) for Gantt Chart 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/GanttChart. Note that the new build can be installed and used side by side with any previous build of the software and any license that you may have already purchased for the product (version 3.0) works with this build also (tough you will need to install the license file again using the License Manager tool available in the product menu of the new build). urn:uuid:78CFEAA9-C386-479b-A4FA-954879A740EC Build 3.0.4 for Gantt Chart Library for WPF 3.5 2008-09-24T00:00:00Z DlhSoft has published an updated build (3.0.4) for Gantt Chart 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/GanttChart. Note that the new build can be installed and used side by side with any previous build of the software and any license that you may have already purchased for the product (version 3.0) works with this build also (tough you will need to install the license file again using the License Manager tool available in the product menu of the new build). urn:uuid:8AD092BD-045B-498c-AE29-1D8D448DE62C Build 3.0.5 for Gantt Chart Library for WPF 3.5 2008-09-29T00:00:00Z DlhSoft has published an updated build (3.0.5) for Gantt Chart 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/GanttChart. Note that the new build can be installed and used side by side with any previous build of the software and any license that you may have already purchased for the product (version 3.0) works with this build also (tough you will need to install the license file again using the License Manager tool available in the product menu of the new build). urn:uuid:1DB459AB-C1D0-4a12-A956-C398E31AE5BF Build 3.0.6 for Gantt Chart Library for WPF 3.5 2008-10-30T00:00:00Z DlhSoft has published an updated build (3.0.6) for Gantt Chart 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/GanttChart. Note that the new build can be installed and used side by side with any previous build of the software and any license that you may have already purchased for the product (version 3.0) works with this build also (tough you will need to install the license file again using the License Manager tool available in the product menu of the new build). urn:uuid:57711C29-EE14-480f-B6EC-F91110839B21 Build 3.0.7 for Gantt Chart Library for WPF 3.5 2008-11-18T13:00:00Z DlhSoft has published an updated build (3.0.7) for Gantt Chart 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/GanttChart. Note that the new build can be installed and used side by side with any previous build of the software and any license that you may have already purchased for the product (version 3.0) works with this build also (tough you will need to install the license file again using the License Manager tool available in the product menu of the new build). urn:uuid:E52F6859-3CE3-41ba-9DA8-234EE4B79B29 Build 3.0.8 for Gantt Chart Library for WPF 3.5 2008-11-21T10:00:00Z DlhSoft has published an updated build (3.0.8) for Gantt Chart 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/GanttChart. Note that the new build can be installed and used side by side with any previous build of the software and any license that you may have already purchased for the product (version 3.0) works with this build also (tough you will need to install the license file again using the License Manager tool available in the product menu of the new build). urn:uuid:EE796769-E8F9-4b93-BCA6-F06E7FD6BBF6 Build 3.0.9 for Gantt Chart Library for WPF 3.5 2009-02-20T21:30:00Z DlhSoft has published an updated build (3.0.9) for Gantt Chart 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, defining tasks by specifying only start and finish values, 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/GanttChart. Note that the new build can be installed and used side by side with any previous build of the software and any license that you may have already purchased for the product (version 3.0) works with this build also (tough you will need to install the license file again using the License Manager tool available in the product menu of the new build, skipping the message that warns you that not all of the licensable types within the package are supported by your license file; the warning is presented because there are some new licensable types included within the updated build and the original license file didn't contain any information about them: if you need to get an updated license file that would include these new types please contact us at Support@DlhSoft.com). Note that in order to be able to be built, source code within your previous projects may need minor and easy to apply changes after switching to use the new product version. urn:uuid:AA40C6C8-4EF8-44d6-AC0D-41CCFD31A8F8 Version 3.1 for Gantt Chart Library for WPF 3.5 2009-05-27T10:00:00Z DlhSoft has published an updated version (3.1) for Gantt Chart Library for WPF 3.5: it contains a set of corrections for the previously found issues, new controls such as ScheduleChartResourceListView, LoadChartResourceListView, ScheduleChartView, and LoadChartView, 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/GanttChart. Note that the new build can be installed and used side by side with any previous build of the software and any license that you may have already purchased for the product (version 3.0) works with this build also, as long as you use only the previously existing controls and classes in your projects (tough you will need to install the license file again using the License Manager tool available in the product menu of the new build, skipping the message that warns you that not all of the licensable types within the package are supported by your license file; the warning is presented because there are some new licensable types included within the updated build and the original license file didn't contain any information about them: if you need to get an upgrade license file that would include these new types please contact us at Support@DlhSoft.com; the upgrade price to be paid when upgrading would be computed as the mathematical difference between the originally paid amount and the standard price of the product for the same license type). However, if you would like to purchase version 3.0 of the product instead (at the original, unchanged, price) please contact us at Support@DlhSoft.com (offer available until June 12, 2009). Note that in order to be able to be built, source code within your previous projects may need minor and easy to apply changes after switching to use the new product version. urn:uuid:401A6AEA-CF51-489e-B7BC-7E52F90A23F7 Build 3.1.1 for Gantt Chart Library for WPF 3.5 2009-07-31T12:00:00Z DlhSoft has published an updated build (3.1.1) for Gantt Chart 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/GanttChart. Note that the new build can be installed and used side by side with any previous build of the software and any license that you may have already purchased for the product (version 3.1) works with this build also (tough you will need to install the license file again using the License Manager tool available in the product menu of the new build. urn:uuid:F2BF0E63-9992-495f-81D9-472E868766F4 Styling sample applications within Gantt Chart 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 Gantt Chart 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:7FB588E5-C3E8-4f96-8EA7-98BB77BF3A77 Update timeline page buttons merged with Gantt Chart horizontal scroll buttons within Gantt Chart 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 Gantt Chart 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:70FE4C6A-2081-421e-91E7-43339E8F2A2E Data load performance increased using simple data management mode within Gantt Chart 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 Gantt Chart 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:FC0328FC-7B2B-4f2b-92B2-A3757C98A96B Memory performance increased using data load deferring based on scroll ratio within Gantt Chart 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 Gantt Chart 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:13BCCC39-D4BE-4714-B341-76EBB5B7B804 Minor issues resolved within Gantt Chart 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 Gantt Chart Library for WPF 3.5. urn:uuid:E9570B7E-4AE7-4fef-8A87-F64D20782056 Numeric day samples within Gantt Chart 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 Gantt Chart Library for WPF 3.5. urn:uuid: Schedule Chart custom appearance samples updated by adding task level display settings within Gantt Chart 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 Gantt Chart Library for WPF 3.5. urn:uuid:7E5650CF-2C2A-4bb0-8E34-B799135CE327 Minor issues resolved within Gantt Chart 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 Gantt Chart Library for WPF 3.5. urn:uuid:ECFC1FB6-677F-45e8-9692-86A706C68BA0 Read only chart bars at item level within Gantt Chart 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 Gantt Chart Library for WPF 3.5. urn:uuid:3FFEBBBA-EC83-4264-8844-3FDE0087EF0E Item activation events within Gantt Chart 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 Gantt Chart Library for WPF 3.5. urn:uuid:CEE28A93-791B-48e3-9AE4-6F06A59FBFC9 Group filtering samples for Gantt Chart based ListView controls within Gantt Chart 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 Gantt Chart Library for WPF 3.5. urn:uuid:FB2E23B8-6779-4167-A3E8-FFA2B23C0E60 Increased performance and minor issues resolved within Gantt Chart 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 Gantt Chart Library for WPF 3.5. urn:uuid:A72A8C3F-9414-4a1a-8A83-DF36796EF6E1 New Custom Identifiers sample within Gantt Chart 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 Gantt Chart Library for WPF 3.5. urn:uuid:2CCB6447-AF61-4273-9B26-84457E6DF9D4 New Selection samples within Gantt Chart 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 Gantt Chart Library for WPF 3.5. urn:uuid:8BDB1043-CBF3-46b6-968B-F4F5114F8072 How to manage input key shortcuts within Gantt Chart 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 Gantt Chart Library for WPF 3.5. urn:uuid:9AB7AD7B-1F34-4407-AFA3-359852EDAB96 How to define custom item level attached properties within Gantt Chart 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 Gantt Chart Library for WPF 3.5. urn:uuid:E8404311-42DD-472a-A2C5-8C7C254D02E1 How to disable or hide node expanders within Gantt Chart 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 custom grid view columns within the updated build (3.1.6) of Gantt Chart Library for WPF 3.5. urn:uuid:89841AF6-DD41-47f8-A988-29E397B382E6 New samples within Gantt Chart 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 Gantt Chart 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 control), 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:560DDA89-D5F7-465e-AD76-9A9278D83E9E Minor updates within Gantt Chart 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 Gantt Chart 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:EA589E69-5963-49f3-A6EF-75B52E82A893 Microsoft® Project® 2010 UI style within Gantt Chart 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 Gantt Chart 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:679F6D7A-584B-43fd-B084-188718188065 New build of Gantt Chart Library for WPF 3.5 2010-02-16T15:00:00Z The new build (3.1.10) of Gantt Chart 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. urn:uuid:7DDDA510-66E0-41b3-B742-410E99FB3434 Minute scale sample application within Gantt Chart Library for WPF 3.5 2010-02-24T18:00:00Z The new build (3.1.11) of Gantt Chart 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:442C2BBC-4924-406f-9D32-0DFC380F9542 Minor changes and improvements within Gantt Chart Library for WPF 2010-04-13T18:00:00Z The new build (3.1.12) of Gantt Chart Library for WPF 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:688DDF85-8B78-40dc-912D-AD5A0654F172 Gantt Chart Library for WPF 4 2010-04-28T23:00:00Z A new product version (4.0) is available for Gantt Chart 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 (http://DlhSoft.com/Purchase); the discounted price would be zero, as long as you have already been licensed for using the 3.1 version of the product.