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Type |
Application |
Component |
Component |
Component |
Component |
Component |
Component |
Component |
Component |
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Platform |
Windows®, .NET 4 |
.NET 4/3.5 SP1, WPF |
.NET 4/3.5 SP1, WPF |
Silverlight™ 4 / .NET 4, WPF |
.NET 4/3.5 SP1, WPF |
Silverlight™ 4 / .NET 4, WPF |
.NET 2.0 SP2, Windows® Forms |
.NET 2.0 SP2, Windows® Forms |
.NET 2.0 SP2, Windows® Forms |
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Available since |
2008 |
2008 |
2008 |
2010 |
2008 |
2010 |
2005 |
2006 |
2006 |
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Oriented to |
Simplicity |
Data binding, business logic, and customizability |
Data binding, business logic, and customizability |
Scalability and performance, optional data binding, Silverlight™ support |
Data binding, business logic, and customizability |
Scalability and performance, optional data binding, Silverlight™ support |
Business logic |
Data binding |
Data binding |
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Subset of |
– |
– |
Project Management Library |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Related to |
Project Management Library |
Gantt Chart Library |
Gantt Chart Light Library |
Gantt Chart Library |
Hierarchical Data Light Library |
Hierarchical Data Library |
– |
– |
– |
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Design goals |
Simple project management application with interactive Gantt Chart and related views |
Providing an interactive Gantt Chart control optionally with associated task tree-list editor, and other project management related controls such as for resource editing, Schedule Chart, and Load Chart, with data binding support and separated business logic components |
Providing an interactive Gantt Chart control optionally with associated task tree-list editor, and other project management related controls such as Schedule Chart, and Load Chart, with data binding support and separated business logic components |
Providing high performance interactive Gantt Chart and related controls optionally with associated task tree-list editor, with optional data binding support, working both on Silverlight™ and WPF |
Combining ListView (with GridView) and TreeView, with data binding support and separated business logic components |
Combining DataGrid and TreeView into a high performance control, with optional data binding support, working both on Silverlight™ and WPF |
Providing an interactive Gantt Chart control with associated task tree-grid editor, with separated business logic providing components |
Providing an interactive Gantt Chart control with associated task tree-grid editor, with data binding support |
Combining DataGridView and TreeView in a single control, with data binding support |
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Business logic classes |
– |
TaskManager (Task, TaskItem), ResourceManager (Resource, ResourceItem), ScheduleDefinitionManager (ScheduleDefinition, ScheduleDefinitionItem), Schedule, etc. |
TaskManager (Task, TaskItem), ResourceManager (Resource, ResourceItem), Schedule, etc. |
None (not separated) |
NodeManager (Node, NodeItem) |
None (not separated) |
Project Management Framework (Task, Resource, Schedule, etc.) |
None (not separated) |
None (not separated) |
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User interface controls |
Project details view (including schedule definition view), task list view (including task hierarchy and Gantt Chart), resource list view (including Schedule Chart, and Load Chart) |
GanttChartTaskListView, ScheduleChartResourceListView, LoadChartResourceListView, GanttChartView, ScheduleChartView, LoadChartView, TaskListView, ResourceListView, ScheduleDefinitionView |
GanttChartTaskListView, ScheduleChartResourceListView, LoadChartResourceListView, GanttChartView, ScheduleChartView, LoadChartView |
GanttChartDataGrid, ScheduleChartDataGrid, LoadChartDataGrid, GanttChartView, ScheduleChartView, LoadChartView |
TreeListView |
DataTreeGrid |
ProjectView, ResourcesView, ScheduleView, StatisticsView |
GanttChartView, ResourceLoadChartView |
DataTreeGridView |
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Supported on .NET 4 |
Yes, natively |
Yes, natively / Yes |
Yes, natively / Yes |
Yes, natively |
Yes, natively / Yes |
Yes, natively |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Supported on Silverlight™ 4 |
– |
No |
No |
Yes, natively |
No |
Yes, natively |
No |
No |
No |
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Supported on .NET 3.5 SP1 |
No |
No / Yes, natively |
No / Yes, natively |
No |
No / Yes, natively |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Supported on .NET 2.0 SP2 |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes, natively |
Yes, natively |
Yes, natively |
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Supported in WPF (Windows® Presentation Foundation) applications |
– |
Yes, natively |
Yes, natively |
Yes, natively |
Yes, natively |
Yes, natively |
Yes, using Windows® Forms Integration |
Yes, using Windows® Forms Integration |
Yes, using Windows® Forms Integration |
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Supported in Silverlight™ applications |
– |
No |
No |
Yes, natively |
No |
Yes, natively |
No |
No |
No |
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Supported in Windows® Forms applications |
– |
Yes, using Windows® Forms Integration |
Yes, using Windows® Forms Integration |
Yes, using Windows® Forms Integration |
Yes, using Windows® Forms Integration |
Yes, using Windows® Forms Integration |
Yes, natively |
Yes, natively |
Yes, natively |
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Integrates with Visual Studio® 2010 |
– |
Yes, natively / Yes |
Yes, natively / Yes |
Yes, natively |
Yes, natively / Yes |
Yes, natively |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Integrates with Visual Studio® 2008 |
– |
No / Yes, natively |
No / Yes, natively |
No |
No / Yes, natively |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Integrates with Visual Studio® 2005 |
– |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes, natively |
Yes, natively |
Yes, natively |
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Data binding support |
– |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes, using either a built-in or a custom items converter |
Yes |
Yes, using either a built-in or a custom items converter |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
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Customizable grid columns |
Yes, through resizing and reordering |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes, but not at design time: for adding new columns you are required to define a CustomTask base class, inheriting from Task, and write code to add corresponding columns to the grid |
Yes |
Yes |
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Customizable schedule |
Yes, day of week and date-based mappings to day work time intervals |
Yes, general schedule and customizable per task and/or per resource, fully configurable such as per day of week, for specific dates (including holidays), or for any arbitrary other condition determined by date (using a delegate) |
Yes, general schedule and customizable per task and/or per resource, fully configurable such as per day of week, for specific dates (including holidays), or for any arbitrary other condition determined by date (using a delegate) |
Yes, but only all tasks at once (general schedule), supporting custom working week and day duration definitions, and specific nonworking time intervals (e.g. holidays) |
– |
– |
Yes, general schedule and customizable per task and/or per resource, supporting different work hours per day of week, or for specific dates (including holidays) |
Yes, but only all tasks and resources at once (general schedule), supporting different work hours per day of week, or for specific dates (including holidays) |
– |
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Task timing driver properties |
Start, effort, assignment allocation units (sum), general/task/resource schedules |
Start, effort, assignment allocation units (sum), general/task/resource schedules |
Start, effort, assignment allocation units (sum), general/task/resource schedules |
Start, finish |
– |
– |
Start, effort, assignment allocation units (sum), general/task/resource schedule |
Start, effort, resource allocation units (sum), general schedule (considering object data binding mode) |
– |
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Task start and finish date and times granularity |
Any date and time |
Any date and time (DateTime object) |
Any date and time (DateTime object) |
Any date and time (DateTime object) |
– |
– |
Any date (DateTime object), without time of day information (however, the user interface is able to internally determine time of day information for tasks based on assigned resources on each date) |
Any date and time (DateTime object) |
– |
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Minimum logical time unit |
Minute |
Tick |
Tick |
Tick |
– |
– |
Day |
Tick |
– |
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Task effort and duration granularity |
Any time span value |
Any time span value (TimeSpan object) |
Any time span value (TimeSpan object) |
Any time span (TimeSpan object), automatically computed based on start and finish |
– |
– |
Any time span (hours float number) |
Any time span (hours float number) |
– |
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Customizable Gantt Chart time scale |
Yes, including weeks/days, days/hours, and months/weeks |
Yes, any number of scale rows, including built-in and custom defined scale definitions (using delegates) |
Yes, any number of scale rows, including built-in and custom defined scale definitions (using delegates) |
Yes, any number of scale rows, including built-in and custom defined scale definitions (using interval collections), supporting custom visible week and day duration definitions |
– |
– |
Yes, two scale rows: days/hours, weeks/days, months/weeks, quarters/months, and years/quarters |
Yes, two scale rows: days/hours, weeks/days, months/weeks, quarters/months, and years/quarters |
– |
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Customizable Gantt Chart update scale (drag and drop automatic rounding for date time values) |
Yes, including days, hours, hour quarter, and free |
Yes, including built-in and custom defined update scale definition (using a delegate) |
Yes, including built-in and custom defined update scale definition (using a delegate) |
Yes, including built-in and custom defined update scale definition (using a time span value for rounding up to a multiple of, starting at the current timeline page start) |
– |
– |
Yes, hours, days, visible scale-based, or free |
Yes, hours, days, visible scale-based, or free |
– |
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Integrated displaying and hiding nonworking days and hours |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Partially, supporting custom visible week and day duration definitions, and highlighting visible nonworking time intervals using a different customizable background brush |
– |
– |
No |
Yes, using specific properties |
– |
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Configurable task bar templates (standard, parent, and milestones) |
No |
Yes, using general and task specific data member properties, and fully customizable task bar templates |
Yes, using general and task specific data member properties, and fully customizable task bar templates |
Yes, using general data member properties, and fully customizable task bar templates |
– |
– |
Yes, using general properties, and per task setter methods |
Yes, using general and task specific data member properties |
– |
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Integrated displaying and hiding estimated (baseline planned) values using a secondary task bar in the Gantt Chart |
No |
No, but a sample application shows how to extend the control to include such elements (using a custom task bar template) |
No, but a sample application shows how to extend the control to include such elements (using a custom task bar template) |
No, but a sample application shows how to extend the control to include such elements (using a custom task bar template) |
– |
– |
No |
Yes, using task specific data member properties |
– |
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Customizable task bar tooltips |
No |
Yes, based on item template |
Yes, based on item template |
Yes, based on general tooltip template |
– |
– |
No |
Yes, using task specific data member properties |
– |
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Integrated automatic task cost computation |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
– |
– |
Yes |
No |
– |
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Integrated resource leveling |
Yes |
Yes, without considering resource allocation units |
Yes, without considering resource allocation units |
Yes, when assignments are specifically formatted |
– |
– |
Yes |
No |
– |
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Integrated critical task determination and highlighting |
No |
No, but a sample application shows how to determine and highlight critical tasks (using custom code) |
No, but a sample application shows how to determine and highlight critical tasks (using custom code) |
Yes, except that highlighting requires custom code |
– |
– |
Yes |
Yes |
– |
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Resource management user interface control |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes, using schedule chart connector methods (GetScheduleChartItem and UpdateChangesFromScheduleChartItem) |
No |
– |
– |
Yes |
No |
– |
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Resource schedule chart view user interface control (resource-oriented Gantt Chart control with multiple task bars per resource row) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes, including support for displaying conflicting assignment bars vertically spread on multiple lines associated to a single data grid row, automatically increasing its height |
– |
– |
No |
No |
– |
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Resource load chart view user interface control |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
– |
– |
No |
Yes |
– |
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Schedule definition user interface control (for selecting working and nonworking time intervals) |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
– |
– |
Yes |
No |
– |
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Statistics chart view user interface control |
No, but overall statistic data fields are available |
No, but properties retrieving overall statistic data are available |
No, but properties retrieving overall statistic data are available |
No, but methods retrieving overall statistic data are available |
– |
– |
Yes |
No |
– |
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Integrated support for loading and saving task data from/to XML files |
Yes |
No, but a sample application shows how to load and save data from and to XML files |
No, but a sample application shows how to load and save data from and to XML files |
No |
– |
– |
Yes |
No |
– |
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Integrated support for loading and saving task data from/to a database |
No |
No, but a sample application shows how to load and save data from/to a database (using LINQ to SQL) |
No, but a sample application shows how to load and save data from/to a database (using LINQ to SQL) |
No |
– |
– |
No |
No, but a sample application shows how to load and save data from/to a database (using DataSet and table adapters) |
– |
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Integrated support for importing task data from Microsoft® Project® files saved as XML |
No |
No, but a sample application shows how to import task data from Microsoft® Project® files saved as XML |
No, but a sample application shows how to import task data from Microsoft® Project® files saved as XML |
Yes |
– |
– |
No, but a sample application shows how to import task data from Microsoft® Project® files saved as XML |
No |
– |
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Integrated support for exporting task data to Microsoft® Project® XML files |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
– |
– |
No, but a sample application shows how to import task data from Microsoft® Project® files saved as XML, which you can use to develop a similar export feature |
No |
– |
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Printing support |
Yes |
Yes, using default page templating, optionally providing further customizations using built-in document paginators, or by reusing exported images obtained for the specifically available printing size |
Yes, using default page templating, optionally providing further customizations using built-in document paginators, or by reusing exported images obtained for the specifically available printing size |
Yes, optionally providing further customizations using page templating, built-in document paginators, or by reusing exported images obtained for the specifically available printing size |
No |
No |
Yes, using default page templating, optionally providing further customizations by reusing exported images obtained for the specifically available printing size |
Yes, using default page templating, with built-in support for printing both the grid and the Gantt Chart area on the same page |
No |
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Support for exporting images |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
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PERT chart output support |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
– |
– |
No |
No |
– |
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Undo/redo queue |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
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Localization support |
English (United States) |
All languages, as the controls do not provides strings or other objects that need translating |
All languages, as the controls do not provides strings or other objects that need translating |
All languages, as the controls define properties to allow setting any displayed string values |
All languages, as the controls do not provides strings or other objects that need translating |
All languages, as the controls define properties to allow setting any displayed string values |
English, and Romanian, based on satellite assemblies; for any other language contact DlhSoft for obtaining an XML with resource strings to translate yourself; later the translated XML contents can be used by DlhSoft to generate the requested localized satellite assembly for your language |
All languages, as the controls do not provides strings or other objects that need translating or exposes those strings or objects as properties for allowing the developer to set them as needed |
All languages, as the controls do not provides strings or other objects that need translating |
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Performance indicators and recommendations |
Less than 2,000 tasks recommended |
Less than 2,000 tasks recommended; support for asynchronous loading recommended (not applied by default, but a sample application is available for understanding how to apply it and to see how it works) |
Less than 2,000 tasks recommended; support for asynchronous loading recommended (not applied by default, but a sample application is available for understanding how to apply it and to see how it works) |
Highest performance among similar component libraries; less than 20,000 tasks recommended; asynchronous loading and virtualization features are enabled by default |
Less than 25,000 nodes recommended; virtualization recommended (applied by default); support for asynchronous loading recommended (not applied by default, but a sample application is available for understanding how to apply it and to see how it works) |
Highest performance among similar component libraries; less than 250,000 nodes recommended; asynchronous loading and virtualization features are enabled by default |
Less than 5,000 tasks recommended; asynchronous mode applied by default (cannot be disabled) |
Less than 10,000 tasks recommended; asynchronous mode applied by default (can be disabled) |
Less than 50,000 nodes recommended |