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I need to build a visual control for editing date/time ranges. I have a list of entities, each with an associated start and end datetime. I want to display these items in a list with the corresponding date range creating a gantt-chart like view that you can manipulate (drag the date range longer/shorter, etc.)...

Something like...

                    7/3_7/4_7/5_7/6_....
List Item 1         XXXXXXXX
List Item 2             XXXXXXXX
List Item 3         XXXX
List Item 4                         XXXXXXXX


If I don't find exactly what I'm looking for, I'll write one (and post it) in the near future, but in the interest of saving time I thought I would check if anyone knew of an existing sample or control before I started coding...

Thanks!
MigrationUser 1  Tuesday, July 08, 2003 12:52 PM
I created one specifically for a day, and you can drag a control right or left to change the number of hours someone is scheduled to work. It's more of a time control rather than date/time, but I can post it if you'd like.

MigrationUser 1  Thursday, July 10, 2003 9:42 AM
Hi Duncan,
I have the same necessity (gantt + visual editing). I'm looking for Janus Time Line but I don't understand if is good to do this yet.

I'm beginner in .net and I can't build manually this control.

Mirco Attocchi
amirco@tiscali.it

MigrationUser 1  Friday, August 22, 2003 12:39 PM
Hi all,

The Janus TimeLine control is perfectly suited for this purpose.
It may be a little to extended but it has excellent features and performance.

I used it once for a project and I love the possibility to create a very advanced look without using to much code.

My 2c

Greets, 

Martin
MigrationUser 1  Friday, August 22, 2003 7:01 PM
Hi Martin,
do you know if there is possible to make a "status bar" for every item ? I would like view progression of work grafically. Do you can use mouse on items, to visually drag and resize ?

For view status I something like:

XXXXXXXXXX
xxxxx
             XXXXXXXXXXXXX
             xxxxxxxxxxxx

Thanks,

Mirco
MigrationUser 1  Monday, August 25, 2003 3:06 AM
I remember a nice implementation of progress bars hosted in DataGrid rows. It's at the Code Project: http://www.codeproject.com/cs/miscctrl/cprogressdatagrid.asp?target=progress%7Cbar%7Cpercentage

This might give you a start.

MigrationUser 1  Monday, August 25, 2003 6:05 PM
If you are still looking for a Gantt Chart control toedit dates and a lot morefor tasks in a project, our company has developed a Windows Forms .NET 2.0-based component library, called Project Management Control Library which provides the customizable user interfacesimilar to Microsoft Project'sand all the underlying classesneeded to access data easilyfor gantt charting of a project but alsofor resource management, resources leveling, and a lot of other stuff.
SorinD  Saturday, August 19, 2006 7:19 AM

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