How to Start Using Infragistics XamGantt Control

[Infragistics] Mihail Mateev / Sunday, October 7, 2012

The xamGantt control is a cross platform control that provides a user interface similar to the Microsoft Project 2010.  

You can create, edit and visualize your project plan, create deadlines, milestones and set dependencies between tasks using the xamGantt control. The control’s scheduling engine performs calculations on every edit to keep the plan up to date. In a series of several articles you can read the Infragistics Gantt Chart, beginning with an introduction and going to the details and tricks.

Probably the most important information for developers is how to start to use a specific control and how to integrate their applications.  This blog is exactly as an introduction how to start working with Infragistics XamGantt control. I hope after this article programmers will have fun with this component.

Infragistics Gantt Control helps to create own project planning applications, that can contain most of the Microsoft Project features. Using Infragistics NetAdvantage for XAML (WPF and Silverlight) Vol. 12.2 you can create software for project-management teams providing the benefit from the next NetAdvantage updates  of  and features .

To be possible to start with Gantt Chart control you need to know how to:

  • Add XamGantt to your application
  • Gantt Control Data Binding
  • Set Gant Chart Settings
  • Create a Project
  • Create Tasks
    - using code
    - using user interaction
  • Edit Task
  • Delete Task

 

Adding XamGantt to your application

A project should has the following required references:

  • InfragisticsWPF4.Controls.Editors.XamCalendar.dll
  • InfragisticsWPF4.Controls.Grids.XamGrid.dll
  • InfragisticsSL.Controls.Interactions.XamDialogWindow.dll (Only required for Silverlight projects)
  • InfragisticsWPF4.Controls.Menus.XamMenu.dll
  • InfragisticsWPF4.Controls.Schedules.dll
  • InfragisticsWPF4.Controls.Schedules.XamGantt.dll
  • InfragisticsWPF.DataManager.dll (Only required for WPF projects)
  • InfragisticsWPF4.dll

If you want to use Gantt control from Visual Studio toolbox all references will be added automatically.

 

Infragistics Gantt Control Data Binding

The XamGantt control provides two options for data binding:

  • Via the XamGantt Project property set to a Project instance
  • Via the ListBackedProject and its TaskItemsSource property set to arbitrary custom tasks collection

Binding to Arbitrary Tasks Collection Using ListBackedProject

In many real life cases you can have own model for the tasks (for example when we have data stored in database and use ORM to create classes for your model) The XamGantt control can be bound to a collection of custom tasks. In this case, create an instance of ListBackedProject and set it to the XamGantt Project property.

To be possible to use custom tasks you need to:

  • Create a custom task Model class
  • Create a ViewModel class
  • Create a ListBackedProject and bind it to data
  • Create project task property to custom task property mappings
  • Set the XamGantt Project property to the created ListBackedProject

Create a custom task Model class

Create an additional class named ObservableModel, that implements INotifyPropertyChanged

 1: public class ObservableModel : INotifyPropertyChanged
 2: {
 3:     #region NotifyPropertyChanged
 4:     public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;
 5:     protected void NotifyPropertyChanged(String info)
 6:     {
 7:         if (PropertyChanged != null)
 8:         {
 9:             PropertyChanged(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(info));
 10:         }
 11:     }
 12:     #endregion NotifyPropertyChanged
 13: }

 

Create a custom task model

 1: class TaskModel : ObservableModel
 2: {
 3:     #region ConstraintType
 4:     private ProjectTaskConstraintType _constraintType;
 5:     public ProjectTaskConstraintType ConstraintType
 6:     {
 7:         get
 8:         {
 9:             return _constraintType;
 10:         }
 11:         set
 12:         {
 13:             if (_constraintType != value)
 14:             {
 15:                 _constraintType = value;
 16:                 this.NotifyPropertyChanged("ConstraintType");
 17:             }
 18:         }
 19:     }
 20:     #endregion ConstraintType
 21:  
 22:     #region ConstraintDate
 23:     private DateTime _constraintDate;
 24:     public DateTime ConstraintDate
 25:     {
 26:         get
 27:         {
 28:             return _constraintDate;
 29:         }
 30:         set
 31:         {
 32:             if (_constraintDate != value)
 33:             {
 34:                 _constraintDate = value;
 35:                 this.NotifyPropertyChanged("ConstraintDate");
 36:             }
 37:         }
 38:     }
 39:     #endregion ConstraintDate
 40:  
 41:     #region DeadlineDate
 42:     private DateTime? _deadlineDate;
 43:     public DateTime? DeadlineDate
 44:     {
 45:         get
 46:         {
 47:             return _deadlineDate;
 48:         }
 49:         set
 50:         {
 51:             if (_deadlineDate != value)
 52:             {
 53:                 _deadlineDate = value;
 54:                 this.NotifyPropertyChanged("DeadlineDate");
 55:             }
 56:         }
 57:     }
 58:     #endregion //DeadlineDate
 59:  
 60:     #region DurationFormat
 61:     private ProjectDurationFormat _durationFormat;
 62:     public ProjectDurationFormat DurationFormat
 63:     {
 64:         get
 65:         {
 66:             return _durationFormat;
 67:         }
 68:         set
 69:         {
 70:             if (_durationFormat != value)
 71:             {
 72:                 _durationFormat = value;
 73:                 this.NotifyPropertyChanged("DurationFormat");
 74:             }
 75:         }
 76:     }
 77:     #endregion DurationFormat
 78:  
 79:     #region Duration
 80:     private TimeSpan _duration;
 81:     public TimeSpan Duration
 82:     {
 83:         get
 84:         {
 85:             return _duration;
 86:         }
 87:         set
 88:         {
 89:             if (_duration != value)
 90:             {
 91:                 _duration = value;
 92:                 this.NotifyPropertyChanged("Duration");
 93:             }
 94:         }
 95:     }
 96:     #endregion Duration
 97:  
 98:     #region IsMilestone
 99:     private bool _isMilestone = false;
 100:     public bool IsMilestone
 101:     {
 102:         get
 103:         {
 104:             return _isMilestone;
 105:         }
 106:         set
 107:         {
 108:             if (_isMilestone != value)
 109:             {
 110:                 _isMilestone = value;
 111:                 this.NotifyPropertyChanged("IsMilestone");
 112:             }
 113:         }
 114:     }
 115:     #endregion IsMilestone
 116:  
 117:     #region IsInProgress
 118:     private bool _isInProgress = true;
 119:     public bool IsInProgress
 120:     {
 121:         get
 122:         {
 123:             return _isInProgress;
 124:         }
 125:         set
 126:         {
 127:             if (_isInProgress != value)
 128:             {
 129:                 _isInProgress = value;
 130:                 this.NotifyPropertyChanged("IsInProgress");
 131:             }
 132:         }
 133:     }
 134:     #endregion IsInProgress
 135:  
 136:     #region IsUndetermined
 137:     private bool _isUndetermined = false;
 138:     public bool IsUndetermined
 139:     {
 140:         get
 141:         {
 142:             return _isUndetermined;
 143:         }
 144:         set
 145:         {
 146:             if (_isUndetermined != value)
 147:             {
 148:                 _isUndetermined = value;
 149:                 this.NotifyPropertyChanged("IsUndetermined");
 150:             }
 151:         }
 152:     }
 153:     #endregion //IsUndetermined
 154:  
 155:     #region Predecessors
 156:     private string _predecesors;
 157:     public string Predecessors
 158:     {
 159:         get { return _predecesors; }
 160:         set
 161:         {
 162:             if (value != _predecesors)
 163:             {
 164:                 _predecesors = value;
 165:                 this.NotifyPropertyChanged("Predecessors");
 166:             }
 167:         }
 168:     }
 169:     #endregion //Predecessors
 170:  
 171:     #region Successors
 172:     private string _successors;
 173:     public string Successors
 174:     {
 175:         get { return _successors; }
 176:         set
 177:         {
 178:             if (value != _successors)
 179:             {
 180:                 _successors = value;
 181:                 this.NotifyPropertyChanged("Successors");
 182:             }
 183:         }
 184:     }
 185:     #endregion //Successors
 186:  
 187:     #region Start
 188:     private DateTime _start;
 189:     public DateTime Start
 190:     {
 191:         get
 192:         {
 193:             return _start;
 194:         }
 195:         set
 196:         {
 197:             if (_start != value)
 198:             {
 199:                 _start = value;
 200:                 this.NotifyPropertyChanged("Start");
 201:             }
 202:         }
 203:     }
 204:     #endregion Start
 205:  
 206:  
 207:     #region TaskID
 208:     private string _taskId;
 209:     public string TaskID
 210:     {
 211:         get
 212:         {
 213:             return _taskId;
 214:         }
 215:         set
 216:         {
 217:             if (_taskId != value)
 218:             {
 219:                 _taskId = value;
 220:                 this.NotifyPropertyChanged("TaskID");
 221:             }
 222:         }
 223:     }
 224:     #endregion TaskID
 225:  
 226:     #region Tasks
 227:     private string _tasks;
 228:     public string Tasks
 229:     {
 230:         get
 231:         {
 232:             return _tasks;
 233:         }
 234:         set
 235:         {
 236:             if (_tasks != value)
 237:             {
 238:                 _tasks = value;
 239:                 this.NotifyPropertyChanged("Tasks");
 240:             }
 241:         }
 242:     }
 243:     #endregion Tasks
 244:  
 245:     #region TaskName
 246:     private string _name;
 247:     public string TaskName
 248:     {
 249:         get
 250:         {
 251:             return _name;
 252:         }
 253:         set
 254:         {
 255:             if (_name != value)
 256:             {
 257:                 _name = value;
 258:                 this.NotifyPropertyChanged("TaskName");
 259:             }
 260:         }
 261:     }
 262:     #endregion TaskName
 263:  
 264:     #region ResourceName
 265:     private string _resourceName;
 266:     public string ResourceName
 267:     {
 268:         get
 269:         {
 270:             return _resourceName;
 271:         }
 272:         set
 273:         {
 274:             if (_resourceName != value)
 275:             {
 276:                 _resourceName = value;
 277:                 this.NotifyPropertyChanged("ResourceName");
 278:             }
 279:         }
 280:     }
 281:     #endregion ResourceName
 282:  
 283: }

 

Implement a ViewModel to present the whole project and the selected task in a Gantt control

 1: class ProjectViewModel : ObservableModel
 2: {
 3:     #region Constructor
 4:     public ProjectViewModel()
 5:     {
 6:         this.Tasks = new ObservableCollection();
 7:     }
 8:     #endregion Constructor
 9:  
 10:     #region SelectedTask
 11:     private TaskModel _selectedTask;
 12:     public TaskModel SelectedTask
 13:     {
 14:         get
 15:         {
 16:             return _selectedTask;
 17:         }
 18:         set
 19:         {
 20:             if (value != null)
 21:             {
 22:                 _selectedTask = value;
 23:             }
 24:  
 25:             NotifyPropertyChanged("SelectedTask");
 26:         }
 27:     }
 28:     #endregion SelectedTask
 29:  
 30:     #region Tasks
 31:     private ObservableCollection _tasks;
 32:     public ObservableCollection Tasks
 33:     {
 34:         get
 35:         {
 36:             return _tasks;
 37:         }
 38:         set
 39:         {
 40:             if (value != null)
 41:             {
 42:                 _tasks = value;
 43:             }
 44:  
 45:             NotifyPropertyChanged("Tasks");
 46:         }
 47:     }
 48:     #endregion //Tasks
 49:  
 50: }

 

Create a ListBackedProject and bind it to data

 1: <ig:ListBackedProject x:Name="dataProvider" TaskItemsSource="{Binding Tasks}">
 2:    <ig:ListBackedProject.TaskPropertyMappings>
 3:        <ig:ProjectTaskPropertyMappingCollection UseDefaultMappings="True">
 4:  
 5:            
 6:  
 7:  
 8:        ig:ProjectTaskPropertyMappingCollection>
 9:    ig:ListBackedProject.TaskPropertyMappings>
 10:    <ig:ListBackedProject.TaskSettings>
 11:        <ig:ProjectTaskSettings AllowChangeIndentation="True" 
 12:                    AllowDelete="True"
 13:                    AllowDragDeadline="True"
 14:                    AllowDragMilestone="True"
 15:                    AllowDragPercentComplete="True"
 16:                    AllowDragSummary="Always"
 17:                    AllowDragTask="True"                              
 18:                    AllowInsert="True" 
 19:                    AllowResizeSummary="Always"                                        
 20:                    AllowResizeTask="True"/>
 21:    ig:ListBackedProject.TaskSettings>
 22:  
 23: ig:ListBackedProject>

 

Set XamGantt Column Settings (optional)

These settings are used to define how to maintain task settings in Gantt control

 1: <ig:XamGantt Margin="10" x:Name="xamGantt" VerticalAlignment="Top" ActiveCellChanged="xamGantt_ActiveCellChanged"  Project="{Binding ElementName=dataProvider}">
 2:     <ig:XamGantt.DefaultColumnSettings>
 3:         <ig:ProjectColumnSettings AllowHide="True"
 4:                       AllowMove="True"
 5:                       AllowResize="True"
 6:                       AllowShow="True"  />
 7:     ig:XamGantt.DefaultColumnSettings>
 8: ig:XamGantt>

 

Create a mappings collection using TaskPropertyMappings

In every ProjectTaskPropertyMapping, the TaskProperty specifies a ProjectTask property and the DataObjectProperty specifies the corresponding custom task property.

Mandatory Mappings:

The following mappings are mandatory:

  • DataItemId – to uniquely identify the task
  • Tasks – to store the child tasks of a task
  • ConstraintType/ConstraintDate
  • DurationFormat – to specify the units for the duration and to track whether the duration is an elapsed duration.
 1: 
 2: <ig:ProjectTaskPropertyMapping TaskProperty="DataItemId" 
 3:                    DataObjectProperty="TaskID" />
 4: <ig:ProjectTaskPropertyMapping TaskProperty="ConstraintType" 
 5:                    DataObjectProperty="ConstraintType" />
 8: <ig:ProjectTaskPropertyMapping TaskProperty="DurationFormat" 
 9:                    DataObjectProperty="DurationFormat" />
 10: <ig:ProjectTaskPropertyMapping TaskProperty="Tasks" 
 11:                    DataObjectProperty="Tasks" />
 12: 

 

Mandatory mappings are required to have an own  project ViewModel  with custom task. These mapping don’t allow to maintain tasks activation and to schedule manually tasks.

Schedule manually tasks in the project.

To support manual  tasks scheduling you need to map property from your custom task model to IsManual property from ProjectTask class

 1: 
 2:  
 3: <ig:ProjectTaskPropertyMapping TaskProperty="IsManual" 
 4:                    DataObjectProperty="IsUndetermined" />
 5:  
 6: 

 

In this case you can change the state of the task schedule between manual and automatic.

 

Maintain task active/inactive state

You need to map ProjectTask.IsActive property to a property from your custom task model

 1: 
 2:  
 3: <ig:ProjectTaskPropertyMapping TaskProperty="IsActive" 
 4:                    DataObjectProperty="IsInProgress" />
 5:  
 6: 

In this case you can change the state of the task schedule between manual and automatic.

Other task property mappings.

The sample below shows other property mappings. If you need to change some task properties via ViewModel you need to implement an appropriate mapping.

 1: <ig:ListBackedProject.TaskPropertyMappings>
 2:     <ig:ProjectTaskPropertyMappingCollection UseDefaultMappings="True">
 3:  
 4:         
 5:         <ig:ProjectTaskPropertyMapping TaskProperty="DataItemId" 
 6:                            DataObjectProperty="TaskID" />
 7:         <ig:ProjectTaskPropertyMapping TaskProperty="ConstraintType" 
 8:                            DataObjectProperty="ConstraintType" />
 9:         <ig:ProjectTaskPropertyMapping TaskProperty="ConstraintDate" 
 10:                            DataObjectProperty="ConstraintDate" />
 11:         <ig:ProjectTaskPropertyMapping TaskProperty="DurationFormat" 
 12:                            DataObjectProperty="DurationFormat" />
 13:         <ig:ProjectTaskPropertyMapping TaskProperty="Tasks" 
 14:                            DataObjectProperty="Tasks" />
 15:         
 16:  
 17:         
 18:  
 19:         <ig:ProjectTaskPropertyMapping TaskProperty="IsManual" 
 20:                            DataObjectProperty="IsUndetermined" />
 21:  
 22:         
 23:  
 24:         
 25:  
 26:         <ig:ProjectTaskPropertyMapping TaskProperty="Predecessors" DataObjectProperty="Predecessors" />
 27:  
 28:         
 29:         
 30:         
 31:  
 32:         <ig:ProjectTaskPropertyMapping TaskProperty="IsActive" 
 33:                            DataObjectProperty="IsInProgress" />
 34:  
 35:         
 36:  
 37:         
 38:  
 39:         <ig:ProjectTaskPropertyMapping TaskProperty="TaskName" 
 40:                            DataObjectProperty="TaskName" />
 41:  
 42:         <ig:ProjectTaskPropertyMapping TaskProperty="Start" 
 43:                            DataObjectProperty="Start" />
 44:  
 45:  
 46:         <ig:ProjectTaskPropertyMapping TaskProperty="Duration" 
 47:                            DataObjectProperty="Duration" />
 48:  
 49:  
 50:         <ig:ProjectTaskPropertyMapping TaskProperty="IsMilestone" 
 51:                            DataObjectProperty="IsMilestone" />
 52:  
 53:         <ig:ProjectTaskPropertyMapping TaskProperty="Deadline" 
 54:                            DataObjectProperty="DeadlineDate" />
 55:  
 56:         
 57:  
 58:  
 59:     ig:ProjectTaskPropertyMappingCollection>
 60: ig:ListBackedProject.TaskPropertyMappings>

 

Binding to Data Using Project

If you want to load a data from external source like a Microsoft Project 2010 XML file or you want to create an empty project and fill the tasks later, you may use the XamGantt Project property. In this scenario you can maintain data using XamGantt built-in classes and import/export projects using other formats.

To be possible to use built-in project tasks you need to:

  • Create an instance of the XamGantt
  • Create an instance of Project
  • Set the XamGantt Project property to the created Project instance

Create a ViewModel with a property representing a Gantt Project

 1: class NativeProjectViewModel : ObservableModel
 2: {
 3:     #region Constructor
 4:     public NativeProjectViewModel()
 5:     {
 6:         this._project = new Project(); 
 7:         ProjectTask root = new ProjectTask { TaskName = "Root Task", IsManual = false, Duration = new TimeSpan(3, 0, 0, 0) };
 8:  
 9:         Project.RootTask.Tasks.Add(root);
 10:     }
 11:     #endregion //Constructor
 12:  
 13:     #region SelectedTask
 14:     private ProjectTask _selectedTask;
 15:     public ProjectTask SelectedTask
 16:     {
 17:         get
 18:         {
 19:             return _selectedTask;
 20:         }
 21:         set
 22:         {
 23:             if (value != null)
 24:             {
 25:                 _selectedTask = value;
 26:             }
 27:  
 28:             NotifyPropertyChanged("SelectedTask");
 29:         }
 30:     }
 31:     #endregion SelectedTask
 32:  
 33:     #region Project
 34:     private Project _project;
 35:     public Project Project
 36:     {
 37:         get
 38:         {
 39:             return this._project;
 40:         }
 41:         set
 42:         {
 43:             if (this._project != value)
 44:             {
 45:                 this._project = value;
 46:                 this.NotifyPropertyChanged("Project");
 47:             }
 48:         }
 49:     }
 50:     #endregion //Project
 51:  
 52: }

 

Create an instance of Project

 1: 
 2:     "nativeviewmodel" />
 3: 

 

Set the XamGantt Project property to the created Project instance

 1: "{StaticResource nativeviewmodel}">
 2:     "10" x:Name="nativeGantt" ActiveCellChanged="nativeGantt_ActiveCellChanged" Project="{Binding Project}"/>
 3: 

 

 

Create Task

You can create a task programmatically or via XamGantt UI (Context menu)

Create Tasks (Using ListBackedProject, Arbitrary Tasks Collection and Custom Tasks)

The sample below demonstrates how to create a custom task and add it to Tasks collection of your ViewModel (using C#)

 1: TaskModel newTask = new TaskModel();
 2:  
 3: newTask.DurationFormat = Infragistics.Controls.Schedules.ProjectDurationFormat.ElapsedDays;
 4: newTask.Duration = new TimeSpan(8, 0, 0);
 5: newTask.IsMilestone = false;
 6: newTask.TaskName = "CustomTask";
 7: newTask.Start = DateTime.Now;
 8: newTask.IsUndetermined = true;
 9:  
 10: model.Tasks.Add(newTask);
 11: model.SelectedTask = newTask;

 

Create Tasks (Using Project and ProjectTask)

The sample below demonstrates how to create a ProjectTask instance task and add it to RootTask.Tasks collection of your the Project instance (using C#)

 1: ProjectTask newTask = new ProjectTask();
 2:  
 3: newTask.DurationFormat = Infragistics.Controls.Schedules.ProjectDurationFormat.ElapsedDays;
 4: newTask.Duration = new TimeSpan(8, 0, 0);
 5: newTask.IsMilestone = false;
 6: IEnumerable existingTasks = null;
 7: newTask.TaskName = "MyTask";
 8: newTask.Start = DateTime.Now;
 9:  
 10: model.Project.RootTask.Tasks.Add(newTask);
 11: model.SelectedTask = newTask;

 

Create a task programmatically or via XamGantt UI (Context menu –> Insert Task)

 

Maintain Tasks Links (Tasks Dependencies)

The XamGantt control provides functionality for creating dependency links between tasks within a project and supports the link types available in Microsoft Project 2010. You can specify a lead and lag time of the dependency as well.

You create tasks dependencies programmatically using collections of tasks’ predecessors and successors. Use the ProjectTask Predecessors and Successors properties to create a collection of ProjectTaskDependency objects.

  • The Successors and Predecessors collections expose two overload methods of the Add method.
  • The first one takes as parameters ProjectTask and ProjectTaskLinkType.
  • The second one takes as parameters ProjectTask, ProjectTaskLinkType and ProjectDuration.
Link type notation

Link type

Description

FS

Finish To Start

If not otherwise specified this is the default link type. The successor's Start date is dependent upon the predecessor's Finish date.

FF

Finish To Finish

The successor's Finish date is dependent upon the predecessor's Finish date.

SF

Start To Finish

The successor's Finish date is dependent upon the predecessor's Start date.

SS

Start To Start

The successor's Start date is dependent upon the predecessor's Start date.

 

Create Links (Using ListBackedProject, Arbitrary Tasks Collection and Custom Tasks)

To be possible to maintain task links using custom tasks you need to have at least one of these properties (Predecessors and Successors)  or to have an appropriate custom properties that you can map to ProjectTask.Predecessors  and/or ProjectTask.Successors.

 1: #region Predecessors
 2: private string _predecesors;
 3: public string Predecessors
 4: {
 5:     get { return _predecesors; }
 6:     set
 7:     {
 8:         if (value != _predecesors)
 9:         {
 10:             _predecesors = value;
 11:             this.NotifyPropertyChanged("Predecessors");
 12:         }
 13:     }
 14: }
 15: #endregion //Predecessors
 16:  
 17: #region Successors
 18: private string _successors;
 19: public string Successors
 20: {
 21:     get { return _successors; }
 22:     set
 23:     {
 24:         if (value != _successors)
 25:         {
 26:             _successors = value;
 27:             this.NotifyPropertyChanged("Successors");
 28:         }
 29:     }
 30: }
 31: #endregion //Successors

 

You can maintain tasks dependencies also from XamGantt UI

 

Create Links (Using Project and ProjectTask)

Build-in ProjectTask class contains own Predecessors and Successors properties. You can use these properties in this case instead mapped properties of custom tasks.

 1: ProjectTask task = new ProjectTask();
 2: task.DurationFormat = Infragistics.Controls.Schedules.ProjectDurationFormat.ElapsedDays;
 3: task.ConstraintDate = new DateTime(2012, 10, 10, 8, 0, 0);
 4: task.ConstraintType = ProjectTaskConstraintType.FinishNoLaterThan;
 5: task.Duration = new TimeSpan(80, 0, 0);
 6:  
 7: task.IsMilestone = false;
 8: task.TaskName = "Sample task";
 9: task.TaskName = "Sample task"
 10: task.Start = new DateTime(2012, 10, 2);
 11:  
 12: model.Project.RootTask.Tasks.Add(task);
 13:  
 14: ProjectTask lastTask = this.nativeGantt.Project.RootTask.Tasks.Last();
 15:  
 16: if (!task.Equals(lastTask))
 17: {
 18:     lastTask.Predecessors.Add(task, ProjectTaskLinkType.FinishToStart, ProjectDuration.FromFormatUnits(-2, ProjectDurationFormat.Days));
 19:  
 20: }

 

Edit Task

To edit tasks you can use Infragistics Gantt UI or to change tasks properties with code.

 

Delete Task

You can create a task programmatically with code or via XamGantt UI (Context menu)

Delete Custom Task

To delete custom tasks it is enough to remove the task from Arbitrary Tasks Collection

 1: var model = this.Root.Resources["viewmodel"] as ProjectViewModel;
 2: if (model != null)
 3: {
 4:     DeleteCustomTask(model);
 5:  
 6: } 
 7:  
 8: //Delete custom task
 9:  
 10:  private void DeleteCustomTask(ProjectViewModel model)
 11:  {
 12:      if (model.SelectedTask != null)
 13:      {
 14:          model.Tasks.Remove(model.SelectedTask);
 15:          model.SelectedTask = null;
 16:      }
 17:  }

 

Delete Project Task

To delete a built-in ProjectTask instance you need to  remove the task from Project.RootTask.Tasks collection

 1: var model = this.Root.Resources["nativeviewmodel"] as NativeProjectViewModel;
 2: if (model != null)
 3: {
 4:     DeleteNativeTask(model);
 5:  
 6: }
 7:  
 8: //Delete project task
 9:  
 10: private void DeleteNativeTask(NativeProjectViewModel model)
 11:   {
 12:       if (model.SelectedTask != null && model.SelectedTask != model.Project.RootTask)
 13:       {
 14:           model.Project.RootTask.Tasks.Remove(model.SelectedTask);
 15:           model.SelectedTask = null;
 16:       }
 17:   }

 

You can look at the sample application to see how to delete task in both cases

 

Delete Task from XamGantt UI (Context menu –> Delete Task)

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