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Adding Tasks to WinGanttView

A task is an activity that has a beginning and an end. Project plans are made up of tasks. Tasks can easily be added to the WinGanttView™ control through the context menu, available by right clicking in the Grid section or in the chart section of the control. You can also add tasks and task information using the Task Information dialog. To learn more about the Task Information dialog please see the Task Information Dialog topic. You can also create tasks and task information through code.

The following sample code creates parent and child tasks and applies various task-related settings like deadline, milestone, percentage complete, tasks dependencies and constraints.

In Visual Basic:

' Create a new Project other than the Unassigned Project
Dim quarterlyProject As Project = Me.ultraCalendarInfo1.Projects.Add("QuartlerlyProject", DateTime.Today)
quarterlyProject.Key = "projkey1"
' Create a Summary or Parent Task
Dim requirementsTask As Task = Me.ultraCalendarInfo1.Tasks.Add(DateTime.Today, TimeSpan.FromDays(5), "Requirements", "projkey1")
' Create a child task
Dim budgetTask As Task = requirementsTask.Tasks.Add(DateTime.Today, TimeSpan.FromDays(2), "Budget Analysis")
' Set Deadline
budgetTask.Deadline = DateTime.Today.AddDays(3)
'Assign a Resource for this task
Dim budgetOwner As Owner = Me.ultraCalendarInfo1.Owners.Add("BudgetOwner", "Bill Isacky")
budgetTask.Resources.Add(budgetOwner)
' Create another child task
Dim teamTask As Task = requirementsTask.Tasks.Add(DateTime.Today.AddDays(3), TimeSpan.FromDays(2), "Team Allocation")
' Set a Constraint for this Task
teamTask.ConstraintDateTime = DateTime.Today.AddDays(4)
teamTask.Constraint = TaskConstraint.FinishNoLaterThan
' Create a Summary or Parent Task
Dim implemetationTask As Task = Me.ultraCalendarInfo1.Tasks.Add(DateTime.Now.AddDays(7), TimeSpan.FromDays(3), "Implementation", "projkey1")
' Create a child task
Dim frontendTask As Task = implemetationTask.Tasks.Add(DateTime.Now.AddDays(7), TimeSpan.FromDays(3), "GUI Design")
' Set this task as a Milestone
frontendTask.Milestone = True
' Set Percent Complete for this Task
frontendTask.PercentComplete = 40
frontendTask.Dependencies.Add(budgetTask, TaskDependencyType.StartToStart)
frontendTask.Dependencies.Add(teamTask, TaskDependencyType.FinishToStart)
Me.ultraGanttView1.CalendarInfo = Me.ultraCalendarInfo1
' Assign the new Project to GanttView so that this Project is shown in GanttView and not the unassigned Project.
Me.ultraGanttView1.Project = Me.ultraGanttView1.CalendarInfo.Projects(1)

In C#:

// Create a new Project other than the Unassigned Project
Project quarterlyProject = this.ultraCalendarInfo1.Projects.Add("QuartlerlyProject", DateTime.Today);
quarterlyProject.Key = "projkey1";
// Create a Summary or Parent Task
Task requirementsTask = this.ultraCalendarInfo1.Tasks.Add(DateTime.Today, TimeSpan.FromDays(5), "Requirements", "projkey1");
// Create a child task
Task budgetTask = requirementsTask.Tasks.Add(DateTime.Today, TimeSpan.FromDays(2), "Budget Analysis");
// Set Deadline
budgetTask.Deadline = DateTime.Today.AddDays(3);
//Assign a Resource for this task
Owner budgetOwner = this.ultraCalendarInfo1.Owners.Add("BudgetOwner", "Bill Isacky");
budgetTask.Resources.Add(budgetOwner);
// Create another child task
Task teamTask = requirementsTask.Tasks.Add(DateTime.Today.AddDays(3), TimeSpan.FromDays(2), "Team Allocation");
// Set a Constraint for this Task
teamTask.ConstraintDateTime = DateTime.Today.AddDays(4);
teamTask.Constraint = TaskConstraint.FinishNoLaterThan;
// Create a Summary or Parent Task
Task implemetationTask = this.ultraCalendarInfo1.Tasks.Add(DateTime.Now.AddDays(7), TimeSpan.FromDays(3), "Implementation", "projkey1");
// Create a child task
Task frontendTask = implemetationTask.Tasks.Add(DateTime.Now.AddDays(7), TimeSpan.FromDays(3), "GUI Design");
// Set this task as a Milestone
frontendTask.Milestone = true;
// Set Percent Complete for this Task
frontendTask.PercentComplete = 40;
frontendTask.Dependencies.Add(budgetTask, TaskDependencyType.StartToStart);
frontendTask.Dependencies.Add(teamTask, TaskDependencyType.FinishToStart);
this.ultraGanttView1.CalendarInfo = this.ultraCalendarInfo1;
// Assign the new Project to GanttView so that this Project is shown in GanttView and not the unassigned Project.
this.ultraGanttView1.Project = this.ultraGanttView1.CalendarInfo.Projects[1];

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