Our Gantt Software VARCHART XGantt - New Features in Version 4.4
Time Slot for Layer Movement in a Gantt Chart Can be Limited
Layers can now be defined to move horizontally merely within a limited time slot. For each individual layer, data fields can be defined to which the layer definition refers. These settings can be made either by the property pages or via the API.
You can test this new feature in our Gantt software by the programming sample ResourceScheduler2 of in the downloaded software (see Downloads).
Visual Help for Moving Nodes
In an optimized node arrangement nodes may have to move to different sub-rows. A position-dependent mouse cursor shape now will indicate the sub-row to which the node is going to move. In addition, it can be set whether or not empty sub-rows should be safeguarded.
You can test this new feature in our Gantt software by the programming sample MappedTable of in the downloaded software (see Downloads).
Enhancements to Resource Scheduling
Lead and follow-up times that are not linked to resource occupancy can now be defined. The resource scheduler module of our Gantt software is now also available as a 64-bits component.
Our Gantt Software Supports Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0
- VARCHART XGantt applications can now also be developed using Microsoft Visual Studio 2010. The .NET programming samples also are available to the Visual Studio 2010 version.
- VARCHART XGantt .NET and VARCHART XGantt ASP.NET can be run on the .NET framework versions 2.0/3.0/3.5 and 4.0. Supporting version 4.0 is a new feature of the VARCHART 4.4 version.
Two-tone Color Gradients
Table cells and time scale ribbons in Gantt charts now also support two-tone color gradients.
Before, a color gradient could only show lighter or darker shades of a single color.
You can test this new feature by the programming sample MappedTable of in the downloaded software (see Downloads).
Enhancements to Daylight Saving Time
In the new version of our Gantt software, each ribbon and each line grid individually may or may not consider daylight saving time.
Our Gantt Software Offers New Layer Shapes
Four new layer shapes simplify the handling of summary bars, since the latter do not have to be assembled by single layers any more. In addition, new layer shapes that show rounded corners were added. They can be combined to more complex node shapes.
You can test this new feature in our Gantt software by the programming sample GroupNodesAndSummary-Bars of in the downloaded software (see Downloads).
New Options to Print Output of Our Gantt Software
- In charts that show a hierarchy or grouped nodes, for each level you can define in the grouping dialog whether a page break should occur either after each group or after the last group that completely fits on the page.
- By the API or by the printing dialog you can define a time scale section of which the chart is to be printed.
- The column widths and the position of the separating line between the table and the diagram can be adopted by the printing output if desired.
- The unit of the page margins in the Page Settings dialog can now be toggled between centimeters and inches by the API property Vcprinter.MarginsShownInInches.
Our Gantt Software Offers Events to Configure Axes
Apart from a numeric axis you can now also apply an annotation axis to a histogram. Two new ObjectDraw events allow configuring the axis’ contents by your own programming code instead of using pre-defined standard annotations.
You can test this new feature by the programming sample GroupwiseCalendergridWithHistograms in the downloaded Gantt software (see Downloads).
Filter Conditions More Versatile
The new API method VcFilter.Evaluate of our Gantt software allows analyzing filter conditions in Gantt charts in advance. So you can check whether a filter will deliver the value True or False on a certain activity.
Licensing of our Gantt Software
Handling developers’ licenses has been simplified. A licensing file may now contain several developer licenses at a time. The advantage of this is that to a project using code management systems, no developer specific files have to be allocated any more. In addition, corporate licenses do not refer to developers any more.
PDF Files for Download
You can download the new features of the latest versions as PDF files here:
