How to Export Gantt as Image?

Gantt can be exported as an image,

- for a specific date range

- or row indices

- or the entire gantt.

...using this enhanced feature.

Exported images can be saved in different formats.

This is also illustrated in this sample that's part of our install: <install path>\Samples\Common\ImageExport

ExportAsImageUtil exportUtil = new ExportAsImageUtil();

exportUtil.ExportASImage(this.ganttControl, viewWidth, startDate, EndDate, indices, SelectedTasksFilter);

Sometimes you might want to simply get the generated image (and not allow the gantt to save it). You can do so by listening to the BeforeExporting event like this:

ExportAsImageUtil exportUtil = new ExportAsImageUtil();

// Event to get the image object while printing/exporting and to cancel the dafault functionality

exportUtil.BeforeExporting += exportUtil_BeforeExporting;

exportUtil.ExportASImage(this.ganttControl, viewWidth, startDate, EndDate, indices, SelectedTasksFilter);

void exportUtil_BeforeExporting(object sender, ExportAsImageUtil.CancellableExportAsImageEventArgs e)

{

BitmapSource bs = e.BitmapSource;

PngBitmapEncoder encoder = new PngBitmapEncoder();

BitmapFrame outputFrame = BitmapFrame.Create(bs);

encoder.Frames.Add(outputFrame);

SaveFileDialog sfd = new SaveFileDialog()

{

DefaultExt =

"bmp",

Filter =

"png files |*.png|All files (*.*)|*.*",

FilterIndex = 1

};

if (sfd.ShowDialog() == true)

{

using (Stream stream = sfd.OpenFile())

{

encoder.Save(stream);

stream.Close();

}

// Set true to cancel default functionality

e.Cancel = true;

}