Microsoft Project Export

There is built in support for exporting the gantt contents into MS Project compatible XML that can be opened in Project.

This is illustrated in the sample:

<install path>\Samples\ProjectGantt\DataBinding\GanttControlExportToProjectXML

To export the contents of a gantt into Project XML, you can create a Project document from an empty Project XML in memory and add tasks and resources as shown below:

Project project = Project.FromStream(this.GetFileStream(path));

project.InitFrom(this.ganttControl.Model);

foreach (IActivityView view in this.ganttControl.ActivityViews)

{

     ProjectTask pt = ...;// Create from IActivity

     project.Tasks.Add(pt);

     ....

}

project.SaveTo(fileStream);

The full source can be seen in the sample above.

Microsoft Project Import 

MS Project XML format contains a whole lot of features, not all of which are used by / compatible with the gantt. When you try to import a Project XML into the gantt, you can expect to see the following information imported and the rest ignored:

Task Specific Information

• Task Name
• Duration
• Start
• Finish
• Predecessors with lags and the following types:
• - Finish to Start
• - Start to Finish
• - Finish to Finish
• - Start to Start
• Percent complete
• WBS
• Resource Assignment (including multiple resource assignments, partial assignments)
• Description
• Task Hierarchy (Indent Level)
• Custom Project Schedules

APIs allow you to open a stream of Project XML files, create a Project Document in memory and initialize a gantt from this as shown below.

This is also illustrated in the sample <install path>\Samples\ProjectGantt\DataBinding\GanttControlMSProjectXMLBinding

                this.project = Project.FromStream(stream);

                // Turn these off for better performance while loading.

                this.ganttControl.ValidateDependencySetting = false;

                this.ganttControl.EnforceDependencyConstraints = false;

                if (project.BaseCalendar == null)

                    this.ganttControl.WorkTimeSchedule = null;

                else

                    this.ganttControl.WorkTimeSchedule = project.BaseCalendar.Schedule;

                this.ganttControl.ResourceItemsSource = project.ResourceList;

                using (new DelayUpdates())

                {

                    this.ganttControl.ItemsSource = project.Tasks;

                }

Take a look at the above sample for a fully functional example.

---

� RadiantQ 2009 - 2019. All Rights Reserved.