Interactions/Gantt/Charts in VB.net 05

[jensenx]

Hi everyone,

Im building a scheduling program and i know what i need in my system but im quite clueless on how exactly or possibly to get it done. Do hope i could get some guides or areas i should look at in order to achieve what I want,

Here's what I wanna do,
1) Have a gantt chart just like microsoft project or as basic as possible.
- Does it comes in build with a standard component or do I have to create one myself?

2) Have a Critical Path Method / Program Evaluation Review Technique(PERT) charts, these two will be used for scheduling purposes. If some who might be familar with either the two, drawing those charts can either be Activity-On-Arrow/ Activity-On-Node and they are in circles connected by lines. Its like a network diagram.

Can this be crafted? What are the things I should look at in order to build this?

Thx in advance!

[Hack]

Have a look at this control.

[jensenx]

Thx Hack!, yea i've seen these chartings tools around, but I'm really interested in making/accomplishing all that by making one of my own.

What do I lhave to look at in order to built such a component? Would really appreciate any forms of directions and opinions from everybody!

Thanks in advance!
Jensen

[jmcilhinney]

You can draw anything you want using GDI+. You can create your own custom control and then draw its UI yourself. "GDI+" is what you should search for. Here are a couple of places to start.

http://www.bobpowell.net/faqmain.htm
http://www.vbdotnetheaven.com/Articl...bSectionID=110

[jensenx]

thx jmcilhinney! the sites do prove useful, now at least ill have a direction to look into.

Hoping to recieve a few more comments, maybe there are some other suggestions on accomplishing my goals. Or is GDI+ the only way to go?

Anyhow, thx in advance!
Jensen