GanttExtension.Bind(Object, Object, Object, Object) Method

Binds the Gantt to a data source.

Namespace: DevExpress.Web.Mvc

Assembly: DevExpress.Web.Mvc5.v23.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Web.Mvc5

Declaration

C#

public GanttExtension Bind(
    object taskObject,
    object taskDependencyObject,
    object resourceObject,
    object resourceAssignmentObject
)

VB.NET

Public Function Bind(
    taskObject As Object,
    taskDependencyObject As Object,
    resourceObject As Object,
    resourceAssignmentObject As Object
) As GanttExtension

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
taskObject	Object	The task object.
taskDependencyObject	Object	The task dependency object.
resourceObject	Object	The resource object.
resourceAssignmentObject	Object	The resource assignment object.

Returns

Type	Description
GanttExtension	The Gantt extension.

Remarks

Run Demo: Gantt Extension - Data Binding and Editing

CSHTML

@Html.DevExpress().Gantt(settings => {
    settings.Name = "gantt";
    // ...

    settings.Mappings.Task.Key = "ID";
    settings.Mappings.Task.ParentKey = "ParentID";
    settings.Mappings.Task.Title = "Subject";
    settings.Mappings.Task.Start = "StartDate";
    settings.Mappings.Task.End = "EndDate";
    settings.Mappings.Task.Progress = "PercentComplete";

    settings.Mappings.Dependency.Key = "ID";
    settings.Mappings.Dependency.PredecessorKey = "ParentID";
    settings.Mappings.Dependency.SuccessorKey = "DependentID";
    settings.Mappings.Dependency.DependencyType = "Type";

    settings.Mappings.Resource.Key = "ID";
    settings.Mappings.Resource.Name = "Name";

    settings.Mappings.ResourceAssignment.Key = "ID";
    settings.Mappings.ResourceAssignment.TaskKey = "TaskID";
    settings.Mappings.ResourceAssignment.ResourceKey = "ResourceID";

}).Bind(
    GanttDataProvider.Tasks, 
    GanttDataProvider.Dependencies, 
    GanttDataProvider.Resources, 
    GanttDataProvider.ResourceAssignments
  ).GetHtml()

C#

public static class GanttDataProvider {
    const string
        TasksSessionKey = "Tasks",
        DependenciesSessionKey = "Dependencies",
        ResourcesSessionKey = "Resources",
        ResourceAssignmentsSessionKey = "ResourceAssignments";

    static HttpSessionState Session { get { return HttpContext.Current.Session; } }

    public static List<Task> Tasks {
        get {
            if(Session[TasksSessionKey] == null)
                Session[TasksSessionKey] = CreateTasks();
            return (List<Task>)Session[TasksSessionKey];
        }
    }
    public static List<Dependency> Dependencies {
        get {
            if(Session[DependenciesSessionKey] == null)
                Session[DependenciesSessionKey] = CreateDependencies();
            return (List<Dependency>)Session[DependenciesSessionKey];
        }
    }
    public static List<Resource> Resources {
        get {
            if(Session[ResourcesSessionKey] == null)
                Session[ResourcesSessionKey] = CreateResources();
            return (List<Resource>)Session[ResourcesSessionKey];
        }
    }
    public static List<ResourceAssignment> ResourceAssignments {
        get {
            if(Session[ResourceAssignmentsSessionKey] == null)
                Session[ResourceAssignmentsSessionKey] = CreateResourceAssignments();
            return (List<ResourceAssignment>)Session[ResourceAssignmentsSessionKey];
        }
    }

    static List<Task> CreateTasks() {
        //...
    }

    static List<Dependency> CreateDependencies() {
        //...
    }

    static List<Resource> CreateResources() {
        //...
    }
    static List<ResourceAssignment> CreateResourceAssignments() {
        //...
    }
}