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  • GanttView.NewTaskDrawing Event

    Occurs when an end user draws a new task in the Gantt area’s new item row (on MouseMove) and allows you to change the newly created task’s finish date. This is a routed event.

    Namespace: DevExpress.Xpf.Gantt

    Assembly: DevExpress.Xpf.Gantt.v25.1.dll

    NuGet Package: DevExpress.Wpf.Gantt

    Declaration

    public event EventHandler<NewTaskDrawingEventArgs> NewTaskDrawing

    Event Data

    The NewTaskDrawing event's data class is NewTaskDrawingEventArgs. The following properties provide information specific to this event:

    Property Description
    FinishDate Gets or sets the newly created task’s finish date.
    Handled Gets or sets a value that indicates the present state of the event handling for a routed event as it travels the route. Inherited from RoutedEventArgs.
    OriginalSource Gets the original reporting source as determined by pure hit testing, before any possible Source adjustment by a parent class. Inherited from RoutedEventArgs.
    RoutedEvent Gets or sets the RoutedEvent associated with this RoutedEventArgs instance. Inherited from RoutedEventArgs.
    Source Gets or sets a reference to the object that raised the event. Inherited from RoutedEventArgs.
    StartDate Gets the newly created task’s start date.

    The event data class exposes the following methods:

    Method Description
    InvokeEventHandler(Delegate, Object) When overridden in a derived class, provides a way to invoke event handlers in a type-specific way, which can increase efficiency over the base implementation. Inherited from RoutedEventArgs.
    OnSetSource(Object) When overridden in a derived class, provides a notification callback entry point whenever the value of the Source property of an instance changes. Inherited from RoutedEventArgs.

    Remarks

    Use the event argument’s NewTaskDrawingEventArgs.StartDate property to get the newly created task’s start date.

    The NewTaskDrawingEventArgs.FinishDate property allows you to change the newly created task’s finish date.

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