GanttControl.CustomDrawTaskDependency Event

Fires before a task dependency line in the chart area is displayed. Provides access to a drawing surface and allows you to draw the task manually.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraGantt

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraGantt.v24.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Win.Gantt

Declaration

C#

[DXCategory("Events")]
public event CustomDrawTaskDependencyEventHandler CustomDrawTaskDependency

VB.NET

<DXCategory("Events")>
Public Event CustomDrawTaskDependency As CustomDrawTaskDependencyEventHandler

Event Data

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

Property	Description
Appearance	Provides access to appearance settings that specify the dependency line background color.
Cache	Provides access to the drawing surface and a cache of brushes, pens, fonts, and other graphics. Inherited from CustomDrawEventArgs.
Handled	Gets or sets whether the event is handled and allows you to prevent the control from drawing the visual element in its default appearance. Inherited from CustomDrawEventArgs.
Lines	Provides access to the collection of RectangleF structures that specify the processed dependency line.
PredecessorNode	Gets the predecessor node.
State	Gets the object state: normal, hot tracked, pressed, disabled, or selected.
SuccessorNode	Gets the successor node.

The event data class exposes the following methods:

Method	Description
DefaultDraw()	Draws the task dependency line.

Example

The code below shows how to highlight specific tasks and dependencies.

Run Demo: Highlight Tasks and Dependencies

C#

HashSet<int> tasks = new HashSet<int> { 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13 };
ganttControl.CustomDrawTask += (sender, e) => {
    int taskId = Convert.ToInt32(e.Node.GetValue("Id"));
    if(tasks.Contains(taskId)) {
        e.Appearance.BackColor = DXSkinColors.FillColors.Warning;
        e.Appearance.ProgressColor = DXSkinColors.FillColors.Warning;
    }
};
ganttControl.CustomDrawTaskDependency += (sender, e) => {
    int predecessorId = Convert.ToInt32(e.PredecessorNode.GetValue("Id"));
    int successorId = Convert.ToInt32(e.SuccessorNode.GetValue("Id"));
    if(tasks.Contains(predecessorId) && tasks.Contains(successorId)) {
        e.Appearance.BackColor = DXSkinColors.FillColors.Warning;
    }
};

VB.NET

Dim tasks As New HashSet(Of Integer)() From {1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13}
AddHandler ganttControl.CustomDrawTask, Sub(sender, e)
    Dim taskId As Integer = Convert.ToInt32(e.Node.GetValue("Id"))
    If tasks.Contains(taskId) Then
        e.Appearance.BackColor = DXSkinColors.FillColors.Warning
        e.Appearance.ProgressColor = DXSkinColors.FillColors.Warning
    End If
End Sub
AddHandler ganttControl.CustomDrawTaskDependency, Sub(sender, e)
    Dim predecessorId As Integer = Convert.ToInt32(e.PredecessorNode.GetValue("Id"))
    Dim successorId As Integer = Convert.ToInt32(e.SuccessorNode.GetValue("Id"))
    If tasks.Contains(predecessorId) AndAlso tasks.Contains(successorId) Then
        e.Appearance.BackColor = DXSkinColors.FillColors.Warning
    End If
End Sub