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<H2><A NAME="10_13">10.13 Simplifying the drawing of Gantt graphs</A></H2>
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<P> As we have shown in the previous examples constructing a Gantt chart
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consists of a number of repetitive tasks; Create the individual
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activity bars and add them to the graph.</P>
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<P> Now when you have a basic understanding of how this works you are
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ready to appreciate a small helper method. <A href="">
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GanttGraph::CreateSimple()</A>. This method takes a few arrays of data
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which specifies you Gantt chart and then constructs this chart. By
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using this method you sacrifices a few adjustment possibilities for
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simplicity. This method is nothing magical it just takes the data for
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the activities,(start and end date, titles, progress, any constrains
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and so on) and constructs the activities and adds them to the graph.</P>
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<P> The activities are specified in data array which for each activity
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have the following fields</P>
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<LI> What row the activity should be on</LI>
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<LI> Activity type, controls the appearance. Can be one of
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<LI> ACTYPE_NORMAL, A standard activty bar</LI>
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<LI> ACTYPE_GROUP, A Grouping bar</LI>
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<LI> ACTYPE_MILESTONE, A milestone</LI>
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<LI></LI>
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</LI>
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<LI> Title text</LI>
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<LI> Start date</LI>
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<LI> End date (NOT FOR Milestones!)</LI>
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<LI> Caption</LI>
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<P></P>
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<P> So for example to create a Gantt chart consisting of two activities
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which are grouped and a milestone one would have to use something
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similar to the following code</P>
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<P><DIV class="phpscript"><CODE><FONT color="#000000"> <FONT color="#0000BB">
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$data </FONT><FONT color="#007700">= array(
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<BR> array(</FONT><FONT color="#0000BB">0</FONT><FONT color="#007700">,</FONT><FONT
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color="#0000BB">ACTYPE_GROUP</FONT><FONT color="#007700">, </FONT><FONT
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color="#DD0000">"Phase 1"</FONT><FONT color="#007700">, </FONT><FONT
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color="#DD0000">"2001-10-26"</FONT><FONT color="#007700">,</FONT><FONT color="#DD0000">
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"2001-11-23"</FONT><FONT color="#007700">,</FONT><FONT color="#DD0000">
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""</FONT><FONT color="#007700">),
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<BR> array(</FONT><FONT color="#0000BB">1</FONT><FONT color="#007700">,</FONT><FONT
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color="#0000BB">ACTYPE_NORMAL</FONT><FONT color="#007700">, </FONT><FONT
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color="#DD0000">" Label 2"</FONT><FONT color="#007700">, </FONT><FONT
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color="#DD0000">"2001-10-26"</FONT><FONT color="#007700">,</FONT><FONT color="#DD0000">
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"2001-11-13"</FONT><FONT color="#007700">,</FONT><FONT color="#DD0000">
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"[KJ]"</FONT><FONT color="#007700">),
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<BR> array(</FONT><FONT color="#0000BB">2</FONT><FONT color="#007700">,</FONT><FONT
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color="#0000BB">ACTYPE_NORMAL</FONT><FONT color="#007700">, </FONT><FONT
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color="#DD0000">" Label 3"</FONT><FONT color="#007700">, </FONT><FONT
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color="#DD0000">"2001-11-20"</FONT><FONT color="#007700">,</FONT><FONT color="#DD0000">
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"2001-11-22"</FONT><FONT color="#007700">,</FONT><FONT color="#DD0000">
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"[EP]"</FONT><FONT color="#007700">),
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<BR> array(</FONT><FONT color="#0000BB">3</FONT><FONT color="#007700">,</FONT><FONT
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color="#0000BB">ACTYPE_MILESTONE</FONT><FONT color="#007700">,</FONT><FONT
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color="#DD0000">" Phase 1 Done"</FONT><FONT color="#007700">, </FONT><FONT
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color="#DD0000">"2001-11-23"</FONT><FONT color="#007700">,</FONT><FONT color="#DD0000">
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"M2"</FONT><FONT color="#007700">) );
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<BR></FONT><FONT color="#FF8000">// Create the basic graph
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<BR></FONT><FONT color="#0000BB">$graph </FONT><FONT color="#007700">
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= new </FONT><FONT color="#0000BB">GanttGraph</FONT><FONT color="#007700">
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();
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<BR></FONT><FONT color="#0000BB">$graph</FONT><FONT color="#007700">-></FONT><FONT
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color="#0000BB">title</FONT><FONT color="#007700">-></FONT><FONT color="#0000BB">
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Set</FONT><FONT color="#007700">(</FONT><FONT color="#DD0000">
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"Gantt Graph using CreateSimple()"</FONT><FONT color="#007700">);
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<BR>
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<BR></FONT><FONT color="#FF8000">// Setup scale
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<BR></FONT><FONT color="#0000BB">$graph</FONT><FONT color="#007700">-></FONT><FONT
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color="#0000BB">ShowHeaders</FONT><FONT color="#007700">(</FONT><FONT color="#0000BB">
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GANTT_HYEAR </FONT><FONT color="#007700">| </FONT><FONT color="#0000BB">
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GANTT_HMONTH </FONT><FONT color="#007700">| </FONT><FONT color="#0000BB">
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GANTT_HDAY </FONT><FONT color="#007700">| </FONT><FONT color="#0000BB">
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GANTT_HWEEK</FONT><FONT color="#007700">);
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<BR></FONT><FONT color="#0000BB">$graph</FONT><FONT color="#007700">-></FONT><FONT
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color="#0000BB">scale</FONT><FONT color="#007700">-></FONT><FONT color="#0000BB">
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week</FONT><FONT color="#007700">-></FONT><FONT color="#0000BB">SetStyle</FONT><FONT
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color="#007700">(</FONT><FONT color="#0000BB">WEEKSTYLE_FIRSTDAY</FONT><FONT
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color="#007700">);
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<BR></FONT><FONT color="#FF8000">// Add the specified activities
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<BR></FONT><FONT color="#0000BB">$graph</FONT><FONT color="#007700">-></FONT><FONT
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color="#0000BB">CreateSimple</FONT><FONT color="#007700">(</FONT><FONT color="#0000BB">
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$data</FONT><FONT color="#007700">);
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<BR></FONT><FONT color="#FF8000">// .. and stroke the graph
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<BR></FONT><FONT color="#0000BB">$graph</FONT><FONT color="#007700">-></FONT><FONT
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color="#0000BB">Stroke</FONT><FONT color="#007700">();
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<BR></FONT><FONT color="#0000BB"></FONT></FONT></CODE></DIV></P>
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<P> This will then show up as<DIV class="example">
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<BR> <A href="exframes/frame_ganttsimpleex1.html" target="blank"><IMG border="0"
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HEIGHT="231" src="img/ganttsimpleex1.png" WIDTH="523"></A>
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<BR><B>Figure 166:</B> Using the simplified way via CreateSimple()
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method <A href="exframes/frame_ganttsimpleex1.html" target="blank">
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[src]</A>
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<P> You may (slightly) modify the appearance of the simple Gantt charts
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by means of the methods <A href="">GanttGraph::SetSimpleFont()</A> and <A
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href="">GanttGraph::SetSimpleStyle()</A> But not anything else, remember
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that the purpose with this way of constructing graphs is to be simple.
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If you need full advanced control you have to construct all the
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activities in the "normal" way.</P>
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<P> You can also specify constrains and progress for each bar by
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supplying additional data arrays to GanttGraph::CreateSimple().</P>
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