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Task Link in the Gantt View

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Task Link in the Gantt View

  • Apr 01, 2018

A Gantt diagram can display dependency relationships between activities (in other words, task relations). These relations are implemented as instances of the TaskLink class.

A task link is a relation between a parent point and child points. The dependency type is defined by the TaskLinkType enumeration member and can be specified by the TaskLink.LinkType property. These types are: Finish to Start (the most common), Finish to Finish , Start to Finish and Start to Start. Their appearance in a chart specifies the order in which tasks should begin and end.

The task link is displayed as a line, connecting the terminal points of task bars, with an arrowhead pointed to a bar, denoted as a “parent bar”.

The TaskLinkOptions object specifies drawing parameters, (i.e. Color , line Thickness , arrowhead’s ArrowHeight and ArrowWidth ) minimal distance between the line and the bars it connects ( MinIndent ) and line visibility ( Visible ).

The table below lists the main properties which affect the element’s appearance and functionality:

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Link Type

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TaskLink.LinkType

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Color

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TaskLinkOptions.Color, TaskLinkOptions.ColorSource

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Line Thickness

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TaskLinkOptions.Thickness

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Arrowhead Length

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TaskLinkOptions.ArrowHeight

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Arrowhead Width

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TaskLinkOptions.ArrowWidth

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Line Indentation

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TaskLinkOptions.MinIndent

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Visibility

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TaskLinkOptions.Visible

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See Also

How to: Create a Gantt Chart with Task Links