GanttChartColumn.GetColumnText

GanttChartColumn.GetColumnText method

Converts current task to the column text.

public string GetColumnText(Task task)
ParameterTypeDescription
taskTaskCurrent task.

Return Value

The column text.

Examples

Shows how to add Gantt chart view columns to be exported.

var project = new Project(DataDir + "Project2.mpp");
var task = project.RootTask.Children.GetById(1);

var columns = new List<ViewColumn>
{
    new GanttChartColumn(20, Field.TaskUniqueID),
    new GanttChartColumn("Name", 150, Field.TaskName),
    new GanttChartColumn("Start", 100, Field.TaskStart),
    new GanttChartColumn("End", 100, Field.TaskFinish),
    new GanttChartColumn("R-Initials", 100, Field.TaskResourceInitials),
    new GanttChartColumn("R-Names", 100, Field.TaskResourceNames),
    new GanttChartColumn("Work", 50, Field.TaskWork),
    new GanttChartColumn(
        "Cost", 
        80,
        delegate(Task t)
        {
            return t.Get(Tsk.Cost).ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
        }),
    new GanttChartColumn(
        "Actual Cost", 
        80,
        delegate(Task t)
        {
            return t.Get(Tsk.ActualCost).ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
        },
        Field.TaskActualCost)
};

// iterate over columns
foreach (var column in columns)
{
    var col = (GanttChartColumn)column;
    Console.WriteLine("Column Name: " + col.Name);
    Console.WriteLine("Column Field: " + col.Field);
    Console.WriteLine("Column Text: " + col.GetColumnText(task));
    Console.WriteLine();
}

var options = new CsvOptions
{
    View = new ProjectView(columns)
};

project.Save(OutDir + "WorkWithGanttChartColumn_out.csv", options);

See Also

GanttChartColumn.Field