GanttProject Handbook
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1. Normal y Date Begin date Jan 14 2003 i7 End date Jan 18 2003 3 7 Milestone Color Defauk v Ok x Cancel Figure 5 Editing properties dialog box GanttProject Handbook 0 52 Page 8 Chapter 3 Resources Creating resources A project is composed of tasks and people or resources who are assigned to each task You can create resources on the Resources panel by specifying the name the function and contact information mail or phone by example Assign to tasks A resource can be assigned to a task directly on the properties dialog box of the task Select the third tabbed panel and choose the name of the resource you want to assign Then specify a unit for the resources Resources chart A special chart is available for all resources on the panel It shows the resource time allocation and is similar to the Gantt Chart An example is giving here i January 2003 6 13 20 27 Role Contact project alex thomase i Eg developer matthias barm E R developer cuix1 yahoo Sis developer dmitry barash A developer postemaiksch 2 E Figure 6 Resources chart GanttProject Handbook 0 52 Page 9 Chapter 4 File Managment XML format Ganttproject uses an XML file format So it is simple to edit this with your favorite text editor if you so desire The XML file stores the list of tasks the list of resource2. change the icon for a mother task could assign a color for a task also save on the file correction on the XML file saver could directly change the name of the task by editing it on the JTree F2 on keyboard or double click on it Change the import Correct HTML export to UTF 8 Ganttproject is build with ant release 1 9 5 Remove the possibility to save open in the gan file format use old version to save in XML GanttProject Handbook 0 52 Page 16 e Assign users to tasks e All classes of the jar file are inside the net sourceforge ganttproject package e Copy and paste tasks on the tree with Try to not have two tasks with the same name after because this possibility is not fixed e Check if the project has been changed before asking for conformation of save e Save the size and position of the window on the option file Able to restore after e Add the word modified at the end of the window s title to specify if the file had been change e Bug fixed When re open an XML file resources list was add but not replace the old Now it doesn t e Bug fixed Drag the task to the calendar right and left e Buf fixed Correct the XML export of the characters amp lt and gt Thanks to Andreas Drechsler for reporting it e Possibility to change the look n feel of the application save if on the option file release 1 9 4 e ChineseBig5 language add by Kirin Lin in unicode characters e
3. i Y Task 1 3 i 103 Task 2 i YH 00 Q Task 2 1 M toa Q Task2 2 1039 Task 3 ES X Figure 3 Organize tasks Tasks can also be re organized by using the up and down functions These functions move the selected task up or down in its hierarchy reordering it Relationships Ganttproject allows you to specify a relationship between two tasks You can set them by dragging directly on the chart Click and hold on the first task and moving the cursor to the second task An arrow will appear following the mouse Drag the arrowhead to the second task and release the mouse The second task will be dependent on the first one You will have a chart like this Gantt Project Handbook 0 52 Page 7 I I I I 0 I I I I Editing properties For each task you can edit the properties in a dialog box by using the Properties menu or by double clicking on either the task s name or it s Gantt bar The properties box allows you to edit the name of the task the duration the percent complete the start and end dates the color on the chart the priority and the explanatory notes You can also define the relationship between tasks by choosing different predecessors You do this by selecting the second panel of the box and choosing the name of the predecessor task and the type of relationship General Predecessors Resources Edit Notes Name Benchmark products Duration 4 Progress NE Priority
4. UTF 8 Correction on xml saver release 1 9 3 e A little correction on when drag task on calendar e Change splash image e Thanks to John Ogness for english correction on web pages also on the program GanttProject Handbook 0 52 Page 17 e Turkish language add by Cengiz Sahin in unicode characters e ChineseGB language add by Cui Lu in unicode characters e Correct some litte bugs release 1 9 2 e Can choose the color of the task e Set confirmation of quit when click on the cross of the window e Change to make possible move up and down task with sub task e Can open the popup menu directly on the calendar with a right click on the task e Options of GanttProject are save in an xml file at HOME ganttproject e HTML Export is now in your selected language e Can unlink depend by a special way on the dialog properties no set setting e Norvegian language add by Roger Andresen e Italian language add by Paolo Senigagliesi release 1 9 1 e Correction of the XML problems Now can write special characters 6 amp e Indentation of the Notes on the XML file release 1 9 e Import Export in XML don t use special characters like amp 6 q on notes and name of task GanttProject Handbook 0 52 Page 18 e Change some icons e Add keybord accelerator for project and task part e Set tool tip text on tasks to the tree on the left Name notes date e The arrow to select depend has always the same si
5. by Brezina Marek e Israelian translation add by Shbtai Yoav GanttProject Handbook 0 52 Page 14 release 1 9 8 e Have the possibility to have two tasks with the same name e Add a chart for resources e Could open Save a file from a web server WebDav based e Correction when parsing notes e Correction in PNG export could also export directly by command line e many bugs fixe with tasks with same name save open in XML file e Aspect change a little e Japanese language added by MIYATA Yasuhiro e Possibility to select a shape for the task release 1 9 7 e Add a menu for recent open save projects e Add indent and unindent of the task e Change the format of the date in text mode e Use resource bundle of java for language translation e Could drag the percent complet of the task directly on the calendar e Make change on relashionship depend will have differents format on futur e Change the properties dialog box e Correction to resources add a unit field e Add priority field for tasks GanttProject Handbook 0 52 Page 15 Modifications on past function With the mouse middle button the entire chart could be move Russian language add by Alexandr Zavolzhsky Estonian language add by Ahti Kitsik release 1 9 6 Could directly convert a xml file of GanttProject format to the html files made openWebPage work on Windows and Mac OS X add macOs look n Feel made the shortcut key mask cross platform
6. release 1 4 e Edit the bug of the sub tasks on the calendar GanttProject Handbook 0 52 Page 20 e Best viewing when the scrollbar on the tree move e Add multi language English and French e Change the format of the save file release 1 3 e Add granularity and different viewer mode week month year e Add selector of date e Add an option of notes for the task release 1 0 e Can save the project on a file e View all tasks and depends e Can edit the state of advancement of the task GanttProject Handbook 0 52 Page 21 Chapter 7 GPL License GanttProject is under the GPL License This program is free software you can redistribute it and or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation either version 2 of the License or at your option any later version This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE See the GNU General Public License for more details You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program if not write to the Free Software Foundation Inc 675 Mass Ave Cambridge MA 02139 USA Browse the entire GPL license at http www gnu org copyleft gpl html Also this manual is under the GPL License GanttProject Handbook 0 52 Page 22 Chapter 8 Contac
7. these cases the project file name can either be a file on local disk or an URL If the URL is password protected you can give credentials this way Eg java jar ganttproject jar http username password example com filename Options Ganttproject save an options file in HOME ganttproject This file contains the language used in GanttProject the position and the size of the window your default look GanttProject Handbook 0 52 Page 12 and feel and the eight most recent files you have edited with GanttProject GanttProject Handbook 0 52 Page 13 Chapter 6 release 1 9 9 e Write a options preferences dialog box e Use Xsl Transformation to create the html web pages there are some xsl themes on cvs module xsl themes e Export the project as a pdf report using fop library from apache based on XSL FO transformation e Add buttons to remove relashionship and resources on the dialog box e Having a way to specify some new roles for resources e Each relashion ships are now paint e Add a tips of the day dialog box e Drag amp drod tasks on the tree e Possibility to export the project in JPG image e Improve the print function e Include a help viewer to watch the manual lt a href http helpgui sourceforge net gt helpgui lt e Italian updates by Tomaso e Hungarian translation add by Balazs Major e Nederlands translation add by Andre van der Wiel e Swedish translation add by Jussi Karlgren e Czech translation add
8. e eo e oe o ganttproject sourceforge net GanttProject Handbook 0 52 Alexandre Thomas alexthomas free fr http ganttproject sf net Contents 4 Fe es A II Ge ee ane eae ae te 4 1 2 Where can I find the releases rav vr vr rv vr arr aan 4 1 3 Where is the OVS7 aaa 4 1 4 Run GanttProject oaa meh ode Roe oom RR Ret oe det 5 sia mos 3 GE ee HORE per o eR de 9 3 Eod ee 5 2 Gantt chart 7 CT i A E EN 7 O A a O OR T a 8 3 Resources 9 EE ENE 9 Mr DDE DEN AE SEN RR KE SE EA 9 Ba Resources Chart see ek Sale X se AE ke ee 9 4 File Managment 10 E STE STE e SE EE EE ed BO a a SEE 10 4 2 JPG PNG export wha ee Ce Ter br k fe 10 4 3 POP HNDEL Ep s 3 3247872 Se kB Se VI NE SEE SG 10 4 4 Load Save from on a web server rv rv 11 5 Miscellaneous 12 51 Command limel 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 12 NN ee ee ote eee See ag SENG EA ee AE 12 6 History 14 7 GPL License 22 Gantt Project Handbook 0 52 Page 2 8 Contacts and Links 23 BT Malet oS aa ee tn ee OH ee See ee qu 23 8 2 Contributions ll ss 23 8 3 Web Links sasoca sh 23 GanttProject Handbook 0 52 Page 3 Chapter 1 First steps Overview Ganttproject is a 100 pure Java application thats lets you plan projects using Gantt charts Ganttproject lets you easily break down a project into tasks show dependencies and Manage resources As it is writ
9. r http theservername directory ganttproject example xml Username Password PERE EERE Figure 7 Select a file from a web server With a special server you can download AND save the project directly to from the server Your server must be a WebDAV enabled server It doesn t work with a standard Apache web server GanttProject use a locking system for WebDav working So in fact two people can t work as the same time to the same project file GanttProject Handbook 0 52 Page 11 Chapter 5 Miscellaneous Command line Ganttproject allows you to set some parameters on the command line Try java jar ganttproject jar help to see the parameters available First you can directly specify a xml file for GanttProject to open Eg java jar ganttproject jar myproject xml The second possiblity is to export the project as HTML pages PDF document or a PNG JPG image Eg java jar ganttproject jar html myproject xml directory to export the project as a web page in the specified directory Eg java jar ganttproject jar pdf myproject xml myproject pdf to export the project chart as myproject pdf Eg java jar ganttproject jar png myproject xml myproject png to export the project chart as myproject png Eg java jar ganttproject jar jpg myproject xml myproject jpg to export the project chart as myproject jpg With the html export you could specify an xsl directory by using the xsl dir argument In all
10. roducts 43 Define target PDS Target Pds Released 9 Generate concepts Serch patents 43 Review Comp products 43 Brainstorm concepts Select top 2 concepts MQ Represented Q Profil motor power 43 Design test standard 43 Build test standard Figure 1 Simple project GanttProject ganttproject example4 xml 0X Project Edit Task Resources Language Appearance Help Gantt January 2003 2 3 fa 5 s r 10 11 12 13 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Y Define Specifications Jan 7 200 Identify customers Interview 10 customers 2 Interpret requirements E 100 10 1005 Properties for Benchmark products Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sa Benchmark products Duration 4 1 6 7 8 13 E 15 100 Priority Normal w 20 21 22 5427 28 29 Jan 14 2003 E End date Jan 18 2003 Figure 2 Properties edition of a task GanttProject Handbook 0 52 Page 6 Chapter 2 Gantt chart Task creation First you create some tasks by using the New Task button or directly from the Tasks menu choose New Task The tasks appear on the tree on the left pane you can directly change their name here Next you can organize tasks by indenting them forming groups or categories So you could have a hierarchy like this 9 Task 1 a i 03 Y Task 1 1 i tosa i Y Task 1 2 1o
11. s the relationships and the links between tasks and resources This files extensions can be xml or gan JPG PNG export Ganttproject can export the Gantt chart as a PNG JPG image Select Project Export As and select one of PNG JPG image after specifying the png jpg filename PDF HMTL export Ganttproject can also export the project as HTML web pages The different web pages contain all the information about the project e Project information e The charts Gantt and resources e List of tasks with the different information like date of start end durations notes e List of resources For HTML export GanttProject uses the XSL to HTML transformation GanttProject uses by default XSL stylesheet included in the jar file But you can specify yourself another GanttProject Handbook 0 52 Page 10 xsl by selecting the directory on the setting dialog In fact you can create your own xsl stylesheetfiles to customize your html web pages For PDF export the software uses the FOP BATIK library to export in pdf format It also uses the xsl transformation technology So you can use PDF themes with a default theme included in the GanttProject jar file Load Save from on a web server Since 1 9 8 GanttProject allows you to download a project directly from a web server You can select the URL of the file and login password if necessary and work on the file Then you can save the project on your hard drive File path from web serve
12. ten in Java the Jar file runs on several operating systems such as GNU Linux Microsoft Windows MacOsX Where can I find the releases You can download the latest release of GanttProject directly from the web site at http ganttproject sf net You may also see all released files of GanttProject by using this URL http sourceforge net project showfiles php group_id 72728 Where is the CVS Ganttproject is developed worldwide so its developers use a CVS repository It is pos sible to get the current development version from cvs by checking it out using anonymous login Iry these command lines export CVSROOT pserver anonymous cvs sf net cvsroot ganttproject P P y 8 proj cvs login GanttProject Handbook 0 52 Page 4 No password just press enter cvs z3 co ganttproject Run GanttProject Ganttproject is simple to use if you have a java virtual machine Under operat ing systems like windows start the application by double clicking on the ganttproject VERSION jar If that doesn t work use a command line like os like Unix Linux as java jar ganttproject VERSION jar Preview Here are some examples of GanttProject GanttProject Handbook 0 52 Page 5 Project Edit Task Resources Language Appearance Help Dennes D ty Res tE aAA Gantt 9 Define Specifications Identify customers Interview 10 customers 2 Interpret requirements Benchmark p
13. ts and Links Mails Ganttproject was initially written by THOMAS Alexandre alexthomas free fr Ganttproject use a mailing list to prevent the customers for the new release To subscript to it please use this link http lists sourceforge net mailman listinfo ganttproject news Contributions Ganttproject has been improve by several contributions over the world Thousand thanks to in alphabetic order ANDRESEN Roger AUDRU C dric BARASHEV Dmitry BARMEIER Matthias BAL AZS Major BREZINA Marek BROKER Rick CROUNSE Brian FERRAZ Nelson GLOEGL Michael HAEUSLER Michael HERRMANN G HURSEY John KARL GREN Jussi KITSIK Ahti LIN Kirin LIPINSKI Pawel LU Cui MARCH Stephen MIYATA Yasuhiro NATHANAEL Uwe OGNESS John PAOLETTI Tomaso PAULIN Matt PLUSCHKE Andreas RACINOWSKI Przemyslaw REY Juan juanrey SAHIN Cengiz SCHULZ Maik SENIGAGLIESI Paolo SHABTAI Yoav VAN DER WIEL An dre VOCI Elio ZAVOLZHSKY Alexandr Web Links Here are some links for GanttProject on the web Home Page http ganttproject sf net GanttProject Handbook 0 52 Page 23 Page on sourceforge Page on freshmeat Page on Gnu Page on HostScript Java Virtual Machine of sun GanttProject Handbook 0 52 Page 24
14. ze e Now the tree could be hided with a special function of the split pane arrows at top of split pane e Correct some language bugs e German language add by Uwe Nathanael release 1 8 e Best depends between tasks and arrows paint has been changed e Can export the calendar in a png file with name of tasks depend and percent complete e File chooser is set in the last open directory e Fixe some bugs e Zoom is fixe in last mont when the zoom is set to year e Can export the project in web pages gantt charts tasks and resources e XML load save is in progress probably on next version e Portugues language add by Nelson Ferraz release 1 7 e Add specification for the project name description GanttProject Handbook 0 52 Page 19 e Add different human with name function and contacts e Change some icons and colors e Comment on code source are in English Possibility of direct interaction with mouse to the duration the start date and the depends of the task e Use dash vertical line at begin and end of project release 1 6 e Add an option to print the project e Add a blue bar on the current day e Add 4 granularity levels more e Spanish language add by Juan Rey release 1 5 e Add wheel mouse action on the calendar and moving with click e Modify Save option to Save and Save as options e Can t edit the begin of a mother task e Correction of the graphic bug with meeting point task
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