Hi there,

I am trying to visualize a data model consisting of two resource types (classes directly derived from Resource). Is it possible to group the ResourceView by these custom types? To explain it with code, i'd like to have something like this:

this.calendar1.GroupType = typeof(MyResourceTypeA);
this.calendar1.SecondaryGroupType = typeof(MyResourceTypeB);
 

In my case the resources are production machines. Machines of TypeA are the consumers of intermediate products made by Machines of TypeB. And I want to display all production orders in the context of the producer/consumer view.

Many thanks for any help
Achim

Hi Meppy,

deriving the machine types from Resource and Location was my first thought on this issue. And you're right, I don't think this is very elegant

However i'll go on with this solution. May I ask you if there are any plans to improve the grouping feature? This is in my opinion the only missing thing in the ResourceView of Planner.NET.

Kind regards
Achim

Hi again,

I have made some modifications to the control to allow grouping by the runtime type of resources. To enable the new functionality, add the resources to group by to the Calendar.Resources collection and set Calendar.GroupType (and Calendar.SecondaryGroupType) to GroupByResource . In addition set the new Calendar.CustomGroupType (and Calendar.CustomSecondaryGroupType) to the runtime type of the resources to group by.

A sample illustrating the new feature (along with the updated assemblies) can be downloaded from here. Please, let me know if you find any issues with this new version.

Regards,
Meppy