I´m using Visual Studio 2008 / C# and SQL Server 2005 to create a tool where people can allocate resources for periods of times, and in certain places, and with certain tasks.
They like the implementation, but they want to have a better Overview – that is, Dates as Columns, and allocations as horizontal coloured sausages (rows).
Like an ordinary project overview, you know?
Now, do you have any tips on how I should do it (create a Project Overview)? Just high level tips, that´s what I need – I can dig by myself.
First of all, I think, that the overview you are talking about is actually called Gantt chart.
How to implement it? Well, I can bet that you can find a lot of implementations of gantt chart controls, for WinForms, WPF or ASP.NET – whichever you need. I bet it would be the fastest and most cost-efficient way to do it.
If, for some reason, you need to implementit yourself – then you’ll just have to create your own contorl, but I strongly recommend using one of the existing ones – it’ll save you a lot of time and nerve