Powershell WinForms Diagram?
Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 6:35 am
Hello World,
I need to create a diagram, during what time a backup is running of our Servers.What I have is a list, which looks like this:#ServerName;StartTime;EndTime (INFO for you)Server1;15:00;15:05Server2;16:00;16:55Server3;00:20;01:05etc.I have created a richtextbox which shows an output like the following (Imagine that there is a timeline at the top from 00:00 to 24:00): 00:00 01:00 ... 15:00 16:00 17:00 ...Server1 ooServer2 oooooServer3 00000Where there is a "0", a backup of the Server is running.What I want:Replace "0" with a bar using ".draw" or whatever. (Similar to MS Project)Make it printable(First bars, but keep printing in mind).My Problem:(I am a newby, almost 1 year powershell, but only 5 Days winforms+PS expirience). Never used Winforms.Draw, yet.My Questions:Can I lock "drawn items" to a richtextbox? So when the Richtxtbox is full, and the scrollbar shows, does the "drawn item" scroll, too.If I just draw onto the form, or a panel, will the form scroll down, when drawn items are exeding the bottom of the form.Generally, is it possible, to create diagrams this way? Should I do it another way?I know it is a long shot to ask such a question, but hints would be very much apreciated. PS: Why not do it with MS Project? Because too easy. No, because I would also like to do stuff like this for future projects.
I need to create a diagram, during what time a backup is running of our Servers.What I have is a list, which looks like this:#ServerName;StartTime;EndTime (INFO for you)Server1;15:00;15:05Server2;16:00;16:55Server3;00:20;01:05etc.I have created a richtextbox which shows an output like the following (Imagine that there is a timeline at the top from 00:00 to 24:00): 00:00 01:00 ... 15:00 16:00 17:00 ...Server1 ooServer2 oooooServer3 00000Where there is a "0", a backup of the Server is running.What I want:Replace "0" with a bar using ".draw" or whatever. (Similar to MS Project)Make it printable(First bars, but keep printing in mind).My Problem:(I am a newby, almost 1 year powershell, but only 5 Days winforms+PS expirience). Never used Winforms.Draw, yet.My Questions:Can I lock "drawn items" to a richtextbox? So when the Richtxtbox is full, and the scrollbar shows, does the "drawn item" scroll, too.If I just draw onto the form, or a panel, will the form scroll down, when drawn items are exeding the bottom of the form.Generally, is it possible, to create diagrams this way? Should I do it another way?I know it is a long shot to ask such a question, but hints would be very much apreciated. PS: Why not do it with MS Project? Because too easy. No, because I would also like to do stuff like this for future projects.