Project Information Dialog

The Project Information is used for scheduling a new project. This dialog appears on clicking the Project Information button on the toolbar. The Project Information dialog consists three tabs, Schedule, Calendar Options, and Duration Formats. The Project Information dialog also includes Default Days Off groupbox that lets you select the days off in the project schedule.

Schedule

The following image shows the schedule tab of the Project Information dialog:

schedule tab

The Schedule tab includes various options as follows:

Option	Purpose
Schedule From	Schedule the project either from Project Start Date or Project Finish Date. By default, any project schedule begins from the project start date.
Start Date	Select the Project Start Date from the drop-down calendar if you wish to schedule your project from project start date.
Finish Date	Select the Project Finish Date from the drop-down calendar if you wish to schedule your project from project finish date.

Calendar Options

The following image shows the Calendar Options tab of the Project Information dialog:

calendar options tab

The Calendar Options tab includes the following items:

Option	Purpose
Weeks Start On	Specify the day of the week on which the scheduled task starts from the drop-down list. By default, this field is set to Sunday.
Hours Per Day	Specify the hours per day for the scheduled task in the numeric box. GanttView calculates duration units as One day equals 8 hours.
Grid Date Format	Specify the date format appearing in the grid in the text box.
Days Per Month	Specify the total working days in a normal calendar month for automatically-scheduled tasks in the numeric box. By default, one month has 20 working days.
Hours Per Week	Specify the working hours per week for the automatically-scheduled task in the numeric box. By default, one working week equals 40 hours.
Chart Date Format	Specify the format for date appearing on chart in the text box. The format is based on standard or custom date format specifier.

Duration Formats

The following image shows the Duration Formats tab of the Project Information dialog:

calendar options tab

The Duration Formats tab includes the following options:

Option	Purpose
Minutes	Specify the format string for minutes.
Hours	Specify the format string for hours.
Days	Specify the format string for days.
Weeks	Specify the format string for weeks.
Months	Specify the format string for months.