Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Gantt chart for WSS 3
Some people have recently asked me about using my Gantt chart web part on WSS3 or MOSS 2007. I assumed that it would just work, WSS3 being more or less backward compatible with WSS2, but alas.
It turns out that the web part itself works just fine, but the MSI installer that worked like a charm on WSS2, fails tragically on WSS3. So I just packaged the web part in a WSS3 solution. You can download the .wsp file and a batch file to install it here.
Note that after installing the solution, you still have to enable the feature on your site. To do this, go to Site SettingsSite Collection Features. There activate the feature called GanttChart. After that, you will find the web part in the list when you click "Add web part".
P.S. Of course, WSS3 comes with it's own Gantt chart view, which may in many cases be just what you need.
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