Every instance of the ActiveGantt ASP.Net control uses a virtual directory on the web server to store its temporary image files. This virtual directory is associated with the TempDir property of the ActiveGantt ASP.Net control. This technical note guides you through the process of configuring and installing the Trial version and associated examples of the ActiveGantt ASP.Net component.

When installing the ActiveGantt ASP.Net control please make sure that you use default settings:

After finish the install process a directory called AGDemo will be created in Inetpub with more or less the following structure:

Two directories are created, SessionProj and SessionTemp. Both are virtual directories used by two ActiveGantt ASP.Net controls to store their temporary image files. The ASP.Net user has to have full control over these two directories. In order to give the ASP.Net user full control over the SessionProj directory you must follow these steps:

Right click on the SessionProj directory and select properties.

In the dialog that pops up select the security tab. Click on the Add button.

Select the ASPNET user from the list and Click on the Add button. When finished click on the OK button.

You will be taken back to the Security Tab. Select the Aspnet account and grant this user full control over the directory. You will have to repeat the above steps with the SessionTemp directory.

All Images that are generated are independent for each user session. Images are in png format and are erased from the web server when the session ends or times out. The code to do this can be found in Global.asax Session_End routine in the AGDemo project.

Also if you look carefully at the Project.aspx page you will notice that the TempDir property of the ActiveGantt control in that page is set to SessionProj.

After following these steps you will be able to build the solution and try the examples out.