eXontrol Software - Grid-Gantt Chart ActiveX, NET Control

By default, the DateTickerLabel property is empty. The property has effect only if the DrawDateTicker property is True, and the DateTickerLabel property is not empty. The DateTickerLabel property shows the start and end date of the bar being created, moved or resized at runtime using the mouse. Use the <br> HTML tag to break the lines, in case you need to display the ticker label using multiple lines. The label always ensure that can be displayed in the chart's area.

The following screen shot shows the ticker and it's label that displays the start and and time of the "moving" bar

Your application can provide some options to help user while performing moving or resizing at runtime as follow:

grid lines, that can be shown only when moving or resizing, using the ChartStartChanging and ChartEndChanging events
select date, to specify the margins of the are you what to highlight
ticker, that shows the cursor's position in the chart, or while resizing, it shows the size and the position of the bar
ability to specify a resizing/moving unit, different that the displayed one ie while the chart displays days, you can specify the resizing unit on hours.
inside zoom, that can be used to magnify the portion of the chart being selected

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		Type	Description
		String	A String expression that specifies the format of the label being displayed while the item is moved or resized. It supports HTML and <%%> formats as shown in the label of the level.