SetCurtainProperties

Purpose: Set the properties of the curtains. A curtain is used to shade a date range on the schedule.

Returns: none

Argument	Type	Required	Purpose
1	Integer	Yes	Curtain number, 1 based (must already exist)
2	Variant	Yes	Start Date/Time
3	Variant	Yes	End Date/Time
4	Integer	Yes	Curtain pattern Color
5	Integer	Yes	Curtain background Color
6	Integer	Yes	Curtain fill patterns (1-27)
7	Integer	Yes	Curtain border 1: border 0: no border
8	String	No	Curtain name (so that it can be referred to by .SetTaskLineCurtain method) If argument 8 is included, but it is a zero length string or a string with a blank in the first character, then the name, if any, is removed.

Example: Add 4 curtains and set properties

Public Sub Addcurtain(objmilestones As Object)

With objmilestones

.Activate()

.allcolorsarergb()

.SetStartAndEndDates("01/01/2024", "06/30/2025")
.refresh()

'set up curtains

.setmiscproperty("ShowCurtainsOverHorzGridlines", 1)

'Curtain 1
.AddCurtain("1/1/2024", "1/15/2024")

'Curtain 2
.AddCurtain("1/1/2024", "1/15/2024")

'Curtain 3
.AddCurtain("4/8/2024", "4/15/2024")

'Curtain 4
.AddCurtain("2/1/2025", "2/15/2025")

' Set Curtain Properties(Curtain number, start date, end date, pattern color, background color, fill patterns (1-27), border, curtain name (optional))
.SetCurtainProperties(1, "1/1/2024", "1/15/2024", RGB(255, 0, 0), RGB(0, 0, 0), 1, 0, "Red")

.SetCurtainProperties(2, "2/1/2024", "2/22/2024", RGB(0, 255, 0), RGB(0, 0, 0), 1, 0, "Green")

'skyblue and gold boxes
.SetCurtainProperties(3, "4/8/2024", "6/15/2024", RGB(153, 204, 255), RGB(255, 204, 0), 14, 0)

'black and yellow smiley faces
.SetCurtainProperties(4, "2/1/2025", "3/15/2025", RGB(0, 0, 0), RGB(255, 255, 0), 8, 0)

.settasklinecurtain(1, 1, "red", "3/1/2024", "6/30/2024")

.settasklinecurtain(1, 2, "green", "8/1/2024", "4/30/2025")

.Refresh()

End With

Exit Sub

End Sub

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