I am trying to read data from an MS Project XML file. I have used the XML Schema Tool to generate a set of strongly typed classes based on the Microsoft Project 2007 XML Schema. However, I ran into several issues. The xmlns property on the root node from the XML exported from MS Project does not match the XSD schema. MS Project gener...
I'm trying to work with MS Project files in an ASP.NET application, and came across the MPXJ library, which started out in Java and has been converted to a .NET version as well. It works fine in .NET, but the difficulty I'm finding with it is that all its methods use Java data types and not native .NET ones. This means that for things li...
I'm trying to display the Baseline Start, Finish, Cost, and Work values for a ResourceAssignment, but cannot seem to find any methods on the ResourceAssignment object that would provide this information. Anybody know if this is possible? I know the information is stored because I can see it in MS Project, and I can see it in the XML ver...
From our existing, internal tracking system I would like to create an XML export that I can then bring into Microsoft Project 2007 to further display and manipulation. I've been unable to find a straightforward explanation of how the XML should look for this kind of import. I want to be able to create dependencies, assign resources, et...
What are the capabilities of "lightweight Project 2007"? Does a "lightweight Project" license cost the same as a Project 2007 Professional license? ...
I am looking for either an MS tool like project or an open source equivalent. Yes I could google it, but I am looking for some insight from some people who work with the end of the software I would as a programmer. The tool has to run using IIS as the webserver or it's own custom webserver that can run on Windows Server. It would be ni...
Is there a way to associate a single MS Project file with multiple TFS projects? Here is the situation: I have two projects that are related and have dependencies on each other and I would like to have one MS Project file to coordinate the schedule. But, I do not see how I can associate (publish) to multiple TFS projects. ...
I have requirement of creating MS Project object in asp.net c# and exporting image of it for end user to download. I can achieve first part of the requirement of creating MS Project object as suggested in following link. http://www.codeproject.com/KB/aspnet/MS_project_and_Aspnet.aspx?display=Print but exporting it as image with specif...
I want to display an image when printing a page from MS Page using the FilePageSetupHeader. It all works fine if I pass in the parameter for the Text property as a string as such FilePageSetupHeader Alignment:=pjRight, Text:="&P""C:\filepath\image.gif""" However, I'd prefer to be able to pass the filepath to the image to display as a ...
The way I can define a method to be executed with OnAction in VBA with Microsoft Project is as follows (and works correctly): .OnAction = "Macro ""DoSomething""" ... where DoSomething is the method to execute. I would like to pass a parameter to that method but can't find a way to pass it with this syntax. Does anybody have an idea h...
Hello everyone, I am trying to get a tutorial or step by step instructions on how to connect MS Project 2010 to MS Project Server 2010. I have installed Server 2008 R2 (64 bit), Sharepoint 2010, and Project 2010 on my server and created a new site using the project 2010 template. I am now trying to connect my stand alone Project 201...
Let's say I have 4 people. Sometimes anyone can do a task, but sometimes they are specific. I would like to group people by skill. Is there any way I can do that? Right now, I have something like this: Resources: SkillA=3, GuyA=1, GuyB=1, GuyC=1 Task A <= SkillA Anyone can do it Task B <= SkillA, GuyB Only B can do it...
i am trying to use built-in MS Project feature - sync to sharepoint list. The project size is not very large - yet i almost always get GPFs. Could not find any leads on how to work around this ...
Howdy I was wondering if you could point me in the right direction as far as developing a super simple plugin for MS Project (both 2007, which uses the old style ribbon, and 2010 which uses the new ribbon). What I need to implement: create an executable that installs a new button, with a specific icon, in some per-determined section ...
Does using Microsoft Project force you into a waterfall model? Could anyone point me to examples of successful iterative (agile for example) projects that successfully use(d) MS Project as a supporting tool? ...
Hi, I am Exporting data to ms-project xml file using the mspdi.xsd and I was able to successfully create the xml file and it is opening properly in the MS Project also. But I am not able to export the percentage work completed. Following is the generated xml and if we open teh file, we can see all the data except the percentage complete...
Hi everyone, Currently I have a program that takes as input a folder that contains .MPP file (Microsoft Project files), reformats the information and splits out the each convertered file into a new folder (Selected by the user). The problem is that with each file that it processes the application is seen from the task bar and accumulat...
My comany is using MS Project to handle ERP. But after a quick search on internet, I found out MS Dynamics is the tool dedicated for ERP. So just wondering what's the difference between MS Dynamics and MS Project? ...
Hi, I am using Ms Office Interop assemblies to create a MS Project file. To save the file created, I am using FileSaveAs method and it prompts a message saying that if you want to replace the existing file. I want to suppress the message, and I didn't find any parameter in FileSaveAs method for this purpose. Any Idea on this? I'am using ...
Is it possible to synchronize tfs (2008 or 2010) or project 2010 work items with outlook tasks (without the project server)? Is it possible to send a work item from tfs or project 2010 as an outlook task? ...