How to open an MPX file with in-place activation in IE?

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    - Project provide way to identify driving predecessor (* maybe?) Project should provide a way to identify the driving prececessor and successor in the task details form or entry form. At first I thought it was the first one on the list, but that was not the case. Perhaps the driving pred/succ could be bold or have an asterick (*) beside it. If more than one, show multiple identifiers. Tag: How to open an MPX file with in-place activation in IE? Tag: 79864
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    - Can I customize the Visio WBS Chart Wizard in Project2003? I am trying to generate a unified WBS chart in Visio2003 by using the MS Office Project2003 WBS Chart Wizard. It creates multiple pages automatically and I cannot figure out how to unify that information. Does anyone have any suggestions? Tag: How to open an MPX file with in-place activation in IE? Tag: 79863
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    - How to know what custom fields use Is there quick way to identify the custom fields that have value entered OR are used (but hidden from display) in a project plan. Thanks bmac Tag: How to open an MPX file with in-place activation in IE? Tag: 79859
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    - Re: Determining Calendar Days in MS Porject 2000 "John" <mjensen@theriver.com> a écrit dans le message de news:mjensen-897D4A.10353708032005@msnews.microsoft.com... > > > Hi John, > > Did you tried the formula on a task with "standard" duration (vs. elapsed > > duration) with or without any splits? > > > > Gérard > > Gerard, > If you reply please start a new thread. I normally have my newsreader > set for 100 messages and this one dropped "below my radar". I had to > remember to check. > > The file I used contains "standard" working day duration and no split > tasks. It is just your generic type file, nothing special or unusual. If > the Duration field is already in "edays" there isn't any need for the > formula, right? As far as split tasks, the elapsed duration is still the > difference between Start and Finish. The split simply becomes part of > that time. > > By the way I use a standard calendar (U.S. holidays) with 8 hour days > and 40 hour work week. It just doesn't make sense to put an additional > "fudge factor" into the formula without a good reason. So far, I haven't > seen that reason. > > John John, I tried again on Project 2000 (with a 40h/w calendar) and on Project 2003 (with a french 35h/w calendar) : the result is the same: all the calculations on standard durations are short by one day. On elapsed durations (with "ed"), the result is good. ??? ;-( Gérard Tag: How to open an MPX file with in-place activation in IE? Tag: 79858
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    - Finish to finish depency question I have 3 tasks A, B, and C Suppose: Task A begins on Day 1 Task B ends on Day 10 Task C has a duration of 5 days. I want it to have a start to start dependency with Task A, and a finish to finish dependency + 2 days with B. The problem is that Project is scheduling task C to end on Day 12 and start on Day 7, even though it can potentially start on Day 1. I need task C to be scheduled on Day 1 because I am going to have another task with a start to start dependency with task C. As I am new to Project, I was curious as to how you would model this in Project to achieve my desired behavior. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Scott Tag: How to open an MPX file with in-place activation in IE? Tag: 79857
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    - do do you remove/change out of "read only" project file everytime I try to save my msp file I receviec a msg that says the file is read only. When I look at the properties the read only is checked, but is also grayed out. How do I change it? Tag: How to open an MPX file with in-place activation in IE? Tag: 79854
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    - Formulas in cost fields not saved I changed formulas in fields Cost1 thru Cost 8 but after I saved the project file the fields default back to the formulas I first created when I started the project file. How can I get project to accept the new formulas? Thanks in advance Dave Tag: How to open an MPX file with in-place activation in IE? Tag: 79853
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    - how do i print all listed task on the Calander without having an. I am currently in calender view trying to print but my task listed on the calender are not show up and it print calender and an over-flow chart.How do I make all my task show on printed copy Tag: How to open an MPX file with in-place activation in IE? Tag: 79852
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    - Problem with links and constraints I have a couple projects in which I linked all the tasks, and it set the time line up as expected. Now if I go into them and modify the "work" of a particular task, the task next in line does not adjust the start date accordingly. The constraint type is "as soon as possible", but no matter what I do with predecessors (even delete links altogether) the start date of the task in question does not change. I can modify the start date by actually changing the start date in the task information dialog, but I know I've had this work properly in the past. Any Clues??? TIA Mike Tag: How to open an MPX file with in-place activation in IE? Tag: 79849
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    - Tracking changes In Project 2002 is it possible to use a track changes feature similar to word where changes can be accepted or rejected? Thanks Tag: How to open an MPX file with in-place activation in IE? Tag: 79833
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    - Monthly Material Charge How do I get Project to allocate an even monthly charge, like Software Maintenance over the life of the program. I've tried to prorate a Fixed Cost, but it spreads it according to the days in each month, not evenly (same charge) for each month. Can this be done? Thanks... Tag: How to open an MPX file with in-place activation in IE? Tag: 79827
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    - Upgrade from standard to Professional edition Can i upgrade from project standard to professional edition using the VUP package? thanks Tag: How to open an MPX file with in-place activation in IE? Tag: 79824
  - 13
    - Issue with saveing project to Project Server Morning All, I am having to call upon your expertise once again. I will keep this problem high level. When a plan is created outside the Project Server, the end date and the leveling process is correct. If you click level project, the little bar in the bottom will click a few bars every few seconds. Everything works out great. But when you take the plan to the server it will ask you to replace the resouces with people that match in our resource pool's whos ids are pulled from Active Directory. I will click yes, then it will take all of the leveling out of the plan. MS Project will decided that everyone can work 30-40 hours in each day that they are assigned to a task. It seems it is stacking the tasks with the same start dates and not leveling them like it should, when I click level project I do clear out the prior leveling and it will be level in less than a second but the dates will not change to the correct date. Any help? Thanks CHris Tag: How to open an MPX file with in-place activation in IE? Tag: 79823
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    - Duplicate Item Entries in Outlook Calendar from Project Server Hi, Has any one had problems with users with Outlook integration receiving multiple entries for the same project everytime the tasks are updated and re-published. Also when you try to delete the duplicates you receive an unknown Error code: 14. Thanks in advance Environment: Project 2003 Server, Project 2003, Exchange Server 2003, Outlook 2003 Tag: How to open an MPX file with in-place activation in IE? Tag: 79818
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    - previoius version of project 2003 is installed, but not MSPROJECT 2003 does not let me install it. Keeps saying a previous version of MSPROJECT 2003 is installed. It is not. Tag: How to open an MPX file with in-place activation in IE? Tag: 79816
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    - Actual hours in MSP Hi, We are trying to put weekly actual hours in Microsoft Project from our financial system through an import macro that we`ve created. However, we have the following problem: our month end date does not match. Ie. the end of the month in our financial system could be March 18th and in MSP, the month end date is March 31st. Is there a way to change this in MSP? (Also, our month end dates are never the same from month to month). The results of this problem is that our actuals at the end of the month never match between MSP and our financial system. Help? Thanks! Nat Tag: How to open an MPX file with in-place activation in IE? Tag: 79812
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    - Timescale I have been asked to produce short term plan in hours. Can be done but timescale shows 1st hour as 0 then on up to 23 which is confusing for non-user. Can I change this?? Tag: How to open an MPX file with in-place activation in IE? Tag: 79810
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    - How to make task duration of 3 calendar months, in MS Project Mana I would like to count 3 calader months (28/31/30 days) for a task. What is the syntex in the 'Duration' column? The syntax: 3 mons, and 3 emons, both does not do it. Tag: How to open an MPX file with in-place activation in IE? Tag: 79805
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    - Allow computer administrators control times when other users can . Parental controls: Why not allow computer administrators yo control when users can log on by time: eg: after 16:00 any day and force log off giving 15, 10, 5, and one minuted notice> Tag: How to open an MPX file with in-place activation in IE? Tag: 79802
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    - Can I assign an alternative resource in Project 2003 Professional. Is it possible to assign an alternative resource to a task so that Project can chose which resource to use given the availablity of resources after applying Resource Levelling? For example, I have a task that either Dave or Mary can do, but I only need one of them to carry it out. Normally, I would assign either one or the other to the task but it would be useful if i could tell Project that either Dave or Mary could be assigned the task, depending on assignments. Tag: How to open an MPX file with in-place activation in IE? Tag: 79792
  - 21
    - Earned Values are not calculated? Why does MS Project does not calculate the BCWS and BCWP values of my project (the value is = 0)? The tasks have values for duration, work and have resources assigned. I can insert a progress, but only the EAC, CV and VAC values are calculated. Any hint is welcome. Tag: How to open an MPX file with in-place activation in IE? Tag: 79790
  - 22
    - Levelling Issue I have a multi-phase project with an important milestone for delivery of Phase 1. When I resource level my project I get a very un-even profile with large peaks and troughs for the developers pool. I would like to maintain a steady number of developers on the project by putting them to work on activities from Phase 2 during the periods in Phase 1 when they are not needed. However, when I remove the dependancy of Phase 2 only starting after phase 1 has finished, the Phase 1 milestone is pushed out due to resources being used on Phase 2. All Phase 1 activities are higher up the plan than Phase 2 activities (ie lower ID numbers). I have tried lowering the priority of all Phase 2 activities and levelling by "Priority, Standard" and "ID Number" but this still happens to a greater or lesser degree. Any ideas on how to get a more realistic resource usage without pushing the Phase1 delivery back? Tag: How to open an MPX file with in-place activation in IE? Tag: 79789
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    - access on project Hello, how many people can i connect on the project on the same time? Tag: How to open an MPX file with in-place activation in IE? Tag: 79788
  - 24
    - visio project interface 1. I would like to know whether the visio & project having an interface between them, i want to update the visio file with schedule stenciles(start, finish & duration cells) with current data that i'm having in the project and vice versa. pls apply yours respond with the version comparison. Tag: How to open an MPX file with in-place activation in IE? Tag: 79787
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    - In Project 2000, Gantt Chart bars don't show what is in Gantt tab. In Project 2000, Gantt Chart bars don't show what is in Gantt table when I zoom out. It is ok when i am zoomed in to less tan 1 hour time frame, but not as I zoom out further. How do I fix???. Tag: How to open an MPX file with in-place activation in IE? Tag: 79784
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    - project should let me change the default start finish times in ca. It is confusing to have default working hours that have no meaning for my workplace. To have everyday set to "non-default working" just to alter the start time to 9:00am is too messy and confusing. Please let us change what is considered to be the "Default" working day. ie add a "Change Default" button to Tools | Change Working Time.... -- Richard Melbourne Australia Tag: How to open an MPX file with in-place activation in IE? Tag: 79780
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    - Saved pictures in MSO Picture Manager?... How do I stop all pictures from being saved in MSO Picture Manager?... Tag: How to open an MPX file with in-place activation in IE? Tag: 79776
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    - Project 2000 dates not correct when I change project calendar I set up a calendar where I define 6 hours to the day and 30 hours for the week. If I put in a project for 30 hours, it shows a duration of 5 days but the start and finish dates are less than 5 days in duration. They are four days which I believe is due to the dates being caculated based on 8 hour days. Its got my whole project out of sync! Tag: How to open an MPX file with in-place activation in IE? Tag: 79775
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    - How can I get MS Project Std02 to install over Office Pro 2003? It all seems to go OK, before the message "rolling back installation" and finishes with "MS project standard 2002 successfully installed", although it hasn't. I'm running XPPro SP1 on an HP tablet 1100. Tag: How to open an MPX file with in-place activation in IE? Tag: 79773
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    - Multi language projects on Project 2003 server? Is it possible to publish projects of different languages to project server? and from a portfolio perspective, could we track both English and different language status? Tag: How to open an MPX file with in-place activation in IE? Tag: 79772
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    - I NEED TO KNOW HOW TO GET A HEADER ON TWO LINES AND THEN DROP DOW. I AM DOING INVENTORY SHEET,I HAVE TWO HEADER'S AT THE TOP,HOW DO YOU GET THEM BOTH ON SHEET,IT WILL ONLY LET ME PUT ONE? AFTER THAT I NEED COLUMNS WITH LETTERS AT THE TOP OF THEM.AND I AM HAVING TROUBLE GETTING THAT TO WORK.AFTER THAT I WILL PUT IN LIKE A6*D6TO TOTAL AUTOMATIC THE AMOUNT ON THE SHEET AND I KNOW YOU CAN GO DOWN ONE COLUMN AND PROGRAM THE WHOLE THING . THE COLUMNS I MEAN WITH LINES GOING DOWN TO DIVIDE THE SUBJECT IN THAT COLUMN. I AM USING MICROSOFT WORD 2000. THANK YOU Tag: How to open an MPX file with in-place activation in IE? Tag: 79766
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    - Project Server We are looking to acquire MS Project Server and Project web Access for 25 > users. We have MS project 2002 Professional. > > Can someone provide information or links to information in the following.. > 1. Software Licensing and support costs Costs for Project Server and PWA > 2. Approx. periodic costs to implement and maintain > 3. Hardware considerations and requirements > 4. Additional software required, eg. DB, > > Thank You Tag: How to open an MPX file with in-place activation in IE? Tag: 79762
  - 8
    - Default calendar working hours are wrong Hello I installed Project Server 2003 in spanish in a Windows 2003 server in english. The server regional configuration is set to Costa Rica and Spanish. Everything is working fine, but when I open the Enterprise Global Template, the default working hours are from 9 am - 1 pm and 3 pm - 7 pm. I will like the default working hous to be from 8 am - 12 pm and 1 pm - 5 pm. So far the only way I have found to change the default working time is to set every working day to a non-default working time of 8 am - 12 pm and 1 pm - 5 pm. Project's documentation says that the default working time for the US is 8 am - 12 pm and 1 pm - 5 pm, I changed the server regional configuration to US, but it didn't change the calendar. Any ideas of what is wrong? Tag: How to open an MPX file with in-place activation in IE? Tag: 79754
  - 9
    - Project Server Acquisition We are looking to acquire MS Project Server and Project web Access for 25 users. We have MS project 2002 Professional. Can someone provide information or links to information in the following.. 1. Software Licensing and support costs Costs for Project Server and PWA 2. Approx. periodic costs to implement and maintain 3. Hardware considerations and requirements 4. Additional software required, eg. DB, Thank You Tag: How to open an MPX file with in-place activation in IE? Tag: 79749
  - 10
    - Location of an MS Project 2000 template Is there a way to put an MS Project template somewhere other than the "....\Templates" folder and have "File/New" find it as a template? I have been asked to develop a standard template for my customer with their basic high level tasks. The template also contains some VBA code to tailor their default view to look consistent no matter who opens the file(s). I would like to be able to place this template (.MPT file ideally) in a shared network folder. So far in my research, if I place the template file anywhere other than the "....\Templates" folder, one has to use "File/Open" to specifically open the .MPT template file, instead of "File/New" then specifying the desired template. Is this a limitation or is there a work-around or is my clue lamp just burnt out today? Jennifer Tag: How to open an MPX file with in-place activation in IE? Tag: 79748
  - 11
    - Resource - performance percent I have some resources and some people I would say work very effeciently. Others on the other hand work slower and not as effectively. Wondering where or how you can put in a peformance factor for indivual resources. Also wanting to know how to add a team of resources to a task. I know the group field but not sure how you can assign a team of people. Showing the indivuals on it- not just the team name and assign them to given tasks. Would also like to take the person off of the team if needed. Please help- thanks so much, Barb Tag: How to open an MPX file with in-place activation in IE? Tag: 79746
  - 12
    - Can a task depend on a recurring task without specifying which re. I need to schedule the approval of a task by a weekly committee meeting, but I cannot predict yet which week the approval will have to happen. Can I make my decision depend on the recurring approval task without specifying exactly which week it will occur? Tag: How to open an MPX file with in-place activation in IE? Tag: 79744
  - 13
    - Working with Fields, Filters, Creating a Template Can this be done and am I approaching it the right way? I need to create a single project template for PMs to use. I will be creating a single one that was formerly comprised of three different documents. The differences were little. I was hoping to create a single template that contains all the tasks. I want to some how distinguish between the tasks by filtering them somehow. I dont want to just color code and tell them to delete the tasks that dont apply but rather was hoping I could instruct PMs to filter according to their type of project. Once doing so, only the tasks that apply to their project would display to them (others would be hidden). Does this make sense? Again, I have three separate plans right now - called WEB, Traditional and OO. 85% of the tasks are identical. I want to conosolidate them to one plan but be able to distinguish/and filter on tasks. Tag: How to open an MPX file with in-place activation in IE? Tag: 79743
  - 14
    - How would I make a pie chart in ms project? I am trying to make a project outline for a department for a company I am contracting for.. What they want is a pie chart that shows the work completed for thre different collumns (check in, due in, check out). Tag: How to open an MPX file with in-place activation in IE? Tag: 79741
  - 15
    - Help! Hi all, Can I use Microsoft Sharepoint Team Services to share documents and other in Project Server 2003? Please get back! Dismas Tag: How to open an MPX file with in-place activation in IE? Tag: 79738
  - 16
    - Tasks STILL splitting I reviewed the numerous posts on the topic of preventing tasks from splitting and thought I had the answer, but I still have certain tasks splitting (that I don't want to). I have a task that is a one-time "approval" meeting. It is fixed duration non-effort driven. 3 resources are assigned. The "leveling can split" field on this task is set to "no". I do have the default under tools, options, "split in-progress tasks" checked. Here's my problem - The 1st resource is available on 3/18. The next available date for the other 2 is 3/25 (they are out of the office until this time). MSP splits the task and in the task usage view you can see that R#1 is 3/18 to 3/18 and R#2 and R#3 are 3/25 to 3/25. The overal duration is then of course listed as 3/18 to 3/25. I would have assumed that it would have scheduled the meeting on 3/25 (i.e. 1st time all resources are available). Bottomline, it still split the task. Any ideas? Thanks, Kevin Tag: How to open an MPX file with in-place activation in IE? Tag: 79735
  - 17
    - MS Project - Wrap This is the question I want to ask Microsoft in regard to MS Project. There is an option to print a report under "Assignments" called "To-do List " When I print this report it cuts off the "task name" information and it seems to be limited to 85 characters appearing in that column on the report. I would like for this column to "wrap" the text to the next line so that all the information appears. Another (but less ideal) option would be if I could resize the column so that all the information fits. I tried altering the page margins, but this did not increase the column widths. I also tried using the "custom report" option...but, I could not get into the actual report layout. This option only gave me the ability to alter minor selections on the report. I like this report because it gives me the weekly headers between the tasks. I cannot re-create this in just the standard "view" option (where I can actually see all the information in the taskname field). -- Ron Tag: How to open an MPX file with in-place activation in IE? Tag: 79732
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    - multiple skills for resources Hi, We are currently trying to set up a resource pool where each resource can have multiple skills and that resource can be substiuted into a new project based on one or more of these skills. For example, if we have 10 resources who are application developers we have them captured under the title "app developer," but each has expertise in different applications and we want to capture that as well and be able to search for these resources based on 1 or more of the applications they have experience with. 1. Is this set up possible? 2. Does anyone have a template of a skill set heirarchy that can be used as a guide for setting this up? Tag: How to open an MPX file with in-place activation in IE? Tag: 79730
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    - multiple skills resources? Can I set multiple skills for each resource in the pool? Is there a template available for setting up a skill heirarchy? For example, if I have 10 resources and each is an application developer, but each has a experience with different applications, I would liek to be able to substitute resources by the title "application developer" or further by the specific type of application. Is this possible with Projetc 2003? If so how woudl I set that up in the applicant pool? Tag: How to open an MPX file with in-place activation in IE? Tag: 79728
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    - Microsoft Office Manager I have the new version of Project that I loaded up and now my toolbar does = not work. I tried reinstalling Office and if the new Project is not there t= he toolbar shows my programs and works. With Project it does not even load.= Anyone know of a patch or fix for this or do I just live without the nice = little applications launch capabilities I had gotten used to. Powered by the E-mail PIM - Info Select - www.miclog.com Tag: How to open an MPX file with in-place activation in IE? Tag: 79726
  - 21
    - Is there a manual for Project 2003? I have just got a copy of Project 2003 and want to print out a hardcopy of a manual but cannot find one and all there was in the box was alot of air and a little pack with a cd! I know there is a wizard etc, but I want to be ble to have something besides me that I can jump to what ever section I want. I don't currently have the time to do a full course but just want to set the basics up at first so if anyone can recommend a effective way to learn how to use project, please let me know! Cheers... Tag: How to open an MPX file with in-place activation in IE? Tag: 79722
  - 22
    - Transition from days to hours for cetain tasks Is it possible to have a prjoect setup using days and then transition to hours for certain tasks that will require hourly detail? Tag: How to open an MPX file with in-place activation in IE? Tag: 79715
  - 23
    - How do I highlight the background of the task names? Hi, I'm trying to highlight the background of my tasks under the task names column in different colors for tasks that are not started yet but there isn't a fill color option available at the toolbar. I have tried to use the drawing option, but the cycle fill color option ($cycle fill color) is disabled. Any clues? Thanks. Tag: How to open an MPX file with in-place activation in IE? Tag: 79714
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    - Crosstab Report Hi All We use MS Project 2003 Standard/MS Windows 2000. We have a resource pool setup - all projects are linked to this. 1. If I do a crosstab report or a "who does what when" report can I do this on the resource pool or do I need to create a master file with all the projects inserted or linked in? I am trying to get a view each 2 weeks/month/etc of what all the resources in the pool are doing. 2. In resource usage view within the pool I have added another column "project" which shows the project name - it also shows the full path of the project \\servername\folder\folder\projectname.mpp - any way to just show the projectname.mpp and not full path. Thanks Mark Tag: How to open an MPX file with in-place activation in IE? Tag: 79712
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    - Determining Calendar Days in MS Porject 2000 Statistics shows me the net working days in a project. If I want to know the calendar day duration (which would include holidays and weekends) is there a way to find this without doing a separate calculation, i.e. simply counting the days? Thanks in advance for any assistance. Tag: How to open an MPX file with in-place activation in IE? Tag: 79711

How is it possible to open an MPX file through a browser and have it open
using "in-place activation", that is, opening inside of the browser window?
Currently, MSproject opens separately and the MPX file is loaded into that
window separate of the browser.

What I am trying to do is have a web-based program (written in PHP) generate
an MPX file and display a MSP2k-based gantt chart inside the IE browser
window. Perhaps there is an OLE container available that runs in-place, but
then load MSP passing it the MPX?.??

Any ideas would be appreciated.. thank you.

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Re: How to open an MPX file with in-place activation in IE? by Mike

Mike
Tue Mar 08 17:00:31 CST 2005

Hi Pokepin ,

Try posting on the developer newsgroup. Please see FAQ Item: 24. Project
Newsgroups. FAQs, companion products and other useful Project information
can be seen at this web address: http://www.mvps.org/project/.

Mike Glen
Project MVP

wrote:
> How is it possible to open an MPX file through a browser and have it
> open using "in-place activation", that is, opening inside of the
> browser window? Currently, MSproject opens separately and the MPX
> file is loaded into that window separate of the browser.
>
> What I am trying to do is have a web-based program (written in PHP)
> generate an MPX file and display a MSP2k-based gantt chart inside the
> IE browser window. Perhaps there is an OLE container available that
> runs in-place, but then load MSP passing it the MPX?.??
>
> Any ideas would be appreciated.. thank you.

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