Questions tagged [ms-project]

Microsoft Project is a tool to help plan projects and track progress against that plan

Microsoft Project is a software tool for planning projects at granular level and tracking progress against that plan. You can:

  • plan projects
  • create teams
  • create resources and manage their working time
  • manage tasks and allocations of resources to tasks
  • create timesheets
  • track work progress (actuals)
  • track project costs

and much more in a single intuitive interface.

This tag is for programming questions related to the use of . General questions about MS Project use should be referred to superuser.com.

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Importing mpp file into SQL Server through ASP.NET?

I have an assignment which is to import mpp file into database via ASP.NET (C#). Can anyone please advice me on this matter. Any help is very much appreciated. Thanks.
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How / where to save persistent data using VBA in MS Project 2003

I'm currently writing a macro using the MS Project 2003 Visual Basic editor, for which I need to save a path to an template excel spreadsheet. I'd like the user to be able to change the path and for the setting to be persistently saved…
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executing macros on time interval in ms-project

I'm trying to create a macro to save an ms-project file in a specific format to a given location at a set interval while the application is open. I've got it mostly working, except the executing on an interval part. I've had a bit of a google…
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Wix - Use WixVariables on .wixproj

i'm on Visual Studio 2012 and i use wix I wanted to use a WixVariables or a DefineConstants on Target After build (wixproj) when i unload the project i used on…
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Using CSOM to update multiple tasks with only 1 project publish

I have the following code that updates certain task fields. The problem with this code is that I have to publish an entire project after updating each task one-by-one. So for example, if I had 500 tasks to update, the project would have to be…
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Keeping an MS Project and an MS Excel File synchronized via the MS Project import function

I have an Excel file containing tasks that is exported from an Access database (master). This Excel file then serves as an import file for MS Project. Subsequently, MS Project is then used for the actual tracking and reporting and enhances the task…
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super minimalist plugin for MS Project: where to get started?

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…
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ASP.net and MS Office Project integration and exporting it as image

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…
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How to View a TFS Work Item in MS Project in a Visual Studio-like Form

I'm using MS Project to manage my TFS work items. The standard Summary Task Information window that comes up when double-clicking on a task is slightly inadequate when dealing with TFS work items. It lacks the standard work item view that we're…
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is there a ruby interface to ms project server?

is there a way to connect to ms project server using ruby? we are using MS project server 2007
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How to Import Excel Worksheet into Microsoft Project?

I want to import the following Microsoft Excel worksheet into Microsoft Project (2010): Essentially, the worksheet has tasks and subtasks in column A, Start Dates in column B, and Finish Dates in column C. The conditional highlighting you see is…
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How to use VBA to read text entered in an editBox on a custom Ribbon tab?

I have added a tab to the Ribbon in MS Project 2010 using the SetCustomUI VBA method as detailed here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee767705. The tab XML loads fine and the layout is set up properly. The problem is when executing the VBA…
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Task.Duration Property in ms project

How I have to convert Task.Duration that get valid result? I find explanations about this property in MSDN: Gets or sets the duration (in minutes) of a task. But it doesn't work correct. If I divided result by 60 (minutes in hour) and 24(hours in…
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Can't publish project plan to TFS

I want to use a .MPP MS Project 2007 plan which has not yet been mapped to work items in TFS, the TFS project is empty, I mean that there are no work items at all. I want to synchronize with http://localhost:8080/tfs/ so that I can transfer my…
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MS Project Add-In Programming in .Net

We are building an Add-in for MS project and relatively new to the Office SDK programming. Any tips, guidelines, links for MS Project Add-In programming would be really helpful.
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