Mandate the default view in Project Pro?

[Steve]

Is there anyway I can mandate which View is first involed when Project Pro
starts? I know I can do this in an enterprise template but can it be
performed by the server or is it down to individual Project Managers to
switch to this view?

 

[Dale Howard [MVP]]

Steve --

You are correct that you can set the initial View in an enterprise project
template. However, the Project Server administrator CANNOT mandate the
initial starting View in each user's copy of Project Professional 2007 when
he/she launches the software. The only way to do this is to teach your PMs
to launch Project Professional 2007 and click Tools - Options, and then
specify a value in the Default View pick list on the View tab. Hope this
helps.

 

[Steve]

thanks for the confirmation Dale

Steve --

You are correct that you can set the initial View in an enterprise project
template. However, the Project Server administrator CANNOT mandate the
initial starting View in each user's copy of Project Professional 2007 when
he/she launches the software. The only way to do this is to teach your PMs
to launch Project Professional 2007 and click Tools - Options, and then
specify a value in the Default View pick list on the View tab. Hope this
helps.

 

[Dale Howard [MVP]]

Steve --

You are more than welcome, my friend!

 

[Vaso Vukovic]

Just thinking loudly here.. maybe there is a way to write a macro that
changes the current view which runs 'On Open' event ?? so that way it would
sort of mandate it as it would open specific view every time you open a
project..

You would use a single liner like "ViewApply Name:="Resource &Usage"

(change resource usage to what youd want it to be..)

 

[Jan De Messemaeker]

That works yes, I've done it.

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[Marc Soester [MVP]]

the only yukkie part about including a Macro to the Enterprise Global is that
the Security dialog comes up every time you open it. Has anyone a solution
for that?

 

[Vaso Vukovic]

I believe there are two ways:

1. reduce macro security to Low (well we know that one is almost never going
to happen but it is an option which is easy )

2. Create a digital certificate (talk to your PMO office and security
team), get them to sign the macro in the global template with that digital
certificate and get users to either trust the publisher or deploy a setting
as trusted publisher (check with domain administrator if he has deployed MS
Office plugins/addons for Group Policy).

Have a look at:
http://office.microsoft.com/trainin...ID=RC011615881033&CTT=6&Origin=RC011615881033



It's for Excel I think but the logic is the same..


...maybe the new version of MS Project will have better office integration
with the trust center so then you could even point to a location where
global.mpt is and make it safe to run macros from.

 

[Marc Soester [MVP]]

Thanks Vaso, I do kow of both options, but both are kind a yukkie. Was
hoping that someone else has a smarter idea
Thanks for your post
Marc
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I believe there are two ways:

1. reduce macro security to Low (well we know that one is almost never going
to happen but it is an option which is easy )

2. Create a digital certificate (talk to your PMO office and security
team), get them to sign the macro in the global template with that digital
certificate and get users to either trust the publisher or deploy a setting
as trusted publisher (check with domain administrator if he has deployed MS
Office plugins/addons for Group Policy).

Have a look at:
http://office.microsoft.com/trainin...ID=RC011615881033&CTT=6&Origin=RC011615881033



It's for Excel I think but the logic is the same..


..maybe the new version of MS Project will have better office integration
with the trust center so then you could even point to a location where
global.mpt is and make it safe to run macros from.

the only yukkie part about including a Macro to the Enterprise Global is that
the Security dialog comes up every time you open it. Has anyone a solution
for that?