Programmatic Entry of Outline Codes

[Tony]

Hi all,

I'm having a problem adding Enterprise Outline Codes. Another program
access MSP Server adding values to certain Enterprise Outline Codes
fields. The user cannot edit these in MS Project ensuring the two apps
stay synchronized.

The Outline Code field that I set is displayed in the Project
Information display.

I've tried to set them through both PDS and DB entries (taking care to
mark the PROJ_EXT_EDITED_CODE field in the MSP_PROJECTS table).
Although the values are available when I open the Enterprise Global and
go to Tools/Custom/Enterprise Fields, the values do not show up in the
Project Information box for the individual project even though I can
see the entry in the MSP_OUTLINE_CODES and MSP_CODE_FIELDS tables.

Does anyone know what I shoulod pursue to fix this?

Thx in advance,
-Tony

 

[Tony]

In answer to my own question, outline codes cannot have special
characters in the MSP_OUTLINE_CODES.OC_NAME field, otherwise they won't
work in MSP. In .Net, I used the following to strip them out:

MyName = System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex.Replace(Value, "[^\w\ ]",
"")