Project Directory

[Thomas Pagel]

Hi,

how can I find out the directory Project Professional 2002/2003 is installed
in?

Thanks,


Thomas

 

[Jan De Messemaeker]

Do a search on Winproj.exe
HTH
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[Thomas Pagel]

Jan,

well, that's a "work around" but no serious solution, because it can take a
serious amount of time...

I found a way to ask the MS installer for the directory, but that article is
only for C, not VB... No idea how to do that in VB...

Thanks,


Thomas

 

[Jan De Messemaeker]

Hi Thomas,

I do not know how many files you have, but when I ask for a Find (via the
Start menu of Windows) that takes hardly one minute.
HTH

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[Thomas Pagel]

Jan,

OK, but I'm working on an application which will run in the background and
will start every 5 minutes to update some projects... Then one minute
searching for winproj.exe is long...

Thanks,


Thomas

 

[Jan De Messemaeker]

Hi Thomas,

In my idea you did the search manually, then entered the result as a
constant... sorry for the misunderstanding.
Fact is, will you run each time in a different computer?
If not, you absolutely do not need the address of Winproj.exe, I think most
languages can add a reference to an other application can't they?
By all means, VBA does that.
So you add the refernce to MS project and then use the CreateObject methiod
(or the equivalent in the language you use) to create an
MSProject.application Object and you can then fdo whatever you want.

Gruesse aus Belgien,


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Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
Project Management Consultancy
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[J Baird]

If MSP is running, "Application.Path" will give you the path that it's
stored in.

 

[Jack D.]

Hi,

how can I find out the directory Project Professional 2002/2003 is
installed in?

Thanks,


Thomas

There should be a registry entry for it.
I find one in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Classes/Applications/WINPROJ.EXE/shell/Open/comm
and which contains the path.
There may be others.
Use the GetSetting function to retrieve it:
Syntax

GetSetting(appname, section, key[, default])

-Jack


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[Thomas Pagel]

Jack,

thanks, there are losts to choose from... I'll try to find one which is as
independant of the project version as possible...


Thomas

Hi,

how can I find out the directory Project Professional 2002/2003 is
installed in?

Thanks,


Thomas

There should be a registry entry for it.
I find one in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Classes/Applications/WINPROJ.EXE/shell/Open/comm
and which contains the path.
There may be others.
Use the GetSetting function to retrieve it:
Syntax

GetSetting(appname, section, key[, default])

-Jack


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infrequently. For Macros and other things check http://masamiki.com/project

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[Thomas Pagel]

....I need the path to start it...


Thomas

If MSP is running, "Application.Path" will give you the path that it's
stored in.

 

[Thomas Pagel]

Jan,

the problem with CreateObject is that you don't have access to Project
Server after starting Project Professional... at least it doesn't work for
me... If you start Project Professional first, then everything is fine...
but then you need the path for it...

Thanks,


Thomas

 

[Rod Gill]

Hi,

No need. Run teh search once and store teh path in the Registry using:
SaveSetting "MyApp", "Proejct", "Path", ProjPath

You can also use:
dim ProjApp as Object
set ProjApp=createobject("MSProejct.Application") to return a Proejct object
ProjPath=ProjApp.path
SaveSetting "MyApp", "Project", "Path", ProjPath
ProjApp.Quit
Set ProjApp=nothing

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[Thomas Pagel]

Rod,

thanks, we'll give that a try...


Thomas

Hi,

No need. Run teh search once and store teh path in the Registry using:
SaveSetting "MyApp", "Proejct", "Path", ProjPath

You can also use:
dim ProjApp as Object
set ProjApp=createobject("MSProejct.Application") to return a Proejct object
ProjPath=ProjApp.path
SaveSetting "MyApp", "Project", "Path", ProjPath
ProjApp.Quit
Set ProjApp=nothing

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Rod Gill
Project MVP
For Microsoft Project companion projects, best practices and Project VBA
development services
visit www.projectlearning.com/

 

[Jack D.]

Jack,

thanks, there are losts to choose from... I'll try to find one which is as
independant of the project version as possible...


Thomas

There should be a registry entry for it.
I find one in

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Classes/Applications/WINPROJ.EXE/shell/Open/comm

and which contains the path.
There may be others.
Use the GetSetting function to retrieve it:
Syntax

GetSetting(appname, section, key[, default])

-Jack


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I believe that the one I posted is the one which will launch if you
doubleclick a file which is associated with Ms project.

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