Subprojects edited in XMLDocument

[Jens Peter Kempkes]

Hello!

I would like to edit projects, which are exported from Ms Project into a xml
file.
The changes will be done by another program. This file should be re-imported
by project later. (For example a task will be set to a new start date)

Problems occur as soon as I try to edit XML files which contain subprojects.
Project seems always to recover the original information from the MPP file
belonging to the given subproject.

Does anyone know a way to make sure project updates all subprojects with the
provided changes?

Thanks in advance,
jens peter kempkes
University of Paderborn, Germany

 

[Rod Gill]

With linked sub-projects, that's the programmed behaviour. If you want to
change sub-project data you need to edit the xml file for each sub-project.

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[Jens Peter Kempkes]

Hello!

Thanks for your reply.
I've got some additional questions:

1) All in all, there's no way to use Project to update all linked projects
with new data from a whole xml file?

2) How can I link to xml-subprojects? Xml-Files are not allowed in "Insert /
Project" - operation ("wrong fileformat")

3) Which XMLKnode represents whenether a subproject is linked or not?

 

[Rod Gill]

1) Correct
2) Can't, need to convert to Project first or create projects in a database.
3) Look for the task ID that represents the subproject task and look at its
nodes.

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