Urgent !!!

[sarith sutha]

Hi,
I need to store some custom data into a .mpp file. The datatypes
provided by Microsoft Project for a Custom Document Properties are
only text,date,number , boolean . I need to store a collection , how
do i go about it? is there any work around?
Is there any size limitations on these properties?

Thankx in advance.

 

[Jack D.]

Hi,
I need to store some custom data into a .mpp file. The datatypes
provided by Microsoft Project for a Custom Document Properties are
only text,date,number , boolean . I need to store a collection , how
do i go about it? is there any work around?
Is there any size limitations on these properties?

Thankx in advance.

You can not create a new datatype in an mpp file. The workaround would be to
use a text field or the notes field (which is bigger) and store your
information in some way that you can parse it as a collection.

Specifically, what is it you are trying to store? Perhaps there is an
alternative way of doing this.




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[sarith sutha]

You can not create a new datatype in an mpp file. The workaround would be to
use a text field or the notes field (which is bigger) and store your
information in some way that you can parse it as a collection.

Specifically, what is it you are trying to store? Perhaps there is an
alternative way of doing this.

Thankx for the prompt reply .
I was planning to store a mapping of the task id of the task in MPP to
an id of the corresponding object in my application. I cannot store
this in any of the custom fields becoz the mapping is not one to one.
i.e two tasks in MPP may correspond to only one object in my platform
and vice versa .

This mapping can be put in an XML format. Is there a way to store the
XML in an MPP file ?

 

[Rod Gill]

Hi,

Why not enter the id of the object in your app in Number1 or Text1 in
Project? You get multiple tasks in Project to one object in your app. I
don't see why you need a collection?

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[sarith sutha]

Hi,
Thankx. I followed this idea and its working fine...