Project 2007 How to compare project plans

P

Peter

I can not figure out how to use the Compare Project Version toolbar in
Project 2007. The help file says to Choose the project versions to compare
but I can not find any UI to select project files to compare and to start the
compare?
 
D

Dale Howard [MVP]

Peter --

Click View - Toolbars. Do you see the Compare Project Versions toolbar on
the list? If not, perhaps you need to reinstall the software with the
option to install all components. Let us know.
 
P

Peter

I can get to the "Compare Project Version" toolbar but cannot find how to
"Choose the project versions you want to compare". I opened two projects
think that was the way to select which projects to compare but I count not
initiate a comparison. The tool bar has the following options but nothing
seems to happen when I left mouse click the icons or select a different ddlb
options.
- Compare Project Versions icon
- Go to Task/Resource in Project Versions icon
- Show changed items ddlb
- Show data and difference column ddlb
- I icon for more information
Nothing happens when I click these icons or change the ddlb selection.
 
P

Peter

I can get to the "Compare Project Version" toolbar but cannot find how to
"Choose the project versions you want to compare". I opened two projects
think that was the way to select which projects to compare but I count not
initiate a comparison. The tool bar has the following options but nothing
seems to happen when I left mouse click the icons or select a different ddlb
options.
- Compare Project Versions icon
- Go to Task/Resource in Project Versions icon
- Show changed items ddlb
- Show data and difference column ddlb
- I icon for more information
Nothing happens when I click these icons or change the ddlb selection.
 
J

Jim Aksel

When installing the compare project toolbar, I had one additional problem.
Although the toolbar showed up, it would not operate. To correct this,
Tools/COM Add Ins...
Then select Add...
In the default installation, browse to:
c:\Program Files\Microsofto Office\Office12\COMPPRJ.DLL
Make sure you use the Office12 version, the Office11 folder is for 2003.

Close and re-open Microsoft Project 2007.
 
P

Peter

Thanks Jim. That fixed it.
I added the "COM add-ins" to my toolbar, removed the compare utility and
then re-added it and now it works. Project 2007 did error and restarted
after I removed the compare utility but everything worked once the Project
2007 application restarted.
 
D

dtetreau

I did all of the above and am still having issues.
"Run-Time error '1101'"
...OK'ed that window...
"Run-Time error '440'"
...OK'ed that window...

Project file opened with lots of version 1 and version 2 fields but no
real data to compare. Tried several ways and times to no avail.

Help!
 
J

John

dtetreau said:
I did all of the above and am still having issues.
"Run-Time error '1101'"
..OK'ed that window...
"Run-Time error '440'"
..OK'ed that window...

Project file opened with lots of version 1 and version 2 fields but no
real data to compare. Tried several ways and times to no avail.

Help!

dtetreau,
Did all of what above? The only part of your thread that shows on my
newsreader is your current post.

How did you "OK" the run-time error messages? And what do you mean by,
"Tried several ways and times to no avail"?

Are the two files you are trying to compare "genetically related"? Since
the compare utility uses the Unique ID field as the index for comparing,
if one file was not "made" from the other file, the compare utility
won't work.

John
Project MVP
 

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