PWA Client Setup - Are the procedures neccessary

[Brad Harris]

PWA 2007
Client Setup
Question - Are the procedures written in the deployment guide for setting up
a client neccessary.

Here they are:
Browsers not supported for use with Project Server 2007
All other browsers other than Level 1 browsers are not supported for use
with Office Project Server 2007. This includes all Level 2 browsers such as
Firefox 1.5, Mozilla, and Netscape Navigator 8.1.
Older browsers — such as Internet Explorer 5.01, Internet Explorer 5.5x,
Internet Explorer for Macintosh, and older versions of third-party level 2
browsers — are not supported.
Enabling ActiveX controls on the client in secure environments
Some of the features in Office Project Server 2007 use ActiveX controls on
the client to provide functionality. In secured environments, these controls
might not have been downloaded and the user might be prevented from
downloading them because of security restrictions. You must download and
enable these controls on the client for these features to work.
The ActiveX controls reside in two .cab files that are located on your
Project Server site in the following folder:
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server
extensions\12\TEMPLATE\LAYOUTS\PWA\OBJECTS\1033
The following are the two .cab files:
• Pjclient.cab
• Pjcintl.cab (in the 1033 subfolder or other language folders)
These two cab files contain the following files:
Pjcintl.cab:
• langcabENU12.inf (This file is not required to manually install controls.)
• Pj12ENUc.dll
Pjclient.cab:
• Microsoft.vc80.crt.manifest (This file is not required for the manual
installation of controls.)
• Msvcr80.dll
• Pjgrid12.ocx
• Pjprint12.dll
• Pjquery12.ocx
• Pjres12c.dll
• Pjtextconv12.dll
To enable client-side controls
1. Log on to the client computer as Administrator.
2. Connect to the Project Server, and then copy the Pjclient.cab file and
the Pjcintl.cab file from the following folder: C:\Program Files\Common
Files\Microsoft Shared\web server
extensions\12\TEMPLATE\LAYOUTS\PWA\OBJECTS\1033
3. Paste the files in a folder on the computer.
4. Double-click the Pjcintl.cab file to open it, and then click the
Pj11enuc.dll file.
5. On the File menu, click Extract.
6. Expand My Computer, expand Local Disk, expand Windows, and then click
Downloaded Program Files.
7. Click Extract.
8. Close the Pjcintl.cab file.
9. Double-click Pjclient.cab to open it, and then click Select all on the
Edit menu.
10. On the File menu, click Extract.
11. Expand My Computer, expand Local Disk, expand Windows, and then click
Downloaded Program Files.
12. Click Extract.
13. Close the Pjclient.cab file.
14. Click Start, click Run, type CMD, and then click OK.
15. Type CD %windir%\Downloaded Program Files, and then press ENTER.
16. Type regsvr32 pj12enuc.dll , and then press ENTER.
17. Type regsvr32 pjres12c.dll, and then press ENTER.
18. Type for %i in (pj*.dll) do regsvr32 %i, and then press ENTER.
19. Confirm that registration was successful in each window that opens.
Click OK to close each regsvr32 window.
20. Type for %i in (pj*.ocx) do regsvr32 %i, and then press ENTER.
21. Confirm that registration was successful in each window that opens.
Click OK to close each command window.

 

[James Fraser]

PWA 2007
Client Setup
Question - Are the procedures written in the deployment guide for settingup
a client neccessary.

Here they are:
Browsers not supported for use with Project Server 2007
All other browsers other than Level 1 browsers are not supported for use
with Office Project Server 2007. This includes all Level 2 browsers such as
Firefox 1.5, Mozilla, and Netscape Navigator 8.1.
Older browsers - such as Internet Explorer 5.01, Internet Explorer 5.5x,
Internet Explorer for Macintosh, and older versions of third-party level 2
browsers - are not supported.
Enabling ActiveX controls on the client in secure environments
Some of the features in Office Project Server 2007 use ActiveX controls on
the client to provide functionality. In secured environments, these controls
might not have been downloaded and the user might be prevented from
downloading them because of security restrictions. You must download and
enable these controls on the client for these features to work.
The ActiveX controls reside in two .cab files that are located on your
Project Server site in the following folder:
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server
extensions\12\TEMPLATE\LAYOUTS\PWA\OBJECTS\1033
The following are the two .cab files:
· Pjclient.cab
· Pjcintl.cab (in the 1033 subfolder or other language folders)
These two cab files contain the following files:
Pjcintl.cab:
· langcabENU12.inf (This file is not required to manually install controls.)
· Pj12ENUc.dll
Pjclient.cab:
· Microsoft.vc80.crt.manifest (This file is not required for the manual
installation of controls.)
· Msvcr80.dll
· Pjgrid12.ocx
· Pjprint12.dll
· Pjquery12.ocx
· Pjres12c.dll
· Pjtextconv12.dll
To enable client-side controls
1. Log on to the client computer as Administrator.
2. Connect to the Project Server, and then copy the Pjclient.cab file and
the Pjcintl.cab file from the following folder: C:\Program Files\Common
Files\Microsoft Shared\web server
extensions\12\TEMPLATE\LAYOUTS\PWA\OBJECTS\1033
3. Paste the files in a folder on the computer.
4. Double-click the Pjcintl.cab file to open it, and then click the
Pj11enuc.dll file.
5. On the File menu, click Extract.
6. Expand My Computer, expand Local Disk, expand Windows, and then click
Downloaded Program Files.
7. Click Extract.
8. Close the Pjcintl.cab file.
9. Double-click Pjclient.cab to open it, and then click Select all on the
Edit menu.
10. On the File menu, click Extract.
11. Expand My Computer, expand Local Disk, expand Windows, and then click
Downloaded Program Files.
12. Click Extract.
13. Close the Pjclient.cab file.
14. Click Start, click Run, type CMD, and then click OK.
15. Type CD %windir%\Downloaded Program Files, and then press ENTER.
16. Type regsvr32 pj12enuc.dll , and then press ENTER.
17. Type regsvr32 pjres12c.dll, and then press ENTER.
18. Type for %i in (pj*.dll) do regsvr32 %i, and then press ENTER.
19. Confirm that registration was successful in each window that opens.
Click OK to close each regsvr32 window.
20. Type for %i in (pj*.ocx) do regsvr32 %i, and then press ENTER.
21. Confirm that registration was successful in each window that opens.
Click OK to close each command window.

If you have the rights to install ActiveX controls on your local
machine, and are running an appropriate version of IE, then no, these
steps will happen automatically as you install the ActiveX controls.
In 2007, these controls are not loaded at first connection, but only
when you go to a page that requires them, such as the Project Center.


James Fraser