Adding views to a custom view menu

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Kelly O

Our IT folks have created some custom views and would like to store them in a
sub-menu of the View menu. I was able to create a new sub-menu using
Tools/Customize/Toolbars, but I cannot determine if MSP allows views to be
added to the sub-menu. I would like it to work like the Table: and Toobar:
submenus.

If this function is not possible, please provide alternatives for custom
views separately from the tool's default views.

Thanks
 
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Dale Howard [MVP]

Kelly O --

Yes, you can add custom Views to a new custom submenu. Assuming you have
successfully added and renamed the new submenu to the Views menu, then
here's how to do it:

1. Click View - Toolbars - Customize
2. Select the Commands tab
3. In the list of Categories, select the All Commands category
4. From the resulting list of Commands, select the ViewApply command
5. Drag the ViewApply command to the new submenu and drop it there
6. Right click on the new "Apply View..." menu item on the submenu and
select Assign Menu from the shortcut menu
7. In the command line, add a space character and then type the exact name
of the new View (include double quotes around the name)

The Command line would look like the following if the name of the View were
msPE Cost Variance:

ViewApply "msPE Cost Variance"

8. Click the OK button
9. Right-click on the new "Apply View..." menu item, assign a Name to the
new menu item, and then press the Enter key
10. Repeat steps 4-9 for each custom view
11. Click the Close button

Hope this helps.


--
Dale A. Howard [MVP]
Enterprise Project Trainer/Consultant
Denver, Colorado
http://www.msprojectexperts.com
"We wrote the book on Project Server"
 
K

Kelly O

Thanks for the help! I'll give this a try.

Dale Howard said:
Kelly O --

Yes, you can add custom Views to a new custom submenu. Assuming you have
successfully added and renamed the new submenu to the Views menu, then
here's how to do it:

1. Click View - Toolbars - Customize
2. Select the Commands tab
3. In the list of Categories, select the All Commands category
4. From the resulting list of Commands, select the ViewApply command
5. Drag the ViewApply command to the new submenu and drop it there
6. Right click on the new "Apply View..." menu item on the submenu and
select Assign Menu from the shortcut menu
7. In the command line, add a space character and then type the exact name
of the new View (include double quotes around the name)

The Command line would look like the following if the name of the View were
msPE Cost Variance:

ViewApply "msPE Cost Variance"

8. Click the OK button
9. Right-click on the new "Apply View..." menu item, assign a Name to the
new menu item, and then press the Enter key
10. Repeat steps 4-9 for each custom view
11. Click the Close button

Hope this helps.


--
Dale A. Howard [MVP]
Enterprise Project Trainer/Consultant
Denver, Colorado
http://www.msprojectexperts.com
"We wrote the book on Project Server"
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