Initiate Project With PWA (Project Server 2003)

[Vincent]

Does somebody here know how to create/initiate project not using Project
Professional 2003? My client doesn't want to initiate/create project with
project professional, but he wants to create project everywhere, just use
browser. Any experience on it?

 

[Rod Gill]

You can use the PDS programming interface to create a project, but getting
it developed will take some time and skill. I must say that I am less and
less keen on web apps with every passing week. Given a typical slow WAN, a
web app sends data down and of course all formatting. I find even simple
apps written in Excel or other front ends that only pull down data run 2 to
3 times faster than a web app and have a much richer and more productive
user interface.

So why the insistence on a web app?

Another solution is remote access using terminal services to run Project
Professional. In Project Server all schedule calculations are still done in
Project Professional so sooner or later the schedule must be opened in
Project Professional to get calculated.

 

[Vincent]

Yes, I've tried to use the PDS to create the project, but why I got error
when I try to run this xml :
<Request>
<ProjectCreate>
<AutoPublish>1</AutoPublish>
<Project>
<ProjectName>Project123</ProjectName>
<StartDate>01/01/2005</StartDate>
</Project>
</ProjectCreate>
</Request>
And the reply is :
<Reply>
<HRESULT>0</HRESULT>
<STATUS>504</STATUS>
<UserName>Administrator</UserName>
</Reply>
No project was created.

I'm sure I have a valid login (default administrator) and the project URL is
valid.
I try to run this XML through PDSTest.NET that is included in the
PDSReference as sample .NET application.
Refer to the help provided in ProjectCreate Method, but i don't understand
this :
"If the default version of the requested ProjectName does not already exist,
then the PDS returns an error. " Any idea?

Thank you for the help.

 

[Vincent]

Solved.
504 means incorrect date format.

Yes, I've tried to use the PDS to create the project, but why I got error
when I try to run this xml :
<Request>
<ProjectCreate>
<AutoPublish>1</AutoPublish>
<Project>
<ProjectName>Project123</ProjectName>
<StartDate>01/01/2005</StartDate>
</Project>
</ProjectCreate>
</Request>
And the reply is :
<Reply>
<HRESULT>0</HRESULT>
<STATUS>504</STATUS>
<UserName>Administrator</UserName>
</Reply>
No project was created.

I'm sure I have a valid login (default administrator) and the project URL is
valid.
I try to run this XML through PDSTest.NET that is included in the
PDSReference as sample .NET application.
Refer to the help provided in ProjectCreate Method, but i don't understand
this :
"If the default version of the requested ProjectName does not already exist,
then the PDS returns an error. " Any idea?

Thank you for the help.