Project 2007 & Visio 2003 on same machine, can't import timeline d

[PM_Bob]

Is there some bug that prevents this from working? I have colleagues that
have Project 2000 and Visio 2000 on their machines, and the import/export
wizard seems to work just fine.

I need to be able to import milestones from MS Project 2007 in to a timeline
in Visio 2003.l

 

[AlEdlund]

They live very happily with each other because they are both totally unaware
of the other. p2007 came out after v2003 was released.
al

 

[PM_Bob]

Any clever way to get v2003 to recognize 2007 project .mpp files, or must I
buy an upgrade to Visio 2007 for this minor feature to work?

Thanks.

 

[Paul Herber]

Any clever way to get v2003 to recognize 2007 project .mpp files, or must I
buy an upgrade to Visio 2007 for this minor feature to work?

Can you save the Project2007 files in an earlier format to a temporary file (don't
overwrite your original file of course!)?

 

[AlEdlund]

Actually I think that under the covers it is calling the executable from
p2003. David Parker may have a better answer since he owns the WBS addin.
al

 

[PM_Bob]

I did the "save as" a 2003 format .mpp file, but Visio apparently has no way
to understand there is now a 2003 format file it can open----as I still do
not receive the import/export menu under the Timeline main navigation.
Frustrating since my colleagues running Project 2000 and Visio 2000 use this
and it works nicely. Perhaps it would work if I had Project 2003 and Visio
2007. Unfortunately I don't and really don't want to go that route. Please
keep thinking how to make this work---why can't Visio recognize the existence
of Project 2007 on the same system, where does it look to know there is an
instance of Project on the system at all?

 

[David J Parker [MVP Visio]]

Wohoa there partner ... I don't own the Project Import ad-in ... I just
wrote the WBS Modeler add-in (and Microsoft own it)