Reading/Writing Project data programmatically

[Josh]

Hi! We are starting to use MS Project in our small software development group.

Previously, we had been using a small time-tracking utility that one of us
had written. The program pops up every hour or two, asks you what task you
have been working on, and then hides again. It allows us to keep a fairly
accurate measurement of how much time we put into each task.

I want to integrate this program with MS Project. Right now, I am opening up
Project, copying all of my assigned tasks into our time-tracking program, and
then entering the data from the time-tracking program back into Project at
the end of the week. I would like to automate these steps (the retrieval of
the tasks from Project, and the entering of the times into Project).

Where is the best place for me to look to find out how to do this? I'm
guessing there's a well-documented and easy-to-use interface for a simple
operation like this, but I haven't been able to find it.

Thanks in advance for any help!

 

[Jan De Messemaeker]

Hi,

This inteface could well be VBA.
On the MVP website http://www.mvps.org there is a link to a VBA "course" by
Microsoft; it is labeled for Project 98 but the only difference is that now
there are afew more objects.

HTH

 

[Mike Glen]

Hi Josh,

Try posting on the developer newsgroup. Please see FAQ Item: 24. Project
Newsgroups. FAQs, companion products and other useful Project information
can be seen at this web address: http://project.mvps.org/faqs.htm

Mike Glen
Project MVP

 

[Josh]

Oh, oops, I didn't notice that there was a developer newsgroup. Thanks a bunch!

 

[Mike Glen]

You're welcome, Josh and good luck!

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP