XML - Get Project Method

[Adrian]

Hi,

I hope someone can help me with this. When I save a project as XML it
correctly stores any custom fields (Text 1, etc) as Extended Attributes in
the XML file that is generated.

However when I run a call using the Get Project method in PDS, the returned
XML does not seem to include these Extended Attributes.

My question is fairly simple therefore - should the GetProject method return
these attributes ?
and if not how can I capture these additional attributes so that I can pass
this data to a thrid party application (accounting system) - and the custom
field contains an account code.

I am assuming that it would, otherwise how would it be possible to pass
attributes such as account codes etc to an accouting system.

I'm guessing it may be something to do with the version of the parser I'm
using perhaps ?

Also, if I were to use the ProjectCreate method, could I also pass Extended
Attribute data for a task into the project I am creating using the Extended
Attribute options ?

Any information/references/links that would help me out on this would be
greatly appreciated !

BTW we are using Project Pro 2003 SP2, Project Server 2003 SP2a.

Thanks.

Adrian

 

[Rod Gill]

Hi,

PDS is limited, so you need to extend it to add the information you want. Be
aware as well that because PDS hasn't worked well, Project Server 2007 has
completely replaced it with PSI. There is no PDS support at all in 2007, so
consider other solutions such as interim tables in the database etc. as your
solution.

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Rod Gill
Project MVP

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