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General Board / EA community assistance required (please)
« on: October 10, 2008, 02:40:12 am »
Dear all,
As part of the development for Time Architect 2.2 (http://timearchitect.net) (that will be launched very soon) we have included the ability to export directly to MS Excel pre-formated in the way such that it can be read by MS Project for importing (MS Excel Workbook format).
However, during the beta testing (which is under way at the moment) it was discovered that MS Project needs the MS Excel file in the correct language that is being used on the computer. So, if you are running MS Project in German, Dutch or French (for example) then the headings must be in the appropriate language...
To resolve this, we have added an extra feature to the MS Excel workbook export that allows you to give Time Architect an example MS Project Excel file and it will read the correct headings and sheet names from that when it creates the output.
We are asking the EA community to help by providing examples of exports from MS Project in 'Workbook format' in as many languages as possible (we currently have German - and the default of English). It only needs a single task in the file so there is no risk of disclosure. We can then test these locally and we will then make these template files available on the web-site as part of the downloads for the future. If you are willing to help, then please contact us via this forum or the Solutions Reality contact form (http://solutionsreality.com/contactus.aspx)
Please note, we have taken this route as we believe that it is more flexible and dynamic than just using the resource files route as we can respond to all users demands.
Thank you in advance for your assistance on this.
As part of the development for Time Architect 2.2 (http://timearchitect.net) (that will be launched very soon) we have included the ability to export directly to MS Excel pre-formated in the way such that it can be read by MS Project for importing (MS Excel Workbook format).
However, during the beta testing (which is under way at the moment) it was discovered that MS Project needs the MS Excel file in the correct language that is being used on the computer. So, if you are running MS Project in German, Dutch or French (for example) then the headings must be in the appropriate language...
To resolve this, we have added an extra feature to the MS Excel workbook export that allows you to give Time Architect an example MS Project Excel file and it will read the correct headings and sheet names from that when it creates the output.
We are asking the EA community to help by providing examples of exports from MS Project in 'Workbook format' in as many languages as possible (we currently have German - and the default of English). It only needs a single task in the file so there is no risk of disclosure. We can then test these locally and we will then make these template files available on the web-site as part of the downloads for the future. If you are willing to help, then please contact us via this forum or the Solutions Reality contact form (http://solutionsreality.com/contactus.aspx)
Please note, we have taken this route as we believe that it is more flexible and dynamic than just using the resource files route as we can respond to all users demands.
Thank you in advance for your assistance on this.