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MsProject to P3 PP

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Mon, 2006-04-17 05:34
Farid Salmanov
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Guys and Girlies,

I know we have been discussing this issue for quite a long time but still I believe have not come to a single solution.

I need to transfer a MsProject 2000 file into Primavera P3 version 3.1. What is the best way to do that ?

Many thanks in advance
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Fri, 2006-04-21 00:03
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Farid Salmanov
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Sorry, it is of course utility that produces the error.
Will send you a file down today

Thanks
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Thu, 2006-04-20 05:07
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Farid Salmanov
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MsProject

The file has about 1000 activities and it is about 2 MB
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Thu, 2006-04-20 00:03
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Farid Salmanov
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Alex,

When I try to convert small projects with 10-15 activities it works OK, but as I try bigger ones it shows "Run-time error ’5’, Invalid procedure call or argument.

Thanks
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Wed, 2006-04-19 09:10
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Farid Salmanov
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Alex,

Thanks for the file, it works OK with small projects but does not work with big ones (about 1000 activities)
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Wed, 2006-04-19 03:41
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Farid Salmanov
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Thanks Alexandre,

I am new to this forum, do not know how to send PM. My e-mail address is farid.salmanov@rolls-royce.com. Can you please send this to that account.

Thanks in advance
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Wed, 2006-04-19 02:00
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Farid Salmanov
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Thanks Paul,

This under tools is P3 to MPX and vice versa converter.
To use this I need my mpp file transferred to mpx, and I use MsProject 2000. How can I transfer mpp into mpx, that’s my bottleneck
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Wed, 2006-04-19 01:16
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Paul Harris
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This is a P3 menu item under Tools.

Regards

Paul E Harris
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Wed, 2006-04-19 01:11
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Farid Salmanov
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Thanks Paul

I have downloaded the article and figured out the way I can do transfer.

The question I have got now is: in your article you refer to "MPP to MPX conversion utility" availability at the Primavera.com but I could not find it there, do you have this software available in your possession if yes, can you please me at farid.salmanov@rolls-royce.com

Many thanks in advance
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Wed, 2006-04-19 00:54
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Paul Harris
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http://www.eh.com.au/technical_papers.htm
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Wed, 2006-04-19 00:08
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Farid Salmanov
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Dear Paul,

Thanks for your feedback but I did not manage to download that article from your web-site, can you please paste the exact link of the article’s whereabout

Many thanks in advance
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Tue, 2006-04-18 08:56
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Paul Harris
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There are several methods and they all have advantages and disadvantages. There is a technical article on my web site that may assist.

Paul E Harris
Eastwood Harris Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Australia
Planning and Scheduling Training Manual & Book Publishers & Consulting
www.eh.com.au
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