Open Existing MS Project File

[Joe Cletcher]

It must be simple, but how do I open an existing MS
Project file? I've tried

Dim Proj as MSProject.Proje ct
Proj = CreateObject("M SProject.Applic ation")
Proj.FileOpen(" D:\Path\MyExist ingProjectFile. mpp")

[Fergus Cooney]

Re: Open Existing MS Project File

Hi Joe,

And it failed in what way, exactly?

Do you simply want to launch MSProject or do you want control it through
Automation?

Regards,
Fergus

[Joe Cletcher]

Re: Open Existing MS Project File

When attempting to execute the command

Proj = CreateObject("M SProject.Applic ation")

the following runtime error message was received.

"An unhandled exception of
type 'System.Invalid CastException' occurred in
MyProg.exe. Additional information: Specified cast is not
valid."

I take the error message to mean "MSProject.Appl ication"
is incorrect and another text string is required to
create a Microsoft Project project/application.

Need to know how to create the Microsoft Project object
(whether it is a project or an application) and then open
an existing Microsoft Project file.
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>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Joe,
>
> And it failed in what way, exactly?
>
> Do you simply want to launch MSProject or do you[/color]
want control it through[color=blue]
>Automation?
>
>Regards,
>Fergus
>
>
>.
>[/color]

[Joe Cletcher]

Re: Open Existing MS Project File

Found an answer! The following syntax worked:

Dim myProj as MSProject.Proje ct
myProj = GetObject("c:\T est.mpp")
[color=blue]
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Joe,
>
> And it failed in what way, exactly?
>
> Do you simply want to launch MSProject or do you[/color]
want control it through[color=blue]
>Automation?
>
>Regards,
>Fergus
>
>
>.
>[/color]