MS Project Viewer?

Ricka182

Does anyone know of a way to view a Microsoft Project 2007 file(.mpp)? I have over 50 users who either need or want to be able to do so, but have already run out of licenses. At +$500 a pop, there is no way I can get approval for more.. Some people only need to view the project file, but there is no M$ Project viewer available. I can't use 3rd party software either, because whatever I choose would have to go through an approval process that takes on average 15 months! And there's no guarantee I won't wait 15 months, and then get denied...

Someone mentioned they could be viewed as an .xml file, but if I just change the extension it doesn't work...

Any ideas?.....

laidbackfreak

Tried this ?

Let me google that for you

But I'm sure someone might be able to recomend one or two

Ricka182

laidbackfreak wrote: »

Tried this ?

Let me google that for you

But I'm sure someone might be able to recomend one or two

Yeah, thanks for that guy... I have already tried searching...

If you actually read my post, you would see I need a way to view a Project file, and not a Project viewer software...

laidbackfreak

Ricka182 wrote: »

Does anyone know of a way to view a Microsoft Project 2007 file(.mpp)?

ok well this is the first on the list says "LiveProject Free Project Viewer lets you open and view Microsoft Project plans (.mpp files) without having Microsoft Project installed. ..."

Free Project Viewer | LiveProject Project Management Solutions


is that not what you want?


just re-read your time scales for software..... ignore me :-/

Claymoore

You can export the project to another file format, such as excel:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/project/HP430079301033.aspx

You can use a third party tool to integrate with SharePoint:
Project Publisher, SharePoint Project Management, Connect Microsoft Project to SharePoint

Of course, there is always Project Server
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/projectserver/FX100739841033.aspx?ofcresset=1

Ricka182

laidbackfreak wrote: »

ok well this is the first on the list says "LiveProject Free Project Viewer lets you open and view Microsoft Project plans (.mpp files) without having Microsoft Project installed. ..."

Free Project Viewer | LiveProject Project Management Solutions


is that not what you want?


just re-read your time scales for software..... ignore me :-/

No prob man...not trying to sound like an ass, but I got some heavy metal breathing down on me for this...thanks anyway!

Claymoore wrote: »

You can export the project to another file format, such as excel:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/project/HP430079301033.aspx

You can use a third party tool to integrate with SharePoint:
Project Publisher, SharePoint Project Management, Connect Microsoft Project to SharePoint

Of course, there is always Project Server
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/projectserver/FX100739841033.aspx?ofcresset=1

Project Server = Denied
SharePoint = Will ask local SP admin what she knows
Excel = will try that as well..

Also, I tried saving the .mpp as a PDF but the issues lies in that if there multiple lines, all lines must be fully expanded or Adobe does not display them..and some of the smaller projects have nearly 2000 lines.. No one is going to go through and expand all of them. Besides, it took almost 20 minutes just to do the conversion, in which the machine was practically useless..and it's fairly new machine with good hardware specs..

disi

We use this one: Viewer for Microsoft Project: Steelray Project Viewer

But I can only confirm it works with MS Project 2003 files, didn't have any 2007 yet. The license is like for free compared to the full MS version

//edit: this one is even open source: http://openproj.org/wiki/index.php/POD_and_OpenProj_Documentation
it claims to be able to open 2007 MS Project files, try it

exampasser

Have you considered setting up a sever with MS project installed using Terminal Services and allow users to connect via remote desktop?