Reading Tasks and Resources in VSTO and Aspose.Tasks

Code Examples

VSTO

The following steps are required to accomplish this task:

Create a new project in Visual Studio.
In the Solution Explorer, right-click and select Add Reference, then select the COM components tab.
Select Microsoft Project 12.0 Object Library and click OK.
This imports the Microsoft.Office.Interop.MSProject namespace at the start of the code.Use the code from the following example to read tasks and resources.

 1//Create Application object
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 3Application projectApplication = new MSProject.Application();
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 5object missingValue = System.Reflection.Missing.Value;
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 7//Open an MPP file
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 9projectApplication.FileOpenEx("Project1.mpp",
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11    missingValue, missingValue, missingValue, missingValue,
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13    missingValue, missingValue, missingValue, missingValue,
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15    missingValue, missingValue, PjPoolOpen.pjPoolReadOnly,
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17    missingValue, missingValue, missingValue, missingValue,
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19    missingValue);
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21//Create a Project object by assigning active project
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23Project project = projectApplication.ActiveProject;
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25//Loop through each task and read information related to tasks
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27foreach (Task task in project.Tasks)
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29{
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31    Console.WriteLine("Reading Task " + task.Name);
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33    Console.WriteLine("\nID: " + task.ID);
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35    Console.WriteLine("Start: " + task.Start);
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37    Console.WriteLine("Finish: " + task.Finish);
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39    Console.WriteLine("\n===========================\n");
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41    //Read any other information you need
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43}
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45//Loop through each resource and read information related to resources
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47foreach (Resource resource in project.Resources)
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49{
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51    string resourceType = null;
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53    switch (resource.Type)
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55    {
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57        case PjResourceTypes.pjResourceTypeCost:
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59            resourceType = "Cost";
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61            break;
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63        case PjResourceTypes.pjResourceTypeMaterial:
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65            resourceType = "Material";
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67            break;
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69        case PjResourceTypes.pjResourceTypeWork:
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71            resourceType = "Work";
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73            break;
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75    }
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77    Console.WriteLine("Reading Resource " + resource.Name);
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79    Console.WriteLine("\nID: " + resource.ID);
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81    Console.WriteLine("Type: " + resourceType);
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83    Console.WriteLine("\n===========================\n");
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85    //Read any other information you need
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87}
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89Console.ReadLine();

Aspose.Tasks

The following steps are required to accomplish this task:

Create a new project in Visual Studio.
In the Solution Explorer, right-click and select Add Reference, then select the .NET tab.
Select Aspose.Tasks and then click OK.
This imports the Aspose.Tasks namespace at the start of the code.Use the code from the following example to read tasks and resources.

 1ProjectReader reader = new ProjectReader();
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 3Project project = reader.Read("Project.mpp");
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 5ArrayList allTasks =new ArrayList(project.RootTask.Children);
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 7foreach (Aspose.Tasks.Task task in allTasks)
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 9{
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11    Console.WriteLine("Reading Task " + task.Name);
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13    Console.WriteLine("\nID: " + task.Id);
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15    Console.WriteLine("Start: " + task.Start);
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17    Console.WriteLine("Finish: " + task.Finish);
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19    Console.WriteLine("\n===========================\n");
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21}
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23
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25//Loop through each resource and read information related to resources
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27foreach (Resource resource in project.Resources)
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29{
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31    string resourceType = null;
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33    switch (resource.Type)
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35    {
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37        case ResourceType.Material:
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39            resourceType = "Material";
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41            break;
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43        case ResourceType.Work:
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45            resourceType = "Work";
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47            break;
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49        default:
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51            resourceType = "Cost";
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53            break;
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55    }
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57
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59    Console.WriteLine("Reading Resource " + resource.Name);
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61    Console.WriteLine("\nID: " + resource.Id);
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63    Console.WriteLine("Type: " + resourceType);
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65    Console.WriteLine("\n===========================\n");
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67}

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