Project Viewer 365 Changelog

What's new in Project Viewer 365 22.3.1140

Feb 1, 2022
  • Improve Virtual Project Management Assistant
  • Add support for Silent Install without Erix Chatbot
  • Add support for opening password protected files
  • Added support for Hyperlink fields (Resource Assignments)
  • Small Resolution Fixes
  • Improve keyboard shortcuts
  • Improve printing
  • Improve the exporting to XML functionality
  • Improve Print with better scaling
  • Enhance the task links drawing
  • Add support for Date Format control
  • Add support for new MacOS Monterey
  • Add support for compatibility with MS Project 2021
  • Add support for new Windows 11
  • Add support for displaying “Start Date” and “Status Date” fields in Project Information dialog
  • Add support for Date Format control

New in Project Viewer 365 2018 (Mar 5, 2019)

  • Changes for Project Online compatibility
  • Support for latest Windows 10 updates
  • Support for latest Office 365 patches
  • Improve Master/Subprojects to read relative paths
  • Enhance Project Portfolio Dashboard
  • Support for latest MPP format/Microsoft Project 2018 version
  • Integrate with XMind
  • Integrate with XManager

New in Project Viewer 365 2017 (Mar 5, 2019)

  • Enhance export/import XML to/from MPP
  • Display Usage Views with manual edited values
  • New Auto Filter enhancement
  • Implement new Google Drive API
  • Improve Task Information dialog by adding Cost info in Resource tab
  • XML files improvements – Select all and Copy functionality
  • Project Portfolio Dashboard improvements
  • Support open XML files on non-EN app
  • Enhance Team Planner view to work with Resource Pools
  • Implement Universal Platform Subscription
  • Enhance Export MPP to PDF
  • Implement export to Excel with autocomplete
  • Add more options for Share MPP with links and emails
  • Enhance read Project Cost resources
  • Update Open from Dropbox method
  • Implement Open Project from SharePoint Online
  • Improve Progress line
  • Improve Gridlines
  • Integrate with Smartsheet XML files
  • Support for latest MPP format/MSP Project version

New in Project Viewer 365 2016 (Mar 5, 2019)

  • Implement new API for Box
  • Upgrade to Microsoft .NET 4.5
  • Support for latest MPP format/MSP Project version
  • Implement new Office 365 ribbon format
  • Improve Calendars: add Night Shift
  • Wrap text improvements: Allow rows’ height to decrease when widening a wrapped column
  • Load / Save Quick Access
  • Toolbar customizations
  • Add new Project Options dialog
  • Display bar customization
  • Add Task Information in menu option
  • Improve Recurring Task Information dialog
  • Improve MPP print – Fit to page alignment to the right text fully visible
  • Improve MPP print – Header and Footer
  • Improve MPP print – Print fit to 1 page on paper size A5
  • Improve MPP print –Gantt bars font size when fit to page is used
  • Improve MPP print – Enable select printer
  • Read MS Project 2016 Global templates in all languages
  • Read assignments for 2003 projects created with MSP 2010
  • Use Microsoft Project 2010/2013/2016 flat bars style
  • Enhance Filters and Reports – Completed / Incomplete Tasks
  • Recent files UI changes for clouds files
  • Enhance More Tables / More Groups / More Filters dialogs
  • Improve Properties dialog
  • Add Scroll To option
  • Add Sort on Resource Graph view
  • Disabled Outline levels from 1 to 9 for the Resource Usage view
  • Improve Progress Lines color
  • Improve Form views
  • Enhance Task Form baseline values
  • Fix for open MS Project saved in XML file
  • Open from OneDrive Business / Recent files
  • Enable Go To functionality in Calendar View
  • Added cell contextual menus.
  • Improve Export from MPP to PDF
  • Open subproject 2016 format
  • Multi Language single installer
  • Open MPP file Drop Box enhancements
  • Improve Manual Task functionalities

New in Project Viewer 365 27.8.0.15753 (Aug 2, 2014)

  • Task Update:
  • Empower team members to perform simple task changes like % Complete, Task Notes or Task Names
  • Project plan mpp file must be "Edit Ready" (edit able) in order to perform Task Updates in Project Viewer
  • To make a plan edit able and enable Task Update must use Publish feature first in Project Plan 365 app
  • Publish plan as edit able, save it to network or cloud locations and share project link/location with team
  • Open edit able plan with Project Viewer. Task Update feature will become enabled in File/Update menu
  • Enable project team collaboration with Publish/Share/Update tasks on the project plan
  • Project compare:
  • Using Project Viewer 365 you can review differences between the current version and an earlier or later version of the same project in a detailed report.
  • Dashboard:
  • Dashboard aggregates multiple project files (either located on the user machine or online) in a virtual master project to help the user get a higher-level perspective on his projects. It offers the advantage of bringing projects together in order to analyze them, without having to manually insert them as subprojects into a master file expressly created for this purpose.
  • Open from MS Project Server 2013:
  • Project Viewer 365 is able to connect to a Microsoft Project Central Database 2013, retrieve the list of projects and then open the selected ones.
  • Open from MS Project Online:
  • Project Viewer 365 is able to connect to a Microsoft Project online, retrieve the list of projects and then open the selected ones.
  • Open from Sharepoint:
  • Project Viewer 365 allows to open and view MPP files stored on Sharepoint.
  • Open from Google Drive:
  • Project Viewer 365 allows to open and view MPP files stored on Google Drive.
  • Open from OneDrive:
  • Project Viewer 365 allows to open and view MPP files stored on OneDrive.
  • Open from Dropbox:
  • Project Viewer 365 allows to open and view MPP files stored on DropBox.
  • Open from Box:
  • Project Viewer 365 allows to open and view MPP files stored on Box.
  • Open URL:
  • Project Viewer 365 allows to load and view MPP files from HTTP. In addition, you can use this method to open files denoted by share links, received from your project manager or other team members.
  • Team Planner view:
  • Project Viewer 365 enables you to view the current team work assignments. With Team Planner view you can have clear reporting on what your team members are working at the moment.
  • Export:
  • Project Viewer 365 comes with the new options for Export functionality, which can export task or resource information from the current view in different formats: Excel, Image and PowerPoint. Also there is the option to export a dashboard file.
  • New User Interface:
  • Project Viewer 365 comes with a touch enabled new interface that support different touch gestures such as: Double Tap to view Task Info, Resource info and other detailed information, Enable magnifying glass by holding your finger on Gantt chart bars or other screen areas for zoom capabilities, Pinch and stretch to enlarge time scale or other windows on your touch screen. Also the new user interface follows a modern ribbon style design, with several menus that groups together options of related functionality. In addition, the new File backstage menu acts like the central entry point of the application, since it gathers the most frequent used functionalities, such that a team member will mainly stick with the options available under File menu.
  • Native Windows support:
  • Project Viewer 365 runs natively on all modern Windows versions, Windows 8 32/64 bit, Windows Server 2012 and Citrix/Virtual Environment(Microsoft/VM/Oracle)
  • Send as Attachment:
  • Everyone receives separate copies of the project file.
  • Open recent projects:
  • Project Viewer 365 offers you a list of recently opened project plans, so that you can easily access the files that you work on frequently.
  • Performance:
  • Faster overall projects loading and processing and with an important speed boost on complex projects.

New in Project Viewer 365 2013 26.3.8.25354 (May 22, 2014)

  • Task Update:
  • In Project Viewer, users can edit project plans using the Task Update view, which allows adding progress and / or comments to the tasks. Only one user can edit the shared project at a time and all the other users attempting to make changes will be warned accordingly and asked to try again afterwards.
  • Open from Sharepoint:
  • Project Viewer 2013 allows to open and view MPP files stored on Sharepoint.
  • Project compare:
  • Using Project Viewer 2013 you can review differences between the current version and an earlier or later version of the same project in a detailed report.
  • Dashboard:
  • Dashboard aggregates multiple project files (either located on the user machine or online) in a virtual master project to help the user get a higher-level perspective on his projects. It offers the advantage of bringing projects together in order to analyze them, without having to manually insert them as subprojects into a master file expressly created for this purpose.
  • Project 2013 support:
  • Project Viewer 2013 comes with complete support for Project 2013 files, including customizations and password protected formats
  • Open from MS Project Server 2013:
  • Project Viewer 2013 is able to connect to a Microsoft Project Central Database 2013, retrieve the list of projects and then open the selected ones.
  • Open from MS Project Online:
  • Project Viewer 2013 is able to connect to a Microsoft Project online, retrieve the list of projects and then open the selected ones.
  • Team Planner view:
  • Project Viewer 2013 enables you to view the current team work assignments. With Team Planner view you can have clear reporting on what your team members are working at the moment.
  • Open from Google Drive:
  • Project Viewer 2013 allows to open and view MPP files stored on Google Drive.
  • Open URL:
  • Project Viewer 2013 allows to load and view MPP files from HTTP.
  • Native Windows support:
  • Project Viewer 2013 runs natively on all modern Windows versions, Windows 8 32/64 bit, Windows Server 2012 and Citrix/Virtual Environment(Microsoft/VM/Oracle)
  • Project 2010 support:
  • Project Viewer 2013 comes with complete support for Project 2010 files, including customizations.
  • Primavera support:
  • Project Viewer 2013 offers better project handling for files exported from Primavera.
  • Custom groups:
  • Better custom groups reading and processing.
  • Autofilter:
  • Improved default autofilter displaying and overall processing.
  • Gantt styles:
  • Improved bar and text styles display.
  • Reports:
  • Improved data reporting with complete support for “Who Does When What” report.
  • Performance:
  • Faster overall projects loading and processing and with an important speed boost on complex projects.

New in Project Viewer 365 2007 SP2 10.4.2.28356 (May 21, 2009)

  • Project 2007 support