What's new in Project Reader 06.50.00
Apr 26, 2024
New in Project Reader 06.04.02 (Sep 12, 2023)
- BUG FIXES: Project Reader freezes at random times when using an ultrawide screen
- BUG FIXES: Rarely on some Projects, the Invalid Data Format error is shown
New in Project Reader 06.04.00 (Jan 16, 2023)
- Improved display of bar styles in the Gantt Chart. The color of the bar are applied according to the values of Flag1...Flag20
New in Project Reader 06.03.00 (Aug 23, 2022)
- BUG FIXES: task name on some projects is shown in strike-through format
New in Project Reader 06.02.00 (May 23, 2022)
- Windows 11 compatible
- BUG FIXES
New in Project Reader 06.01.00 (Sep 28, 2021)
- New Timescale Hour->Minute option
- BUG FIXES
New in Project Reader 06.00.00 (Jan 18, 2021)
- New Timescale Hour->Hour option
- Improvements and BUG FIXES
New in Project Reader 05.09.00 (May 1, 2020)
- BUG FIXES on opening 2016/2019 .mpp file format. This version fix the error 457 "This project file seems to be corrupted"
New in Project Reader 05.06.00 (Jan 22, 2020)
- Security update. A component has been replaced for security reason.
- Arranging project windows. Use the Window->Arrange All menu to arrange the projects.
New in Project Reader 05.04.00 (Jul 23, 2019)
- Improved Gantt legibility/readability.
- Standardize Task Label for all Projects. Using the button Apply for all projects on Tools->Options->Active Project you can set the same Task label configuration for all your projects.
- BUG FIXES on opening 2016/2019 .mpp file format
- BUG FIXES on using Project Reader on Windows 10 o.s. migrated starting from Windows 7 o.s. however this error occurs in very rare cases and when the Font Arial Unicode MS is missing
- BUG FIXES on Start Date and Finish Date on 2016/2019 .mpp file format
New in Project Reader 05.02.00 (Jan 17, 2019)
- Microsoft Project 2019 compatible for .mpp and .mpt file format
- In reopening a project your last project structure will be displayed
- Direct export into Excel. Excel installation is required
New in Project Reader 05.00.02 (Aug 22, 2017)
- BUG FIXES in opening MS Project 2016 .mpp files
New in Project Reader 05.00.01 (Feb 17, 2017)
New in Project Reader 04.09.00 (Feb 24, 2016)
- Microsoft Project 2016 compatible for .mpp and .mpt file format
- New Feature PostIt. Now you can edit your annotation on tasks:
- In order to add a Postit you have to open the task detail and choose the Postit section.
- In order to know if a task has a Postit a special icon is showed on the indicator column.
- In order to view the Postit on the task table you can add the Postit column.
- The Postit is saved locally on your PC (find the file postit.ini), if you move the file in another folder the Postit will be not showed.
- If you are interested in having the possibility to share the Postit with other project users, please contact us.
New in Project Reader 04.08.01 (Aug 6, 2015)
- Windows 10 compatible
- BUG FIXES
New in Project Reader 04.08.00 (Feb 27, 2015)
- Support to open mpp file stored on Box.com.
- BUG FIXES
New in Project Reader 4.7.0 (Apr 11, 2014)
- Compatible with Windows 8.1.
- Support to open mpp file stored on Dropbox.
- New option for summary tasks. Now you can view task list without summary tasks by unchecking the option "Show summary task" from Tools->Options panel
- BUG FIXES
New in Project Reader 4.6.0 (Jun 29, 2013)
- Microsoft Project 2013 compatible for .mpp and .mpt file format
- Support to open mpp file stored on Google Drive
New in Project Reader 4.5.0 (Jan 11, 2013)
- Visual Reports. This features allow you to launch Excel Visual Reports from Project Reader.
New in Project Reader 4.4.0 (Aug 31, 2012)
- Opening projects published on Project Server 2010. In order to have the access data to use in Open DSN window of Project Reader you have to ask to your Project Server administrator
- Compatibility: support for Windows 8
New in Project Reader 4.3.0 (Jul 7, 2012)
- Object Model programming via Visual Basic for Application:
- Available on the Evaluation and Professional edition now you can access to the MPP data by the Project Reader engine using Visual Basic for Application.
- Easily you can create the object like below:
- Dim objReader as Object
- Set objReader=CreateObject("ProjectReader.Application")
- Easily you can open an .MPP file like this: Call objReader.openFile("C:\temp\EventsExample.mpp")
- Create and save custom filter under the menu View->Filter:
- Filter option from View menu
- Task filters from Toolbar
- Resource filters from Toolbar
- More filter panel
- Filter definition
- More filter icon
- More filter icon when a filter is active
- BUG FIX: fixed a little problem for the tasks sequence
New in Project Reader 4.2.0 (Jul 7, 2012)
- Finding project data is now very easy.
- The find window can be opened from:
- CTRL-F
- by clicking on the context menu for a column
- The find tool allow you to search data, in smart way, depending on the filed type: text, number, date, duration, work and cost.
- You can compare fields using your custom data or choosing another compatible field of the project. To choose the compatible fileds you have to click on the icon .
- Dependong on the field type many logic operator are available: equals, does not equals, is greater than, is greater than or equal to, is less than, is less than or equal to, is not within, is within, contains, does not contains.
- The custom views are now available under the menu View->Gantt Chart
New in Project Reader 4.1.0 (Mar 10, 2011)
- Portuguese version
- Faster in opening project's plan and scrolling the Gantt view
- Optimized memory usage
- Order by icon:
- ascending - keep outline structure
- descending - keep outline structure
- ascending - without outline structure
- descending - without outline structure
- New licensing types:
- Terminal Server Licensing
- Extended Company License
New in Project Reader 4.0.0 (Sep 4, 2010)
- Microsoft Project 2010 compatible for .mpp and .mpt file format.
- Support for new scheduling modes: manually schedule or automatic schedule.
- Support for inactive tasks.
- Support in opening Project 2007 file saved using Microsoft Project 2010.
- Support in opening Project 2003 file saved using Microsoft Project 2010.
- BUG FIX: corrected a bug in exporting data.
- Other undocumented corrections.
New in Project Reader 3.9.0 (Sep 4, 2010)
- Opening projects published on Project Server 2007. Ask to your Project Server administrator in order to have the access data to use in Open DSN window of Project Reader. The Project Server 2007 database name to use in Project Reader must be the PUBLIC database name. The format of the public database name is like: PWA_Published_269017E9_0080_464F_9653_B98319790ABF
- Windows 7 x32 and x64 compatible
- New shortcut: on Gantt Chart you can use the shortcut CTRL+T to set the Gantt at the current date
- Bug fix:
- BUG FIX: corrected a bug in showing tasks as subproject.
- BUG FIX: corrected a bug in saving recent files and preferences (correction for windows 7)
New in Project Reader 3.8.0 (Sep 4, 2010)
- New functions:
- Tracking Gantt view is now available
- Export projects in .xml and .csv via command line
- In columns list will be shown also the original name used from the Project Manager
- New columns in resource sheet: actual overtime cost; remaining overtime cost
- Bug fix:
- Enhancements for showing non-latin characters (chinese, arabic,...) on PC with latin operating system (english, italian,..)
- Enhancements in opening subprojects
- Other undocumented corrections
New in Project Reader 3.7.1 (Sep 4, 2010)
- Compatibility: support for latest Windows Vista versions
- Compatibility: support for Windows XP with SP3
- BUG FIX: corrected a bug in opening complex mpp files
New in Project Reader 3.7.0 (Sep 4, 2010)
- Gantt Chart graphic enhancements:
- Critical Path. Select option menù View->Critical path
- Gridlines on Gantt Chart. Select option menù View->Gridlines
- Deadline arrow
- Bar start shape, bar middle shape and bar end shape
- Background cell color
- Printing via command-line:
- new option -m. You can choose to print the timestamp on the footer. -m:0 does not print the timestamp, -m:1 print the timestamp
- new option -t:table_name. You can choose which table print in the Gantt Chart View
- new option -k:table_name. You can choose which table print in the Task Usage View
- new option -u:table_name. You can choose which table print in the Resource Usage View
- new option -r:table_name. You can choose which table print in the Resource View
- New columns for .MPP 2007 version (custom fileds):
- Task filed: Physical % complete; VAC; Work variance; baseline fixed cost; baseline fixed cost from 1 to 10; baseline work from 1 to 10; baseline cost from 1 to 10; baseline start from 1 to 10; baseline finish from 1 to 10; Free slack; Start slack; Finish slack
- Resource filed: budget; value "cost" added for resource type field
- New columns for .MPP 2000,2002 and 2003 versions (custom fileds):
- Task filed: VAC; Work variance; Free slack; Start slack; Finish slack
- Fixes:
- in some .mpp files the subproject task was read as normal task
- in some .mpp files links disappear when the project has been saved from MS Project 2007 to MS Project 2003
- in Gantt Chart blank lines are now positioned indipendently from the task level
- other undocumented corrections
New in Project Reader 3.6.0 (Sep 4, 2010)
- Exporting: Project Reader is able to export projects on external file. You can copy data from Project Reader into a file choosing the menu options below:
- File -> Export -> XML
- File -> Export -> CSV -> Tasks/Resources/Assignments
- XML
- When you export a project into a XML file, the file will be compatible with Microsoft Project and Project Reader. You can view an example of a XML file exported from Project Reader at: http://www.projectreader.com/download/EventExample.xml
- CSV
- When you export a project into a CSV file you have to choose which information will be exported: Tasks, Resources or Assignments. The field will be separated by the carachter ';'.
New in Project Reader 3.5.0 (Sep 4, 2010)
- Printing: Project Reader is able to accept commands to print directly from the command line; using this method it is possible to schedule print queues to execute at any time.
- The syntax for calling this command from the command line is:
- pjreader file -p[:printer name] [-r:format] [-o:orientation] [-c:copies] [-z:proportion] [-v:view]
- New option: by selecting the option "Always use the default printer" all projects will be printed on the default printer. If the option is not selected then printing will take place on the printer last used by Project Reader.
- BUG FIX: in the Gantt Chart corrected a bug in displaying the top tier when the timescale "Week->Day" is used and the "European date" option is not checked
- BUG FIX: corrected the tooltip on the zoom icons
New in Project Reader 3.4.1 (Sep 4, 2010)
- BUG FIX: corrected a bug, introduced in previous version 3.4.0 , where some project files were not properly opened.
New in Project Reader 3.4.0 (Sep 4, 2010)
- Spanish version
- Support for Working Time calendar window
- Click here to view the Working Time window.
- BUG FIX: the resource filter now work properly
- BUG FIX: opening .xml project files via command line now work properly
New in Project Reader 3.3.2 (Sep 4, 2010)
- BUG FIX: the project calendar for Microsoft Project 2007 .mpp files is now properly shown.
- BUG FIX: projects having notes with images are now opened correctly
New in Project Reader 3.3.1 (Mar 20, 2007)
- Microsoft Project 2007 compatible for .mpp and .xml file format