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Is there a way to convert microsoft project sched to P3

Joe HellenbrandMember for 19 years 1 month
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got a friend who wants to convert a microsoft schedule into a P3 schedule. (don’t know what version of either program he has). I tried checking the primavera website but no luck. is there a relatively easy way to do this or just start over in P3?

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    Alexandre Faulx-Briole ·
    Joe,
    Search this topic on this site, you will find plenty of info to answer the question
    Alexandre
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    Johny Kesserwany ·
    Convert a Microsoft Project to P3

    1 Choose Tools, MPX Conversion Utility.
    2 Click the MPX icon in the toolbar of the utility program window, or choose File, Convert an MPX Project to a P3 Project.

    3 Enter the name of the Microsoft project to convert in the Project Name field or use the Folders/Drive fields to select it.

    The name, number/version, and title of the selected project is displayed. You can also click Overview to review or verify more information about the project
    before you convert it.
    4 Click OK. In the Convert Project To dialog box, specify a new name for the converted project.
    5 Click OK.
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    Alexandre Faulx-Briole ·
    Well done, but how to get a MPX file?
    As Project has stopped any support and development around MPX (MS Project Exchange) format since 1995, the only way to save a MPP file to MPX format is to use either Primavera Corp or Sciforma (www.sciforma.com) file converter; to use Sciforma file converter, you have to have MS project installed on your PC
    You can visit Paul E.Harris website for more details
    Alexandre
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    Gerry Ampo ·
    Try this link which I found in the previous thread.

    http://www.projectstatus.com/pub/

    Here, I have downloaded a file converter MpptoMpx.exe.
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    Johny Kesserwany ·
    Hi Joe,

    send me your email & i’ll send to you the converter MPP to MPX

    jkesser@hotmail.com

    JK
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    Pranab Kumar Deb ·
    Hello Johny,
    I am using the MPPtoMPX converter and getting this message

    "Access violation at address 0045D72B in module ’MppToMpx.exe’. Read of address 00000000".

    and then the converter terminates, please advise what to do?
    regards
    deb
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    Alexandre Faulx-Briole ·
    Pranab,
    either download the converter from www.sciforma.com, it works better than the Primavera’s
    or have a look at Paul E.Harris site and follow his instructions
    Alexandre
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    Johny Kesserwany ·
    I did not got any problem using this convertor...

    Are you getting this error message for any project you want to convert or just for one particular project?

    In any case verify the followings:

    1) the project must be closed when performing the conversion

    2) you have the rights to read and write on the project and in the destination folder

    JK
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    Zoltan Palffy ·

    you could use

    you could use this 

    http://smartworks-mpp-2-ppr-converter.software.informer.com

    convert the MPP to a PPR then convert the PPR to a MPX

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    Zoltan Palffy ·

    done

    done

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