how to open microsoft project plan files in Linux?

sailu_mvn · 04-13-2005, 11:05 PM

Hi..

I am trying to open microsoft project plan file in linux.
If anybody can guide me witha tool to open *.mpp fiel?
Looking forward for reply.
Sailu

Thoreau · 04-14-2005, 12:03 AM

http://www.steelray.com/spvmpp.html

It's a proprietary format. You can get the thing above for 35 bucks to view, or...

You can get crossover office for 75 bucks here:
http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxoffice/

And install Microsoft Office 2003.

It's a proprietary format, and as such, you are intentionally screwed.

sailu_mvn · 04-14-2005, 12:20 AM

I dont want MS project for linux.
Actually, i am having a MSproject file with extension .mpp and i want to view that in linux.
Looking forward for help
sailu

Thoreau · 04-14-2005, 01:34 AM

You will notice the first link is the viewer. It doesn't get any better than that- sorry.

JamieBrown · 04-14-2005, 06:34 PM

Hi,

Out of casual interest, how did OpenOffice etc do it with stuff like Word documents. Was it just a lot of (am I allowed to say it?) reverse engineering? That must have been a hell of a lot of hard work.

Jamie.

Thoreau · 04-14-2005, 10:31 PM

Word, PowerPoint, and Excel format were reverse-engineered- yes. They don't have as stringent a license on them and so they are legally able to be opened by other office products.

And yes, it's like swimming uphill I would imagine. OpenOffice uses the XML standard format by default so anybody can interoperate with it.

sailu_mvn · 05-13-2005, 04:24 AM

See the Success story of opening mpp files in linux

tmatyashovsky · 05-15-2009, 01:12 PM

In order to view popular project plan documents (MPP, MPX, MSPDI, PLANNER) try free online viewer - Ganttzilla (www.ganttzilla.com).
All You need is just a web browser.

Hope that will help.
Best,
Taras

mudman69 · 05-18-2009, 12:24 PM

If you have a MS Project license you could always try and download wine. I use wine with a decent amount of video games that need to be run in a windows.

gmtibi · 03-12-2010, 12:21 PM

MOOS Project Viewer is a free Microsoft Project Viewer that is also running on Linux besides Windows and Mac OS X:
http://www.ms-project-viewer.com/

hsaltiel · 08-28-2015, 01:07 AM

A free (not open!) Project Viewer I'm using, and it works even with M$ Project 2013, is MOOS (http://www.moosprojectviewer.com/).
My 2 cents!

HeCSa.

descendant_command · 08-28-2015, 01:32 AM

Ganttproject can import .mpp as well (and is free and open) http://ganttproject.biz