Please test the MPP/MPX import feature of Calligra Plan in master

[Andrius da Costa Ribas]

Friedrich,

I've tried it with both mpxj-4.3.0 and mpxj-4.4.0 but it didn't work
because PlanWriter java class invokes non existing methods of mpxj. In case
of 4.3.0, which you recommended,
ResourceAssignment::getTimephasedComplete() is called from
PlanWriter::writeActualEffort(). Could you please confirm which mpxj
version is correct?

Cheers,
Andrius (Xiluembo).


2013/6/6 Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <kossebau at kde.org>

> Hi,
>
> the last weeks I looked into how to make Calligra Plan's existing import
> filter for MS Project (*.mpp) and MS Project Exchange (*.mpx) files
> working,
> without needing the user to fuss around with installing and setting up more
> stuff.
>
> I managed things to work for me, and now would like to know if it works for
> others as well, so it makes sense to backport to 2.7.
>
> So please:
>
> 0. Get some MPP or MPX file you might have or can find on the net
> 1. Update to the latest commits on branch master of Calligra
> 2. Build & install
> 3. Fetch the runtime requirements (not yet packaged at least for OpenSUSE):
>    Get e.g. mpxj-4.3.0.zip from
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/mpxj/files/
>    and unpack the zip, then cp the files mpxj.jar and poi-3.7-20101029.jar
>    to some place where java will find them automatically, unless you are
> okay
>    with using an env var
> 4. Run calligraplan,
>    if needed with the env var PLAN_CLASSPATH listing the two jar files,
> like
>    PLAN_CLASSPATH=/path/to/mpxj.jar:/path/to/poi-3.7-20101029.jar
> calligraplan
> 5. Try to load that MPP or MPX file you prepared in 0.
> 6. Report success here or directly to me :)
>
> I really would like to backport this to 2.7, as the code is around since
> 2.5
> (see http://userbase.kde.org/Plan/Manual/Import_and_Export), just was
> lacking
> the final polish in the installation setup. The runtime requirement needs
> the
> packagers to do some more work, but they will prefer that over us simply
> having our own copies of those jars and installing them.
> Currently also planning to put a note about runtime requirements to the
> end of
> the log of the cmake run, so chances are higher that people note them
> (already
> added an entry to README.PACKAGERS for mpxj)
>
> Backport needs the addition of some mimetypes to the mimetype datebase,
> meaning some strings to translate. Would ask the translators for an
> exception.
>
> Cheers
> Friedrich
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