Reading .mpp file from Python 2.7

Question

I need to read Microsoft Project Plan (.mpp file) from Python application running on Python 2.7.

Not getting ANY resources or pointers on the web for the same.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

1. You need to install pywin3 (Python for Windows extensions).
2. You can operate on .mpp files.

Example:

import win32com.client

doc = 'C:\\Project1.mpp'
try:
  mpp = win32com.client.Dispatch("MSProject.Application")
  mpp.Visible = 1
  try:
    mpp.FileOpen(doc)
    proj = mpp.ActiveProject
    print proj.BuiltinDocumentProperties(11), ",", proj.BuiltinDocumentProperties(12)
  except Exception, e:
    print "Error", e
  mpp.FileSave()
  mpp.Quit()
except Exception, e:
  print "Error opening file",e