***UPDATE*** Hotfix now available – http://blogs.msdn.com/brismith/archive/2008/11/18/now-fixed-comexception-on-x64-platforms-when-automating-office-clients-via-the-primary-interop-assembly-pia.aspx   You may see this error when using the CodePlex Test Data Population sample for creating project data using the WinProj tab, or just using your own code to automate winproj.exe (the Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007 client application).  It is only a problem with the object model interaction and not […]

One thing we have seen recently in support is several cases where security products can slow down the loading of projects into Project Professional 2007 both from mpp files or from Project Server 2007 connections.  An example of this is McAfee Host Intrusion Prevention, and we have seen this make projects load up to ten […]

With the change in relationship between time tracking in timesheets, and the updating of status in tasks, that we introduced in Project Server 2007 there has been some confusion.  One area that after working on a case yesterday needs a little more explanation is timesheet classifications.  Where you create these in PWA it give the […]

Not sure if you remember the problem we had with Daylight Savings Time last year – but basically when adding jobs to the queue they have a time when they should be processed – and most times this time is “now” or the current time.  Well with the DST problem “now” was actually set in […]

Apologies if you have already read this on the Programmability blog – but an excellent chance to share your development experiences with others – and hopefully learn some stuff too! Leveraging the development aspects of Project Server 2007 spans a wide range of skills.  PWA customizations (ASP.NET), workflow development, line of business applications integration using […]