## PRJ: Printing Microsoft Project Files from File Manager

Q113449

The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Project for Windows, version 4.0

## SUMMARY

Once you have installed Microsoft Project 4.0, you can configure it so that you can do the following from File Manager:

- Print a Microsoft Project (.MPP) file by choosing Print from the File menu
- Print an .MPP file by dragging the file to Print Manager

## MORE INFORMATION

If you want to be able to print .MPP files from File Manager, do the following:

1. Start Program Manager and choose Run from the File menu. In the Run box, type REGEDIT and choose OK.
2. In the Registration Info Editor dialog box, select Microsoft Project 4.0 Project, and then choose Modify File Type from the Edit menu.
3. In the Modify File Type dialog box, under Action, select the Print option.
4. In the Command box, remove %1 from the end of the line so that the line reads <path>WINPROJ.EXE (where <path> is the full path to the WINPROJ.EXE file, including drive and directory).
5. Select the Uses DDE check box.
6. In the DDE Message box, type the following (be sure to include the spaces just as they appear below):

             fileopen "%1" : fileprint frompage := 1 : fileclose(0)

   To be able to enter specific options in the Print dialog box before Microsoft Project sends the information to the printer, enter the following line instead of the one above:

          fileopen "%1" : fileprint : fileclose(0)

7. In the DDE Application Not Running box, type the following (be sure to include all the spaces):

             fileopen "%1" : fileprint frompage := 1 : fileexit(0)

   To enter specific options in the Print dialog box before Microsoft Project sends the information to the printer, use this line instead of the one above:

          fileopen "%1" : fileprint : fileexit(0)

8. Choose OK and then choose Exit from the File menu in the Registration Info Editor dialog box.

## REFERENCES

For more information on the commands mentioned in this article, do the following:

1. In Microsoft Project, choose Contents from the Help menu in Microsoft Project.
2. Select the Visual Basic Reference topic.
3. Choose the Search button in Visual Basic Help and type the command you would like to find.
4. Choose the Show Topics button and then choose the Go To button.

Additional query words: drag drop

Keywords : kbprint
Issue type : kbinfo
Technology : kbProjectSearch kbProject400

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