Project: Can't Open Mac .MPX Files with Time Line for Windows
  
PSS ID Number: Q103141
Article last modified on 11-16-1994
 
3.00
 
MACINTOSH
 

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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Project for the Macintosh, version 3.0
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SUMMARY
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Time Line for Windows version 1.0.0, by Symantec Corporation, contains
a utility to convert Microsoft Project for Windows .MPX files into
Time Line for Windows files. You cannot use this utility to convert
Microsoft Project for the Macintosh .MPX files.
 
When you run this utility, you may receive the following error
message:
 
   Unrecognized MPX record type
 
This error message may be caused by the difference between how a text
file is created in the Macintosh operating system versus how it is
created in the Microsoft Windows operating system. When you open the
Microsoft Project for the Macintosh .MPX file in Windows Notepad, the
file appears jumbled because Notepad does not recognize carriage
return and linefeed characters.
 
WORKAROUND
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To work around this problem, open the .MPX file in Microsoft Project
for Windows and save it in .MPX format. When you open this file in
Notepad it will appear as expected.
 
NOTE: When you open a Macintosh .CSV text file in Microsoft Excel for
Windows and then save it as a text file, the conversion utility still
has difficulty translating various records.
 
Time Line for Windows is manufactured by Symantec Corporation, a
vendor independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or
otherwise, regarding this product's performance or reliability.
 
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Additional reference words: macproj 3.00 timeline
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Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1994.
