Batch Processing

Well well well,



I guess "its better to have a gun and dont use it than need a gun and dont have it"



Its better to know all the tools hament & then decide to use it or not, the human brain is always interested to know whts behind the locked door, right ?



however, let me see, am working on some samples, i guess first step is to get a good editor, that will ease your location problems in the batch file, Notpad is not the good tool to do it cos its impossible to keep the data in place.



However, Think about it that way "u can update your program without even usin primavera itself" that might be helpfull in heavy files +10k i mean, where your pc aint good enough to perform filters quickly & global change as well.



About P5 still i dint install it, am still checking the manual before i migrate from P3, but it sounds interesting, more like P3e thn P3.



Let me try it first & see where its gona take us, but am really exited to use the new features with the new interface, from wht i saw so far, its more easier & flexible than P3, always remember that every new software people dont like it first then they get used to it, or lets sy they have to get used to it, so i blv they will give up "Ïn p3 we trust" so soon.



have a good day & enjoy your stay hament



Regards,



Moe

yea, ive noticed that, my username wasnt in the right location 51 column.



One last question, do u guys know any program to make good editing for batch ?



I got tht software from the net, but not sure if its the best for that as whenever u delete sumthing from a line you have to adjust the whole line information again to match the columns numbering location.

& i have another problem as well, whenever i try to run a batch stream as follows:

"Proj apx2 add MOHAMED

proj apx2 calendard mon y

pcal 25jul06 19jul06 13feb07

mcal 1 mon fri calendar 1 daily mon tue wed thu fri

mhol 1 h 21feb06

mhol 1 h 30may06

mhol 1 h 5sep07



return

proj apx2 end"



I get that message : "usename not in userfile"



anyone got any idea ?



Sorry for being annoying bout that topic guys, but i guess its really helpfull to use the batch to create & update projects with large number of activities.



Regards,



Moe

Well John,



I guess the problem ive got is cos am trying to batch process a project which is not in the original /projects folder.



I have tried to batch the sample APEX project & it dint give me that Error msg about the PRMZFIL.P3 file.



Now what am i supposed to set in the INI file to be able to batch process a file which is stored in a different folder than the original PROJECTS folder (i.e.: C:/MYWORK/P3)



Hope you can help me with that John, & thanks for your previous advice.



Regards,



Moe

Hemant,



Is that you ?



Man, i know everything is in the manual, comn i needed someone who actually made it, i need someone with the experience more than the theroy



Anyways, you know we getting the P5 within the next few days ? exited ? :P



Regards,



Mohamed Thabet

Thanks for encouraging me John,



i will give it another try & will keep you updated if i really did it.



IT guys in my company suck, they can only set up Primavera & format hard disks.



Regards,



Moe

Well John,



I tried to check the manual, i guess it will take me more time to understand the manual & explain it to my team than updating my schedule itself in my very old fashion way.



It sounds so complicated and when i tried to follow the steps by making a sample using the prmbatch.exe i always get this message "Unable to locate file PRMZFIL.P3 though its there in /PROJECTS & /P3OUT.



If Someone got the time, please check the manual for the first few steps to export the schedule data to a batch file & tell me if you got the same error message about the PRMZFIL.P3.



regards,



Moe