Windows Vista

Brilliant!!!!

I needed to view a project plan for work on my home pc but realised I haven't got Microsoft pp installed. You saved my bacon - thanks!!

Used the program to open a project I could not read, the program is OK for emergency but nothing for me.

The reader was not compatible with the version of the project file I was trying to read, so I could not use it.

Download and installation were fast and without any problem.
Starting the application was fine too.
Looking at the ms-project files, only partwise worked.
When I want to view reports summary, the application comes back with an error msg. Which sais that project planner reader wasn't able to create a temporary file (kind of stupid).
What I haven't found either is the common project plan overview where you see the tasks on the x axis (vertical) and the time on the y axis - incl. All tasks, milestones etc. in one screen.
Hp.

When finding myself without my copy of MS Project on a new laptop, at least this valuable project allowed me to check out the plans sent by colleagues.
It does what it says on the tin! Well done, SmartWorks.

I was prompted for login credentials at the following URL, mentioned as containing a fix for my issue. What am I supposed to enter for credentials?

http://www.smartworks.us/patches/mpp2pprdll.zip

My main purpose in wanting to try Smartworks Project Planner Reader was to be able to open and read Microsoft Project 2003 files, but I received an error on trying to open such a file. "The conversion of this version of .mpp to ppr is not currently supported".

The install went fine. I tried to open an .mpp file that I need to view and got this error: mpp2pprdll. "The conversion of this version of MPP files to PRR format is currently not supported." The file was done in MS Project 2007.

The selection of the product was straightforward, the guidance on the website was good. The file downloaded nice and quick. The installation was easy (I have administration rights which may have helped). The viewer easily opened the project file I wanted to view. Most tasks appeared rendered correctly with a couple of tasks displayed as text describing corrupted data. Very nearly a perfect product, with slight display problems; otherwise very good and I highly recommend it as freeware.

I downloaded the Project Planner Reader to review some Microsoft Project files created in Project version 2003. I do not have Project on my mobile PC. It did a good job in presenting the information and because of the way it translated the file I was able to point out some issues in the scheduling and gantt chart that were not readily seen when reviewing the same file in Microsoft Project. I had some problems adapting to the way dates were presented due to the day preceeding the month. Overall, I was quite happy with what the software was able to deliver. It surpassed my expectation.

Download and installation were smooth. I like the way the system comes on softly. Have not used enough to comment on overall feel. But would like, if possible for the program to ask to become the default program for file extensions it services ( like .mpp ) It would save a step and makes sense since users would not be downloading it if it was not to be used. Otherswise, so far so good. More later.

First of all, I appreciate you providing a freeware reader -- I shouldn't have to pay hundreds of dollars just to view schedules.

I tried to use your program to open a huge (2.8MB) .mpp file. It wouldn't do it. After some time, the program just became non-responsive and had to be shut down. I finally had a colleague with MS Project open the file and extract the information I needed.

I don't consider this experience a fair test of your software, and plan to keep it on my machine to read more reasonably-sized files.

Haven't really used it other than to read MS Project files. Works very well and is easy to use.

I'll give you some feedback. After I loaded this it worked great. In fact I was surprised at what I could do with just a reader. However, the problem exhibited itself the next morning when I came into work to find that my system wouldn't boot. Turns out that the install wiped out my MS Windows License information and then it wouldn't boot or allow anyone to login with out the system just logging them out immediately. I had to rebuild the whole system and this takes about 2 days of work to get it back to the way I use it. I don't mind telling you that it's sure a good thing that I could get my hands on you.
Anthony.

I haven't used the product in earnest, but when I launched it I could see the plans I wanted to see

I found the Project Planner Reader to be simple to use, and it provided good basic presentation of MS Project plans. The best feature was the graphs of work - this was easier to use than MS Project itself.

The weakest feature was that the Gantt chart does not display in a split pane view like MS Project, i.e. where the task details are shown on the left pane, and the Gantt on the right. Instead, the Gantt chart shows task names on the chart itself.

After additional reading about my problem, I arrived at a decision that did not use Smartworks Project planner reader.

I could not open the MPP file using Project Plnaner Reader. I even tried converting it to PPR but still no luck.

MPP file did not open when Project Planner Reader is used. I even tried converting it to PPR file but still could not open the converted PPR file.

See title. It would not open an mpp file.

This program is a simple solution for finally being able to view MS Project files sent by coworkers.