The Microsoft Office Project 2007 SDK has been refreshed on MSDN!

randalli — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 03:03:00 GMT

In addition to SharePoint, my team also writes and publishes SDK content for the Enterprise Project Management (EPM) offering of the 2007 Microsoft Office System, which includes Project, Project Server, Project Portfolio Server, and Project Web Access.

The SDK was just refreshed to include a substantial amount of new content and downloads for the Microsoft EPM offering. Thanks to Jim on my team for compiling this excellent list of what's new and changed:

The April update of the Project 2007 SDK is now available on MSDN and the SDK download is published.

· SDK Download: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=2672F6F9-7028-4B30-99A2-18CB1EED1ABE&displaylang=en .
The pj12ProjectSDK.exe download includes (new and updated items in blue bold):

o pjSDK2007.chm (conceptual topics and managed code reference – the same topics as on the MSDN online library)

o pj12ReportingDB.chm (Reporting database schema reference and Visio diagrams)

OLAPCubeSchemas.xls (dimensions, measures, and properties of the Project Server OLAP cubes)
XML data interchange schema for Project 2007 (mspdi_pj12.xsd plus supplemental schemas for enterprise custom fields)
Statusing schemas (ChangeList.xsd and SetAssignmentWorkData.xsd)
Project Portfolio Server 2007 Database Reference (AccountData and AccountIndex)
Redistribution license for the Microsoft.Office.Project.Server.Library.dll
SDK code samples:

ChangeXML Utility: generate, validate, and test ChangeXML parameters for the UpdateStatus method
Custom Web Parts: two samples; one uses the Microsoft.Office.Project.Server.PWA.dll assembly, and one does not
Impersonation: two samples; a simple console application and the Impersonation Web Application
Login Demo
OLP Example
Project Guide: default Project Guide files, and the sample Critical Path custom Project Guide updated for Project 2007
Project Workspace
ProjTool: a sample application to help generate data and test many of the PSI methods
PSI Extensions: develop and test a custom PSI Web service
Report Pack: seven sample reports using SQL Server Reporting Services 2005 (SP1)
Test Event Handler

SDK Online: Project 2007 SDK in MSDN online library: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms512767.aspx

Object Model Maps: The Project 2007 VBA Reference was also recently posted on MSDN, along with four pages of the new Project object model maps. For example, click any object in Application and Projects Object Map to go to the topic for that object. You can also see the object model maps in VBA Help when you use Project Standard or Project Professional. In the Project Help window, click the Connection Status menu at the lower right, and then select Show content from Office Online.

Portal: Project Developer Portal in the Office Developer Center on MSDN includes links to the Project 2007 SDK, Project 2007 blogs, as well as the Project 2003 SDK.

What’s new in pjSDK2007.chm and the online SDK:

In addition to new code samples and schemas in the download, the April update of the SDK includes 97 conceptual topics (28 new since the RTM release) and many updates in the managed code reference topics. Major new and updated conceptual topics include the following:

· XML Schema References for Project (15 topics; includes the ChangeList Schema Reference)

· Changes for Custom Project Guides

· Custom Fields in OLAP Cubes (in the Local and Enterprise Custom Fields topic)

· How to: Generate ChangeXML for Statusing Updates

· Project Server Report Pack (9 topics)

· Walkthrough: Creating a PSI Extension

· Walkthrough: Develop an Impersonation Web Application

Other updates include enumeration descriptions, PSI method permissions, TimesheetDataSet properties, and a VBA sample for Project Deliverables.

For related content, see the Office Developer Centers, SharePoint Developer Center, and the SharePoint Server 2007 Developer Portal.

Stay tuned to this blog for more MSDN content updates this week and next...

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The Microsoft Office Project 2007 SDK has been refreshed on MSDN!