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Using WBS Chart Pro and PERT Chart EXPERT 

with 

Project 2010

 

Important information:

 

During Setup, choose to Modify MS Project to add the items needed to integrate WBS/PERT with Project 2010. Setup will copy the Tables, Views, Filters and Macro needed for WBS/PERT to integrate with Project 2010.

 

Configuring Project 2010 during Setup does not add a button to the Ribbon in Project 2010. You need to do this manually. To add a Tab and Button to the Ribbon in Project 2010:

1. Start Project 2010, right click on the Ribbon and select "Customize the Ribbon..."
 

2. Click a Tab in the Main Tabs section in the right column and select the New Tab button. Click this New Tab, click Rename to name this tab to something like "Critical Tools" and click OK.
 

3. In the left column, click the "Choose commands from" drop down list and select Macros.
 

4. Select New Group in the right column.
 

5. Click the GotoWBSChartPro (or GotoPERTChartEXPERT) macro in the left column and then click the Add>> button to copy this to the New Group*.
 

6. Click New Group and Rename if you wish to rename this group.

Why is it necessary to add the Tab and Button manually to the Ribbon?

 

In previous versions of Project there was a toolbar button that was used to access WBS and PERT. The toolbar button simply ran a macro that started the communication between WBS/PERT and Project. We were able to automatically add this toolbar and button to Project during Setup.

 

Project 2010 uses Ribbons instead of toolbars and there is not a way to programmatically add a New Tab and Button using the steps listed above. It is unfortunate that Microsoft left out this capability.

 

Why not create a Project 2010 Add-in?

 

Creating a Project 2010 Add-in is huge overkill for what is required for WBS Chart Pro and PERT Chart EXPERT to integrate with Project 2010. Microsoft recommends using Visual Studio 2010 to create Project 2010 add-ins. However, this would force the majority of Project 2010 users to download and install the .Net Framework Client application and the VS2010 Tools for Office Runtime application which installs approximately 100Mb worth of files and requires two separate license agreements to be accepted. We have decided not to require this of our users.

 

 

 

* - If you don't see the GotoWBSChartPro or GotoPERTChartEXPERT macros after running Setup and choosing to Modify Project 2010 then do this:

 

1. Open Project 2010, go to File-Options-Trust Center-Trust Center Settings and select "Enable All Macros".
 

2. Open the file called SetupWBS2010.mpp (or SetupPERT2010.mpp). These files are located in the C:\Programs Files folder by default.
 

3. Repeat the steps above and if you see the Macros you can close the Setup file without saving.

 

 

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