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Is there any tool or VBA routine available to "synchronize" two independant project files?

This is our environment: Project Server 2007 (2010 soon) with a large multiproject on it and clients without any access to this server.

This is our requirement: Clients should be able to update the schedule on the server without any or only few human interaction.

The process at the moment: The clients take the MPP (via mail) and modify it, send it back and we either save (overwrite) it on the server, or we transfer the modifications line by line manually. Simply saving may corrupt the multiproject links and also creates massive overhead inside the project server database.

The question: Is there any tool which allows to "synchronize" two files (the one on the server with the "external" one)? Any suggestions? We already wrote a VBA macro which exports a CSV file and imports it again into the destination - with markers for "Insert-Update-Delete" - but this works not too good because of the links (represented by the UIDs). Biggest problem is, that new entries get a new UID which will be different when created also in the "destination project". The way back after the recalculation of the multiproject is done the same way. And yes, we know this will block out the "real" calculation of the multiproject - but we tried to keep the project "linear" so no circular loop will feed back into former tasks. Any idea?

Sorry for the complex question - and thanks a lot for any suggestion, hints or help in advance,

M!ck




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