How to differentiate between days and edays in Microsoft project programatically in c#

Priyanka Songra 1

We have a VSTO addin for MS Project 2010/2013/2016/2019, where it imports/exports data from an external application.
In MS Project, duration for task can be entered in days or edays. We need a way to determine if the duration entered by user is in days or edays.
Please suggest any way to check this.

Thanks,
Priyanka

Viorel 112.1K Reputation points

2022-08-29T07:26:45.3+00:00

Maybe you should use properties like Estimated, Duration1Estimated, Duration2Estimated, etc. (of the Task object), which are True or False according to documentation.
Priyanka Songra 1 Reputation point

2022-08-29T11:58:38.917+00:00

Hi Viorel,

Duration1Estimated and Duration2Estimated property values are true even if Duration is mentioned in edays, emonths , days or months
Estimated property value is also false only irrespective of Duration field value.
any other suggestions ?

Thanks,
Priyanka
Priyanka Songra 1 Reputation point

2022-09-15T06:42:49.2+00:00

It is difficult to compare DurationText value in all languages hence we need a method or property which will return a boolean value
We tried Estimated property but the value is No even if we provide Duration field value as 2 days or 2 edays.
Can someone please any other way to determine if the duration of task is elapsed or not?

Thanks,
Priyanka

1 answer

Priyanka Songra 1 Reputation point

2022-08-29T12:13:49.917+00:00

task.DurationText gives the full value entered in duration column which can be used to differentiate between edays and days.

Thanks,
Priyanka
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