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

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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 88,316 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

Viorel 88,316 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

Answer 1

Priyanka Songra 1

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

Thanks,
Priyanka

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

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