Overview

There are several methods for creating a new project:

• Add a New Project which does not have any activities, or

• Import a project created from another Primavera Contractor database or created with another software program such as P3, SureTrak, Microsoft Project or other Primavera Enterprise products, or

• Copy an existing project and edit it.

Before discussing creating a project file, we will discuss the file types that Primavera Contractor will operate with.

4.1 File Types

Primavera Contractor will only run on a Microsoft SQL Server database and your project data will be saved in this database format.

Primavera Contractor will import and export to the following file types using the wizards found under the menu commands File, Import and File, Export :

• XER. A Primavera proprietary format used to exchange Projects between Primavera Contractor databases regardless of the database type in which it was created.

• PLF. A Primavera proprietary format used to exchange Layouts between Primavera Contractor databases regardless of the database type in which it was created.

• Project (*.mpp). This is the default file format that Microsoft Project 2000 and 2002 uses to create and save files.

• Microsoft Project 98 (*.mpp). This is the format created by Microsoft Project 98.

• Microsoft Project 98 will not open or save a Project (*.mpp) file created by Microsoft Project 2000 and later.

• Microsoft Project 2002 will open and save to a Microsoft...