In this topic, we will explore how to extract Microsoft Project file metadata using C++. You will observe how to access the MPP file and its metadata information in C++ using simple API calls with no dependence on MS Project.
Steps to Extract Microsoft Project File Metadata using C++
- Install Aspose.Tasks for C++ from NuGet package Manager Tool
- Add reference to Aspose::Tasks namespace
- Instantiate Project class instance to load the MPP file to extract metadata information
- Extract metadata information for different properties using Prj class static methods
You can extract MPP file metadata in C++ by using simple API calls in few lines code. You just need to access the MPP file and iterate through desired metadata properties exposed by Prj class in C++.
Code to Extract Microsoft Project File Metadata using C++
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| #pragma once | |
| #include <Project.h> | |
| #include <Task.h> | |
| #include<License/License.h> | |
| #include<Saving/Html/HtmlSaveOptions.h> | |
| #include<Prj.h> | |
| #include <system/string.h> | |
| #include <system/console.h> | |
| #include <system/environment.h> | |
| #include <system/shared_ptr.h> | |
| #include <system/environment.h> | |
| #include <system/object_ext.h> | |
| #include <system/object.h> | |
| #include <stdio.h> | |
| using namespace Aspose::Tasks; | |
| using namespace Aspose::Tasks::Saving; | |
| using namespace System; | |
| void ExtractMetaInformation() | |
| { | |
| // Setting the license extracting metadata from MPP Project file | |
| SharedPtr<License> AsposeTasksLicense = System::MakeObject<License>(); | |
| AsposeTasksLicense->SetLicense(u"licFile"); | |
| // Source MPP file path and name | |
| System::String SourceFile = u"SourceMicrosoftProjectFile.mpp"; | |
| // Load the MPP file to extract meta information | |
| SharedPtr<Project> MSProjectFile = MakeObject<Project>(SourceFile); | |
| // Access and sae different meta information properties inside project file | |
| System::String ProjectAuthor = MSProjectFile->Get(Prj::Author()); | |
| System::String ProjectCategory = MSProjectFile->Get(Prj::Category()); | |
| System::String ProjectCompany = MSProjectFile->Get(Prj::Company()); | |
| System::String ProjectComments = MSProjectFile->Get(Prj::Comments()); | |
| // Show the meta-data information extracted from the Microsoft Project file | |
| System::Console::Write(u"Author:{0}, Catgory:{1}, Company:{2}, Comments:{3}", | |
| ProjectAuthor, ProjectCategory, ProjectCompany, ProjectComments); | |
| } |
Earlier, we learnt how to extract Microsoft Project file metadata in C#. However, in this topic we have implemented Microsoft Project metadata extractor in C++.
