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• Add Link. Choose this to create a new link to an external project file. Selecting this option will display
a further menu, listing all project sources that may be connected to on the current machine (See
Supported Scheduling Software for more information on which sources are available). Choose the
source to which you wish to link to. A standard Open file dialog will be displayed. Browse to and Open
the project file you wish to link to. The Field Selector dialog will then be displayed, from which you
can identify additional data to be brought through from the project file.
• Delete Link. Choose this to delete the currently selected link.
Note
Deleting the link to an external project file will not delete any tasks that have previously been
rebuilt in the TimeLiner Tasks tab.
• Rebuild Taks Hierarchy from Link. Choose this to read all of the tasks and associated data (as
defined in the Field Selector dialog) from the selected project file and add these to the Tasks tab.
Choose this option also to synchronize with the selected project file when new tasks have been added
to the project file. This will rebuild the task hierarchy in TimeLiner, containing all of the latest tasks and
data.
• Synchronize Tasks from Link. Choose this to update all existing tasks in the Tasks tab, with the
latest associated data from the selected project file (e.g. Start and End dates).
• Rebuild Task Hierarchy from All Links. Choose this to read all of the tasks and associated data (as
defined in the Field Selector dialog) from all project files listed in the Links tab and add these to the
Tasks tab.
Choose this option also to synchronize with all project files when new tasks have been added to the
project files. This will rebuild the task hierarchy in TimeLiner, containing all of the latest tasks and data.
• Edit Link. Choose this option to edit the selected link. This will display the Field Selector dialog, from
which you can define new fields or re-define existing ones.
• Rename. Choose this to rename the link to something more appropriate. When the text field becomes
highlighted, enter the new name, then press Enter to save it.
Note
Tasks in the external schedule will be ignored if they do not include both start and end dates, with
the start date being less than or equal to the end date.
JetStream TimeLiner supports multiple sources of external schedules using a COM interface. Anyone can
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