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Merlin html WBS

on 21. October 2010

MerlinHtmlWBSWe get asked from time to time in support if the ‘Net plan’ view of Merlin can display the WBS of a Merlin project as a tree from top to bottom.

The answer for this is no and yes. No, as there are no options for modifying the direction of the ‘Net plan’ view graphical elements. They always get displayed from left to right.

Yes, because if one has installed OmniGraffle he or she can transfer the WBS to OmniGraffle by the use of the following  SendTo script.

And yes. We have written an applescript exporting  the project WBS into html. This is a sample of how the resulting HTML could look like:
Merlin-HTML-WBS

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Written by Vicky Stamatopoulou
Vicky Stamatopoulou works at ProjectWizards. She contributes to the MacPM.net blog, Merlin user forums, or other web spaces of ProjectWizards. The content provided is about Merlin or Mac usage, documentation, AppleScripting, or customization. Google+
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Merlin integration to GrandTotal

on 22. March 2010

Many Merlin users praise the software among other reasons for its excellent integration with Mac OS X and other Mac applications. In Merlin’s product page one can find a list of possible connections and supported technologies. Just as we finalized our list, we found a new application on the Internet that supports Merlin, called GrandTotal.

It is an invoicing application for Mac OS X with wysiwycg (what you see is what your client gets) features and a layout editor. The software is localized in more than 10 languages.

Read more about GrandTotal here

So how does GrandTotal and Merlin integrate? Simple. By the use of a “Send To” AppleScript provided by GrandTotal, you can let GrandTotal create an Estimate or Invoice from the selected Merlin project structures.

Enjoy Merlin’s flexibility.

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Merlin import of EXCEL files

on 2. March 2010

Merlin can import seamlessly lots of file formats, here a list of the currently supported formats:

  • MS Project (.mpx, .mpp, .xml)
  • OmniOutliner (.ooutline, .oo3)
  • OmniPlan (.omniplan)
  • NovaMind (.nmind)
  • MindManager (.mmap)
  • Merlin 1 (.merlin)
  • Merlin 2 (.xml)
  • Text files (.txt, .csv, .tsv)
  • OPML files (.opal)

So you look on the list above, have project WBS saved in MS EXCEL and don’t know how to proceed?

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Merlin: using Merlin iPhone app

on 13. January 2010

With the optional web or iPhone sharing, you have always direct access to your Merlin projects, practically from anywhere. The Merlin iPhone app is as intuitive as Merlin itself, should you however like to read more about it, you may want to download the Merlin iPhone Quick Start Guide.

Please find hereafter the answers to the most frequently asked questions:

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Merlin: iCal calendar import

on 11. January 2010

icalDid you know? I had not until now. You can import iCal calendar onto your project or resource calendars and get the entries added as exceptions. Cool, isn’t it?

For those of you, like me, not knowing this functionality until now, here is how to proceed:

  1. You locate the iCal calendar you want to import(*) to your Merlin project.
  2. Open your Merlin project, select the top most entry in the outline, switch to the ‘Working Time’ tab on the inspector, click onto the gear symbol and call ‘Import…’. (more…)

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MerlinDayliteLink update available

on 9. December 2009

Our partner LgoConsulting updated MerlinDayliteLink.

merlinDayliteLink

What’s that?

MerlinDaylite-Link is a tool that allows information to be shared between the two programs, Merlin and Daylite. This gives you access to the power of Merlin for professional project management to manage and plan a project, whilst sharing the outcome with Daylite’s team and business management tools.

What’s new, why updating?

  • Changed the menu names to make simpler to use.
  • Added the ability to send Milestones to Daylite as Events.
  • MerlinDayliteLink takes the expected dates from Merlin rather than defaulting to the planned dates.
  • A number of bug fixes.

More information on MerlinDayliteLite can be found here

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Getting the primary email address

on 17. August 2009

When you drag an Address Book card onto an activity, either directly from the Mac OS X Address Book application or out of Merlin’s “Library” dialogue, it will get assigned to this activity and appear in our project management software as a resource. This resource remains linked to the original entry in the Address Book. Changes in the Address Book card, will get transferred automatically to the various Merlin projects where this resource has been assigned to.

Sometimes there could be an issue though in recognizing the prime email address and setting this for the resource. We had reported this issue to Apple in year 2004 as tested the first version of Address Book, but a solution had not been released yet.

Fortunately there is an API to the Address Book, which developers can use when wanting to create add-ons for it.
Taking advantage of this fact we have created an Address Book add-on solving the issue of primary email address and phone number. Our primarily in 2005 released add-on, repairs Address Book and helps Merlin getting the appropriate data for the resources. You can get it for free and it is very easy to install.

  • You download the Address Book Add-On
  • You extract the zip archive and copy the 2 included files into the following directory “~/Library/Address Book Plug-Ins” (~ : stands for your home directory)

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    Expanding the ‘Send To’ submenu of Merlin

    on 12. August 2009

    File > Send ToA very practical feature of Merlin is its “Send To” submenu.  It can extract information out of a Merlin file and send it to another application. Per default you find only the application “Billings” listed, but you can expand this submenu by creating your own AppleScripts.

    To demonstrate how this works, we are going to tell Merlin to create automatically a PNG picture file of the current Gantt chart and to send it to the Preview.app

    So here we go: (more…)

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    MerlinDaylite Link Now Available!

    on 16. June 2009

    LgoConsulting has today announced the availability of MerlinDaylite Link, a tool that allows information to be shared between Merlin and Daylite.

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