Ocean Plan Viewer 5.5e
for Microsoft Project plans exported as XML
(C) 2018-2026 Ocean Consulting GmbH - Germany


WHAT THIS IS

A read-only viewer for Microsoft Project plans. It opens the XML a planner
exports from Project, and draws the Gantt chart, the task list and the
resources. It cannot change a plan, which is the point of it.

It reads XML exports, not .mpp files. In Microsoft Project the export is
File > Save As > XML.


HOW TO RUN IT

Windows      Unzip anywhere and double-click ocean-plan-viewer.exe.
             Nothing is installed. No administrator rights are needed.

Linux        Unzip anywhere, then:  chmod +x ocean-plan-viewer
             Built on Linux Mint Cinnamon, x64.

Raspberry Pi Same, 64-bit Raspberry Pi OS.

There is no installer, no runtime to add, and nothing written outside the
folder you unzipped into. To remove it, simply delete the folder.


WINDOWS MIGHT WARN YOU

The program is not code-signed yet, so Windows SmartScreen may report an
unknown publisher. The warning concerns the missing signature, not the
contents of the file. Choose "More info" and then "Run anyway", or
right-click the ZIP before unzipping, Properties, and tick "Unblock".

If you would rather check what you received first, the SHA-256 of this
archive is on our website. To compute it yourself:

  On Windows:      Get-FileHash <archive>.zip          (PowerShell)
  On Linux, Pi:    sha256sum <archive>.zip

SHA-256 is Get-FileHash's default and needs no algorithm argument.
certutil -hashfile also works from cmd.exe, though some endpoint
security products alert on any use of certutil.

If anything misbehaves, that hash and the version in the About box
identify exactly what you were running.


OPENING A PLAN

Five ways, all equivalent:

  - the Open button, or Ctrl+O
  - drag the XML file onto the window
  - drop the XML file on the program icon
  - name it on the command line:  ocean-plan-viewer <path or address>
  - Ctrl-U lets you enter an HTTP(S) web path to load the plan from

A sample project plan is included: Ocean_Sample_Project.xml. It is a complete
47-task project with phases, milestones, dependencies, baselines and
notes, so you can see what the viewer does before you view your own plans.


THIS IS THE DEMO BUILD

It shows the first 50 tasks of a plan and says so in the footer when it
truncates. A "DEMO VERSION" watermark appears on the chart, and image
export is disabled. Everything else is just like the full program.

The sample plan has 47 tasks, so it opens complete.


THE MANUAL

Ocean_Plan_Viewer_5.5e_Manual.pdf, is in this archive. Chapter 2 is the
only one you need to start.


TERMS FOR THIS COPY

This build is supplied for your personal evaluation. It is not licensed
for production use. If you would like to use it for real work, say so
and we will discuss a full licence.

Toolbar icons (C) 2016-2026 Jürgen Lüthje, Oma, davido, Guillaume
Saumure, infratec, Romerio Medeiros. <https://tinyurl.com/ocean-viewer>


QUESTIONS, REMARKS AND ESPECIALLY COMPLAINTS

Ocean Consulting GmbH, Germany - https://www.ocean-consulting.de
