How To: Write XER files

XER files have been imported and exported by Primavera software since the earliest days of P6 and this format is still often the preferred way to move schedule data between instances of P6 even today.

The sample code below illustrates how to write data to an XER file.

import net.sf.mpxj.ProjectFile;
import net.sf.mpxj.primavera.PrimaveraXERFileWriter;

// ...

PrimaveraXERFileWriter writer = new PrimaveraXERFileWriter();
writer.write(projectFile, outputFileName);

Using PrimaveraXERFileWriter

Encoding

By default XER files written by MPXJ are encoded using the Windows-1252 character set. If you need to use a different encoding, the setCharset or setEncoding methods can be used to achieve this, as illustrated by the code below.

import net.sf.mpxj.ProjectFile;
import net.sf.mpxj.primavera.PrimaveraXERFileWriter;

// ...

PrimaveraXERFileWriter writer = new PrimaveraXERFileWriter();

// Use a Charset instance
writer.setCharset(Charset.forName("GB2312"));
writer.write(projectFile, outputFileName);

// Use an encoding name
writer.setEncoding("GB2312");
writer.write(projectFile, outputFileName);