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Format

Microsoft Project Export File

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Summary

Name
Microsoft Project Export File
Version
4.0
Identifiers
  • MIME: application/x-project
  • PUID: fmt/342
Description
The Microsoft Project Export file or Microsoft Project Exchange file format is for earlier version of Microsoft Project to exhange project data with other Project Management software. Discontinued with Project 2000.
Format encoding
Text
File extensions
mpx
Submitted by
Georgia Tech Research Institute / Georgia Tech Research Institute

Internal signatures

Microsoft Project Export File 4.0

Description
Header: (MPX) ; list separator (e.g. a comma or semicolon), The name and version of the program used to create the MPX file; list separator; the version of MPX format that the file uses (4.0 ), if list separator is ;, version may be 4,0.
Provenance
Signature identified by Georgia Tech Research Institute

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
None
Byte Sequence
4D5058(2C|3B){1-50}(2C|3B)34(2C|2E)30
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • V120

    Release date
    25 February 2025

    • Updated

      Microsoft Project Export File 4.0: New description added as part of PRONOM Research Week 2024. Submitted by Brigham Young University.

  • V51

    Release date
    15 July 2011

    • Added format

      Microsoft Project Export File 4.0: Outline entry added. Submission from Georgia Tech Research Institute, USA.

    • Added signature

      Microsoft Project Export File 4.0: Signatures submitted by Georgia Tech Research Institute, USA.