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How To: Read ConceptDraw PROJECT files

ConceptDraw PROJECT writes CDPX, CPDZ and CPDTZ files.

Reading CDPX, CPDZ and CPDTZ files

The simplest way to read a CDPX, CPDZ or CPDTZ file is to use the UniversalProjectReader:

package org.mpxj.howto.read;

import net.sf.mpxj.ProjectFile;
import net.sf.mpxj.reader.UniversalProjectReader;

public class ConceptDraw
{
    public void read() throws Exception
    {
        UniversalProjectReader reader = new UniversalProjectReader();
        ProjectFile project = reader.read("my-sample.cdpx");
    }
}
using MPXJ.Net;

namespace MPXJ.Samples.HowToRead;

public class ConceptDraw
{
    public void Read()
    {
        var reader = new UniversalProjectReader();
        var project = reader.Read("my-sample.cdpx");
    }
}

You can work directly with the ConceptDrawProjectReader by replacing UniversalProjectReader with ConceptDrawProjectReader, although this offers no particular advantage as there are no additional configuration settings available on the ConceptDrawProjectReader class.