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    - Tasks "on hold" Waht is the best way to indicate that a task is "on- hold." Often customer's need to obtain approval, additional funding etc such that a task does not get completed as planned. When this happens I don't want to loose the task, but want to follow it as a reminder. /ray Tag: Old Project File Tag: 62303
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    - Identify current tasks? Is there a simple way of highlighting current (on-going) tasks in the task list? I'd like to see (in the Gantt chart view) the tasks that are presently being worked on. Cheers. Bobby Tag: Old Project File Tag: 62298
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    - Error Saving Project: "[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver]Communication link failure" - I open up Project Professional 2003. I clearly see that it automatically logs me into Project Server 2003. - I press the "save" toolbar button - I give the project a name and press "save". No problem. - I add tasks, named "1" "2" "3" "4" "5" (I do not type in any of the other columns) - I press the "save" toolbar button. No problem. - I continue adding tasks, named "6" "7" "8" "9" "10". I press the "save" toolbar button. No problem. - I continue adding tasks, named "11" thru "21". I press the "save" toolbar button. No problem. - I add a task named "22." I press the "save" toolbar button. ERROR: "[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver]Communication link failure" - I press "save" again. ERROR: " [Microsoft][ODBC SWL Server Driver][SQL Server]Cannot insert duplicate key row into object 'MSP_TASKS' with unique index 'I_MSP_TASKS'. " This happens CONSISTENTLY. I can reproduce this over and over again. Please help! This is stopping me from deploying and using Project Server companywide. Thanks, Mike Tag: Old Project File Tag: 62297
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    - Leveled project - resources still overallocated I have a project that showed overallocations for several of my resources. I selected all tasks, went to Project/Task Information/Advanced and selected "As Soon As Possible" for the Constraint Type. I then leveled resources and several tasks were affected. In addition, my Finish date was pushed out by several weeks. However, when I go back to look at my Resource Graph, although it looks better I still see overallocations. Is there a way to level so that all overallocations are removed? Tag: Old Project File Tag: 62296
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    - Changing Colors of Task Names Does anyone know a way to change the color of the task name based on a test of a flag field? As an example if the flag field had either 1,2 or 3 assigned to it....Is there a way to print 1's in red, 2's in blue etc.? I realize the bar on the gantt can be changed but I would like to change the color of the task name to further highlight tasks that are critical in nature. Tag: Old Project File Tag: 62295
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    - Modify start dates of all tasks... Is it possible to modify the start date of all tasks instead of changing each one individually? Example, my project was delayed by one week and I would like to adjust the start of each task by + 1 week. Anyone know how to accomplish this? Tag: Old Project File Tag: 62294
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    - MS Project 2003 & EPM presentation Hi all I'm looking for a presentation (powerpoint format) of MS Project 2003 and/or EPM (Enterprise Project Management), features and benefits. I was not able to find that on Microsoft web site. Thanks in advanc Jean-Paul Tag: Old Project File Tag: 62293
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    - Print showing outline symbols Whenever I print the outline symbols don't show up but they do on the screen. Is there someway I can make the symbols print to. Thanks, Rachael Tag: Old Project File Tag: 62285
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    - compatible question Does anyboby know that whether Project2003 standard version can read the files created by Project2003 professional version? Thanks a lot! Tag: Old Project File Tag: 62281
  - 10
    - MS Project viewer Is there a free MS Project viewer? thank Sergio Tag: Old Project File Tag: 62280
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    - Macros are not visible from the other machine I have created 'macros' and saved them globally with the MS project (on NetWork drive).When my colleague opened the same from her machine, the macros were not getting displayed. The Macros I have created were been saved globally. I have checked the security settings on MS project. The Security level is Medium on both MS project views. Does any one know what could be happening? Any hint on this would be highly appreciated Tag: Old Project File Tag: 62264
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    - Link Line Colors OK, I can't find any way of changing the color of the link lines without changing the color of the bars that they connect to - is this something that is not available in Project? Seems like a rather simple function to implement ..... Tag: Old Project File Tag: 62262
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    - Passwording Flagged Tasks I need to hide some Flag1 tasks which are proprietary and very sensitive in nature. No problem. The situation is I don't want anyone else who has access to this schedule to be able unhide and view these flagged tasks. Is there a way to password these by a subroutine that will run automatically when the project is opened Thanks................TomCat Tag: Old Project File Tag: 62254
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    - Can I have Fixed "work" after recording actuals I have a resource that I have split between three different task items that run at the same time. For planning purposes I allocated the task as follows. Task A: 50% Task B: 35% Task C: 15%. Lets assume this is one resource and all three tasks have a duration of 2 weeks. So the allocations are 4 hours for task A 2.8 hours for task B 1.2 hours for task C. This is the planned allocation of work for this resource. When I get the actual hours for day 1, 2 and 3. Lets assume the resource puts in 5 hours for task A 2.8 hours for task B .2 hours for task C for all three days. Is there any way to keep task C (only) from not changing the "planned" hours of work for the rest of the duration? I ask this because task C is really a "Support Role" task. The task does not have a set number of hours, I am just reserving 1.2 hours for support functions, I only want to allocate the 1.2 hours a day, regardless of how much was used the previous day. For task A and B, I want it to account for what has already been done, so I am okay with how that works. It's just task C I want to have fixed "work" no matter what the actual work done was. Is there any way to do this? Tag: Old Project File Tag: 62251
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    - Need immediate reply...Thanx a lot! When i try to run Customize project Guide in MS Project Proffesional 2003, it gives the folowing message box "An ActiveX control on this page might be unsafe..." I want to bypass the message box and set its status from "Prompt" to "Enabled". What should i do? as if i go to security of internet/interanat but i dont know the exact place where i have to set it . Thanks and waiting for your replies. -Rasheed Tag: Old Project File Tag: 62250
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    - is the duration adjusted based on actual start/finish dates If my actual start and finish dates are different then my baseline does the duration automatically adjust to reflect the change or is that just visible by look at the tracking gnatt and noting the delta Thanks Tag: Old Project File Tag: 62249
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    - How to view assignments that are slipping Good Morning: Is there a way to show all assignments that are past the finish date. For example, if Task1 is 80% complete and the finish date is less than today's date how can I get these tasks to show in a different color. Can this be done automatically in MSProject 2000 or do I need to write a Macro. If a macro is needed does anyone have an example? Any help would be very much appreciated. Thank you. Tag: Old Project File Tag: 62241
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    - general schedule tracking question I have set a baseline for my project and have been tracking progress. I have had tasks that have slipped so there ar new start and finish dates which have been adjusted by project. Project automatically makes the "actual start" and "actual finish" equal to the start and finish dates. This is really confusing because it looks like tasks may be completing. Is there a way to control this so the actual start and finish are empty or "NA" until I actually go in and update them. I know project will assume the task has started if the start date has passed is there a way to control this or at least control the finish date to not be set until I enter the date Thanks Tag: Old Project File Tag: 62237
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    - Compare function in Project 2002 I'm running MS Project 2002 and downloaded the Compare two projects add-in from MS. It doesn't work at all, when I try to use it, nothing happens Any ideas? Anyone have any opinions on this add-in in general Thanks! Tag: Old Project File Tag: 62235
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    - Project server Hi !! I have Project profesional 2003, how to install project server ? thanx Tag: Old Project File Tag: 62232
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    - Linking hours into Excel, without the 'h' Hi I link data from my project plan into excel to do some resource demand forcasting, or rather I'd like to, but when I copy the hours against a task into my Excel sheet, it includes the 'h' against the number to signify hours. I need to get rid of this, as it wont allow the formulae to carry out any number crunching on that cell with a letter in it. Any ideas? Do I need to put a custom field into project that just shows the number of hours without the 'h'? If so - how?!?! TIA Tim Tag: Old Project File Tag: 62229
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    - export Start/Finish Time (not Date) How can I export (e.g. to excel) the start/finish TIMES that MS project calculates automatically (based on dependencies, the calendar settings etc). I know how to export the start/finish dates : choosing the "microsoft project field" called "start" and "finish", but there is no such field for the start/finish times (e.g. at what time during the day is a task planned to start and stop). Is it possible to get those times exported, next to the dates ? Tag: Old Project File Tag: 62227
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    - emails Hiya Project & PWA 2003 Are there more global ways of emailing task notifications than just the person that receives the task that sets up his notifications ? eg. can someone else be notified if a new task is created or a certain task reaches completion. regards Martin Tag: Old Project File Tag: 62224
  - 24
    - MS Project 2002 How can I open a MS Project 2002 document in Microsoft Word Tag: Old Project File Tag: 62222
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    - Actual Work / Work / Baseline Work Hi All 'Actual work' is work actually performed and "Work" is the total work that was/is scheduled. If the project baseline is saved at the start of the project, the 'work baseline' equals the scheduled 'work'. I have been trying out scenarios and noted when the 'actual work' is greater than the baseline (and the baseline is equal to the 'work') the 'work' is adjusted to the same total as 'actual work'. Is this correct? If so, how do I show the extra hours of 'actual work' performed over and above the baseline? Surely this would impact on my earned value, I am assuming earned value is calculated from baseline figures, and any variance of 'actual work' / work is reported against the baseline. Can someone please provide some guidance? TIA to all whom respond - Vers Tag: Old Project File Tag: 62211
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    - Resource Managers What is the best process in microsoft project to assign resources, utilizing a resource manager? I mean project managers can always assign resources to their projects but in this environment the resource managers want the control and tell pms who is available and not. How do they communicate and what if priority changes Than John Tag: Old Project File Tag: 62210
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    - Default dates for Request Progress Information I am trying to use the Email Updates in MSP Pro 2002, as we don't have Server set up yet. On the Request Progress Info page the default period seems to be consistently way out from the current dates. Anyone know how to change this automatically or change the default? It is a pain to do it manually every time. Thanks! Tag: Old Project File Tag: 62205
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    - Error: Publish New and Changed Assignments Project Pro 2002 Collaborate -> Publish -> New and Changed Assignments Sends email to the resource Resource hits Reply and then Send Gets: An error occurred during initialization. An error occurred while saving the file. The data was not saved. You have to hit OK and it goes awya with nothing happening. Any ideas? Tag: Old Project File Tag: 62203
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    - Filtering Tasks I was just curious if there was a way to filter based solely on the Task ID number, so that I could pick arbitrary tasks throughout the project to show to someone. I would appreciate any insight you might have. Thanks, Rachael Tag: Old Project File Tag: 62201
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    - Printing a Gantt Chart as a .pdf, or .doc file How can I capture a picture of a Gantt chart so that I can e-mail it to individuals who don't have MSProject? Tag: Old Project File Tag: 62198
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    - template Does anyone know of a Project template for a large event? Tag: Old Project File Tag: 62188
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    - Can we arrange the sequence of tasks instead of inputting the start-end time. Can we arrange the sequence of tasks instead of inputting the start-end time? Our project is just a Nation Science Foundation project. So we can not know the end time of each task. but we know the sequence of each task. Can we arrange the sequence of tasks instead of inputting the start-end time? Thanks! Tag: Old Project File Tag: 62185
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    - What is use of SQLServer in MS Project Server Collaboration Environment What is use of SQLServer in MS Project Server Collaboration Environment? Is there any limitation in the size of the files that project team members upload for each task because we only have MS Project Server2003 + Project 2003+ SQLServer 2000(Standard version)? I am not sure whether the size of SQLServer 2000(Standard version) decides the size of the files that project team members upload for each task. I heard that the size of SQLServer 2000 (Standard version) is only 2GB? Tag: Old Project File Tag: 62184
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    - How can I freeze allocation %? I posted a similar question before, but I still haven't solved this maddening problem. Frequently when I update my plan from project server the % allocation units change on their own. So even though I have painstakingly set up allocations showing how an individual should split his time, after the update, these allocations change. Isn't there some way to freeze the values I enter? None of my tasks are effort driven and they are all set to fixed units. quickly loosing it... Ben Tag: Old Project File Tag: 62183
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    - Problem displaying Images/Pictures: Red "X" in IE I have a computer that is acting strange, it is displaying "Submit Status Report" improperly. Three Red "X" are placed where the edit window boxes are. Therefore the user cannot write or edit Status Report. But every where else are working fine. I did the Q283807 and no luck at all. The step 1, I looked at the properties and the "Type" is showing "Unknown" The system does not have any firewall/proxy installed. One step I did not understand, the step 3 mentions Toggle Images.exe on the "Link" toolbar. I couldn't find it. The computer has Windows XP SP1 + IE 6 SP1 and all the Windows Updates installed. There is nothing to update. I have also tried to login as different user, same problem. Any idea/links/solutions are welcome. Thanks all. Johnny Tag: Old Project File Tag: 62182
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    - Microsoft Project 98 I am having trouble printing on 8 1/2 by 14 paper. My project is only coming out on 8 1/2 by 11. How can I adjust this to print out? Tag: Old Project File Tag: 62180
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    - Creating a custom Report I am trying to create a report that shows a specific milestone for multiple projects. In other words - my schedule file is comprised of multiple small projects. However, there are several milestones that are common to all of the projects. What I want is to able to create a report that shows when each milestone (Ex. PDR) is going to occur. The only columns I am interested in having is the Task Name column, start & finish. This seems like it should be easy, but I am getting a lot of columns that I do not want. Also, I do have a filter so that my Gantt view will only display these milestones Thanks in advance Bill Tag: Old Project File Tag: 62176
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    - Using e-mail to notify resources of assigned tasks I don't have MS Project Server, nor can I post my project to the internet. I want to inform my resources (personnel) of assigned tasks via e-mail. I've successfully sent the e-mails, but they appear as .mtm attachments in Outlook. Is there a way to send the assignments so the recipient can show it as a task (and then be able to update % complete, etc.)? How do I do this? Tag: Old Project File Tag: 62168
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    - Timeline Desire to show only 5 days, not 7 I am running a project during the week only, requiring no weekends. How do i take saturday and sunday off of the chart. Tag: Old Project File Tag: 62158
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    - How not to show % assignment units Hi All: I don't want the % assignment units to show on my Gantt Chart and I don't know how to do this. Any help would be very much appreciated. Thank you. Tag: Old Project File Tag: 62156
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    - How not to show % assignment units Hi All: I don't want the % assignment units to show on my Gantt Chart and I don't know how to do this. Any help would be very much appreciated. Thank you. Tag: Old Project File Tag: 62155
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    - # jobs per task In Project Server, is there a maximum number of jobs you can assign per task in a project Thanks for any help Jessica Tag: Old Project File Tag: 62146
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    - project 2003 on Win98? I have a really old machine that's running Win 98 - I'd prefer to not upgrade the OS, but I'd like to buy MS Project, the current version of which appears to only support Win2K or XP. Does anyone know if it's possible to install and run Project 2003 on a Win98 machine? Tag: Old Project File Tag: 62142
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    - Problems installing Project 2003 Purchased copy of project 2003. Insert CD, install begins. Error message "Error opening installation log file. Verify that the specified log file location exists and is writable". Have no idea what that means. I haven't specified anything - it's on autorun and works fine on another machine. Online help beyond useless - apparently, on the drop down list, I've bought something that does't exist, and unless you can click on product names and enter product numbers - none of which it allowed me to do as I couldn't identify it - you end up in a somewhat circular and very frustrating loop. Any suggestions? Tag: Old Project File Tag: 62134
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    - Overallocation problem Hello, I am entering tasksthen assign them to an individual. Forexample when the start dates of tasks are same. Ms project occupies same hour for two tasks. It puts 2 hour work for example 11:00 a.m. I do not understand how to solve it. Please help. Burcu Tag: Old Project File Tag: 62131
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    - Working Day Report For Individuals Hello, From change working time submenu, I put meeting times fýor individuals as non working times. I want to obtain working time reports for individuals. How can I do that? Cheers, Burcu Tag: Old Project File Tag: 62129
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    - Hello I am currently using bootvis to attempt to resolve an issue I have in XP. When boot, I am getting a delay of 93 seconds after I log in. Bootvis shows me that there are several processes initializing after login. How can I identify which of thwse processes are essential, since they do not appear in any startup program, such as Startup Cop, TweakXP Pro, or others. any help would be appreciated. Thanks! Tag: Old Project File Tag: 62127
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    - Combining Multiple Projects Hi All I am new to MS Project and I am using Project 2003. I have a question about combining multiple projects. Is it possible to have the tasks from each project (or subproject) shown in a different colour, or displayed with a prefix (e.g.:project 1 task name, project 2 task name) when viewed in calander mode? Thanks Robert Tag: Old Project File Tag: 62126
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    - project server Im trying to set up ms project pro 2002. It keeps asking about the path for the project server. I found that project server spooler but cant figure out if thats what I need. Does that allow me to share what project is showing? I also have an Intranet for the office that I would like to share these projects on. Last question, Is there a way to connect ms project to another database and have the other database update the time spent on a project? ODBC connectivity is what Im looking for here. Am I looking at the right software to do this? Brad Tag: Old Project File Tag: 62119
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    - MS Project 2002 I would like to know if MS Project 2002 is compliant with Office 2003? If there are any conflicts between the two? Thanks. Tag: Old Project File Tag: 62115

hi. i have an old project file, that i can't open with
microsoft project 2000, does anyone know, what version of
project i may need to open a file that was created in
94/95.

thanks

ag

Re: Old Project File by G�rard

Gérard
Thu Feb 26 02:59:48 CST 2004

Hello,

You need MS Project 98. If you don't have it, I guess that somebody in this
forum could do the conversion if the data is not confidential.

Gérard Ducouret

"agizis@sizig.com" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> a écrit dans le
message de news:1b8301c3fc16$5e99e590$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> hi. i have an old project file, that i can't open with
> microsoft project 2000, does anyone know, what version of
> project i may need to open a file that was created in
> 94/95.
>
> thanks
>
> ag

Re: Old Project File by John

John
Thu Feb 26 10:36:12 CST 2004

ag,
If you don't have access to Project 98, I would be happy to convert the
file for you. If you don't mind sending the file over the internet, just
zip it and send it to me via e-mail. If it is not corrupted, I will
convert it to Project 2000 format and send it back.

I have done this several times for various posters.
John