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Project 200 v 2003 compatibility Microsoft Project

Project 200 v 2003 compatibility

Posted: 26 Feb 2006 12:39 PM PST

John,
Thanks for your reply.

Certainly is a head scratcher. we can open a Project 2000 file and save it
as a Project 2003 file. That is how we have got arround the problem. Having
made the save it allows us to make changes and update without any issues.

I recall last year having exactly the same problem with a Project 2000 file
that I opened on the clients machine using 2002 making changes and not being
able to save them, consequently loosing all the changes.

Another thought has crossed my mind that I will try. It seems that it
'fails' once and then doesn't happen again, ie it is non reproduceable. The
effect is almost like 'seeding'. Once the 2003 programme has recognised the
2000 file format it then works for all future files built in 2000.

The method we use for updating is standard and is usually achieved through
simply adding a percentage in the % complete field, or using the progress as
scheduled tool, or reschedule tool. My colleague has just come off a three
month overhaul project using Project 2003 without issues, and I simply resort
to using 2000 to avoid the issue. Also once we get over the problem by
opening and saving the original file in 2003, we have no further problems.
This seems to point less at user input issues and more toward some weird
interaction between 2000 and later versions.

Thanks though for your thouhjts any others would be most welcome.

Regards

DavidC

"John" wrote:
 

How can I add a material list to a task

Posted: 26 Feb 2006 09:26 AM PST

Hi Don,

Another option is to use the text fields, one for materials (although
materials can be added under resources), one for location and one for tools.

You can then sort say on Location and run a report of all the tasks, start
times, durations, tools required, resources, and materials for that location.
Using a date field you could also set a date to be x days ahead of the
status date. Then set the report to only show tasks that have not finished
but started or were to start before the date set in the custome field.

Hope this is of help.

regards

DavidC

"Don V" wrote:
 

Resource Assigment Dates Not Matching Task Level Dates

Posted: 26 Feb 2006 08:20 AM PST

> I want both John and Bill's hours spread evenly across the duration,

Ask yourself why???

You are trying to configure Bill's downtime. Just let it go. He can spend 40 hours doing nothing with repect to your project.
That's good!!! he could be doing something else, even a vacation. Why can't you just let him contribute his 60 hrs?





"KGMSP" <microsoft.com> wrote in message news:com... 

Task duration based on calculation

Posted: 26 Feb 2006 02:44 AM PST

Hi Chris,

Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup :)

This sounds like Project's efforte driven settings. If you set up the 20min
duration task, then add another resource, the duration should halve to 10
mins. Do you not observe this effect?

FAQs, companion products and other useful Project information can be seen at
this web address: http://project.mvps.org/faqs.htm

Hope this helps - please let us know how you get on :)

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP

Chris wrote: 

Linking tasks no longer causes dependent tasks to be scheduled

Posted: 25 Feb 2006 08:03 PM PST

Dear Gérard,

Thank you kindly for sharing your expertise. This issue began when we
installed the MS Team Foundation Client, which adds some functionality to
Project. I suspect that somehow this preference was changed, as I am fairly
certain I have never updated that preference myself before.

Your advice regarding the automatic / manual calculation was in fact the
issue. The setting was in manual mode. Placing it in automatic fixed the
issue.

Many thanks,

Barton

"Gérard Ducouret" wrote:
 

How do we create a report that summarizes several Project Plans.

Posted: 25 Feb 2006 11:26 AM PST

Hi ItalianHeart ,

Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup :)

You might like to have a look at my series on Microsoft Project in the
TechTrax ezine, particularly #17 & 18 on Multiple Projects, at this site:
http://tinyurl.com/2xbhc or this:
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMFrame.asp?CMD=ArticleSearch&AUTH=23
(Perhaps you'd care to rate the articles before leaving the site, :)
Thanks.)

FAQs, companion products and other useful Project information can be seen at
this web address: <http://www.mvps.org/project/>

Hope this helps - please let us know how you get on :)

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP



ItalianHeart wrote: 

Legend Tab is Greyed out

Posted: 25 Feb 2006 06:45 AM PST

You're welcome, Joe, and thanks for the feedback.:) If you have a problem
when connected to your server try posting on the server newsgroup. Please
see FAQ Item: 24. Project Newsgroups. FAQs, companion products and other
useful Project information can be seen at this web address:
http://project.mvps.org/faqs.htm

Mike Glen
Project MVP


Joe wrote: 

Should I consolidate my projects?

Posted: 24 Feb 2006 11:36 PM PST

You're welcome, John.

--
Jan De Messemaeker, Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
http://users.online.be/prom-ade/
For FAQs: http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm
"Cybert" <com> schreef in bericht
news:googlegroups.com... 

How do I insert a blank line between tasks in MS Project?

Posted: 24 Feb 2006 04:55 PM PST

I agree with John on blank rows causing problems. Why don't you replace those
blank rows with summary task? This will keep your projects seperated.

"markinsco@gswater" wrote:
 

Outdenting tasks in MS Project standard

Posted: 24 Feb 2006 02:51 PM PST

In article <com>,
"Faty" <microsoft.com> wrote:
 

Faty,
If you are using Project 2003, I recall there was a problem with
outdenting in some cases. This issue was resolved with the SP-1 update.

However, you use the phrase, "...undo the outdenting..." and that makes
me wonder exactly what do you want. Outdenting all tasks will will put
them all at the same level, namely outline level "1", so I don't
understand you use of the word "undo".

John
Project MVP

Installing Project 2003 over Project 2002?

Posted: 24 Feb 2006 02:10 PM PST

In article <phx.gbl>,
"Pat" <pkelecy at insightbb dot com> wrote:
 

Pat,
It is very easy to transfer custom settings and macros. Simply create a
new file in Project 2002 (it can be a blank file) and use the Organizer
to transfer all your custom items to the file. Then open that file in
Project 2003 and again use the Organizer to transfer the custom items to
the 2003 Global. For back up I recommend periodically saving your Global
file to another partition on your hard drive or better still, to some
type of removable medium. That way, if you have a major disaster, you
can easily re-instate your custom settings.

Unless you have a need to run more than one version, (I do as an MVP so
I can relate to user's posts), then no, there probably is not a
compelling reason to keep both versions installed. Project 2000 through
2003 are all fully compatible, the main difference is that each new
version added more functionality.

John
Project MVP 

How do I revise the start date on a project template?

Posted: 24 Feb 2006 01:18 PM PST

Thank you. I discovered that the problem was the Percent Complete field
showed a number, so it was preventing the previous dates from clearing out.
My solution was to select the whole project, go to Task Info (Shift+F2), and
then, on the General tab, change the % Done field to 0. That solved it!

"Catfish Hunter" wrote:
 

footer problem

Posted: 24 Feb 2006 07:48 AM PST

Thanks for the reply. Ith is an option but not a very elegant one! It seems
strange that the other office (xp 2002 SP3) applications use the mapped drive
letter but project is using the unc path. I'll keep looking for the moment.

Cheers now

"Catfish Hunter" wrote:
 

Share Resources Dialog Box

Posted: 24 Feb 2006 06:46 AM PST

No, they were not. Once I did what you asked it worked fine.

Thanks!

"roadkill" wrote:
 

Printing Bar Text

Posted: 24 Feb 2006 03:50 AM PST

In article <com>,
"Peter J" <microsoft.com> wrote:
 

Peter,
OK, now it sounds like there may be an issue with your print driver. Can
you try it on a different printer (i.e. that uses a different driver)?
If not, you might want to check for updates on the driver you are using.

John
Project MVP 

EditSite Tool

Posted: 24 Feb 2006 02:05 AM PST

I know I tried posting there but for some reason my post wouldn't 'stick' -
anybody got an answer apart from 'wrong messageboard' ?

"Jan De Messemaeker" wrote:
 

Project 12 : cannot log on

Posted: 23 Feb 2006 10:06 PM PST

Madhur:

Please do not cross post.

Please also consider that you are discussing a product in very early beta,
and that you may be violating your company's NDA with Microsoft in doing so.
Your posting here is at least a few months premature.

--


Gary L. Chefetz, MVP
"We wrote the books on Project Server"
http://www.msprojectexperts.com

For Project Server FAQs visit
http://www.projectserverexperts.com

For Project FAQs visit
http://www.mvps.org/project


"madhur" <com> wrote in message
news:googlegroups.com... 

See original critical path

Posted: 23 Feb 2006 08:50 PM PST

You can create a view that only has baseline start and finish bars. Format
the bars in this view as if they were regular task and critical task are red.
Hope this helps.

"KW" wrote:
 

How to create a report with a matrix of resources and their calend

Posted: 23 Feb 2006 02:05 PM PST

Hi Michael,

I guessed that my response was not going to be exactly what you wanted :-).
Thanks for the feedback and maybe there will be more options in the next
release for exporting resource's calendar data.

Julie
"Michael Carroll" <microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:com... 

Costing mixed 5 day week and 7 day week resources in a task

Posted: 23 Feb 2006 01:40 PM PST

Steve,
thanks for the feedback.
I was hoping that there was a way to do it just in MS project, automatically
allowing for calendar changes, holidays etc when the timeline changes. The
actual scenario is part of a much larger project and there have been a
number of plan restructures to meet the clients changing needs. I was
trying to avoid having to rework all the accommodation, equipment hire tasks
each time the staffing, plan, holidays and schedule changed.

I will do some experiments with linking as you suggest

Regards


Gav


"Steve House [Project MVP]" <send.hotmail.com> wrote
in message news:phx.gbl... 

Predesessor link not working

Posted: 23 Feb 2006 01:15 PM PST

Hello Jan,

Thanks for the help. The successort START Dates were not moving as per the
links due to the fact that successor tasks had some actual % complete. I had
the % complete hidden so I was not able to see that. When I wiped of the
actual % complete, the successor tasks honored the links.

Thanks,
Nirakar

"Jan De Messemaeker" wrote: