Microsoft KB Archive/245877

= PRJ2000: Changing Duration on Task Bar Gives Unexpected Duration =

Article ID: 245877

Article Last Modified on 1/25/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Project 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q245877



SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Project, when you drag the end of a task bar to increase or decrease the duration of a task, an unexpected duration may result.

For example, if a task has a 5-day duration and you drag the end of the task bar to increase the duration by one day, you expect the duration of the task to increase to 6 days, but the duration is 4 days instead.



CAUSE
This problem may occur when the following conditions are true:


 * The task has a task calendar applied to it.
 * The task calendar's working time is different than the project calendar's.
 * You change the duration of the task by dragging the end of the task bar.

When you change the duration of a task by dragging the end of the task bar in a Gantt Chart or Calendar view, Microsoft Project uses the working time in the project calendar, not the task calendar.

For example, assume you have a 5-day duration task that starts on Thursday and has a task calendar in which every day is a working day. You drag the end of the task bar to increase the duration to 6 days (you drag from Monday to Tuesday). The duration changes to 4 days because Microsoft Project is using the project calendar that has Saturday and Sunday as nonworking days.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, increase or decrease the duration directly in the Duration field.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

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