Microsoft KB Archive/108342

= PRJ: Late Date Error Message Occurs with Single Task =

Article ID: 108342

Article Last Modified on 1/18/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Project 98 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Project 4.1 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Project 4.1a
 * Microsoft Project 1.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Project 3.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Project 3.0a
 * Microsoft Project 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Project 1.1 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Project 3.0 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft Project 4.0 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q108342



SUMMARY
When you enter an Actual Start date that is later than the Scheduled Start date and the task has a Must Finish On Constraint, you may receive the following error message:

Late Date before Start Date in Task X.

In Microsoft Project 98, a constraint indicator will be shown in the indicators field.



Steps to Reproduce Behavior
To create a situation in which you receive the error with only one task defined, do the following:


 * 1) Create a task with a 5 day duration and a constraint of Must Finish On.
 * 2) Set an actual start date for the task to a date after the Scheduled Start date (that is, if the Scheduled Start date is 12/1/93, make the Actual Start Date 12/3/93).

In Project 4.x: The error message 'Late Date Before Start Date in Task x' will be generated. This error message appears because the task cannot finish before the Constraint Date.

In Project 98: A constraint indicator will be shown in the indicators field.

Additional query words: 3.00a Negative slack

Keywords: kbinfo kbusage KB108342

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