Microsoft KB Archive/177022

= PRJ98: Task Delay Unexpectedly Added when Adding Leveling Delay =

Article ID: 177022

Article Last Modified on 1/22/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Project 98 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q177022



SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Project 98, if you have a task that has leveling delay assigned to a resource assignment, delay may also be assigned to the resource assignment.



CAUSE
Delay will be added to a task when all of the following conditions are true:

 Your resource pool was saved in MPP format.

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 Your project was saved in a database format.

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 The project shares resources from the pool.

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 You followed these steps:

 You assign Leveling Delay to a resource. On the Tools menu, point to Resources, and click Update Pool. Save the project (still in the database format).</li> Close both files.</li> Reopen both files.</li></ol> </li></ul>

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WORKAROUND
To workaround this problem, save both files in either MPP format or MPD format.

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STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the versions of Microsoft Project listed above.

This problem was corrected in Microsoft Project 98 for Windows, Service Release 1 (SR-1).

For additional information about obtaining and installing SR-1, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

185102 PRJ98: How to Obtain and Install MS Project 98 SR-1

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