Microsoft KB Archive/113200

Project Starts with No Default Project File

PSS ID Number: Q113200 Article last modified on 10-03-1994

4.00

WINDOWS

= SUMMARY =

If you open a file in Microsoft Excel that contains linked information from a Microsoft Project file, and you choose to re-establish the link, the default Project1 window does not appear when you start Microsoft Project.

This behavior does not occur when you link information from Microsoft Project in a Microsoft Word document.

= MORE INFORMATION =

In Microsoft Project version 3.0, when you link information from a project file to a file in Microsoft Excel, the project file must be open in order for you to re-establish or update the link. In Microsoft Project version 4.0, however, a linked project file does not have to be open to re- establish or update a link in Microsoft Excel. However, when you update or re-establish a link to a Microsoft Project 4.0 file, and you then start Microsoft Project, no default Project1 window is displayed.

NOTE: This behavior does not occur with information linked as a Microsoft Project 4.0 project object or picture to a file in Microsoft Excel versions 3.0, 3.0a, 4.0 or 4.0a.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

 * 1) In a new project in Microsoft Project, enter a task, Task1.
 * 2) From the File menu, choose Save. In the File Name box, type “linktoxl” (without the quotation marks) and choose OK.
 * 3) Select Task1, and choose Copy from the Edit menu.
 * 4) Start Microsoft Excel version 5.0. In a new workbook, select cell A1. From the edit menu, choose Paste Special. Select the Paste Link option, and from the As list, select Text. Choose OK.
 * 5) From the File menu, choose Save. In the File Name box, type “link” (without the quotation marks) and choose OK. From the File menu, choose Close.
 * 6) Switch to Microsoft Project. From the File menu, choose Exit. Choose Yes to save the changes to LINKTOXL.MPP.
 * 7) Switch to Microsoft Excel. From the File menu, choose Open. From the File Name list, select LINK.XLS, and choose OK. Choose Yes to re-establish the link.
 * 8) Start Microsoft Project.

Note that there is no default window open.

= REFERENCES =

For more information about Copying Information Between Applications, choose the Search button in Help and type:

linking copying vs. linking

KBCategory: kbinterop KBSubcategory:

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