Microsoft KB Archive/918856

= Description of the Project 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: May 30, 2006 =

Article ID: 918856

Article Last Modified on 11/15/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Project Professional 2003
 * Microsoft Office Project Standard 2003

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SUMMARY
This article describes the Microsoft Office Project 2003 issues that are fixed in the Project 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package that is dated May 30, 2006.

This article describes the following items about the hotfix package:


 * The issues that the hotfix package fixes.
 * The prerequisites for installing the hotfix package.
 * Whether you must restart the computer after you install the hotfix package.
 * Whether the hotfix package is replaced by any other hotfix package.
 * Whether you must make any registry changes.
 * The files that the hotfix package contains.



Issues that the hotfix package fixes
This hotfix package fixes the following issue:  

918855 The duration of an assignment unexpectedly decreases in Project 2003



This hotfix package fixes the following issues that were not previously documented in a Microsoft Knowledge Base article:  Project 2003 stops unexpectedly when you open a master project if you run a macro that calls the &quot;ViewApply&quot; method in the &quot;Project_Open&quot; event

Consider the following scenario. You create a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macro that changes the view of a project when you open the project. The macro calls the ViewApply method in the Project_Open event. You log on to Microsoft Project Server 2003, and then add the macro to the enterprise global template. When you open a master project, Project 2003 stops unexpectedly (crashes). An incorrect value is returned for the BookingType property of an enterprise resource

You create a VBA macro that retrieves the BookingType property of an enterprise resource. If the Booking Type field of an enterprise resource is set to Proposed, you expect the macro to return a value of 1. If the Booking Type field of an enterprise resource is set to Committed, you expect the macro to return a value of 0 (zero). However, the macro returns an incorrect value for the BookingType property.

For example, you change the Booking Type field of an enterprise resource from Proposed to Committed. When you run the macro, an incorrect value of 1 is returned. Project 2003 stops unexpectedly when you press F9

You open a project, and then press F9 to perform calculations. However, Project 2003 stops unexpectedly (crashes). Additionally, you receive the following error message:

Microsoft Project has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

If you were in the middle of something, the information that you were working on might be lost.

Please tell Microsoft about this problem.

We have created an error report that you can help send to help us improve Microsoft Project. We will treat this report as confidential and anonymous.

This problem may occur in scenarios in which baseline information in the project is corrupted. For example, this problem may occur after you perform certain copy and paste operations that involve lots of data.



Service pack information
This problem was first corrected in Project 2003 Service Pack 3.To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Project 2003. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

873459 How to obtain the latest service pack for Project 2003

Hotfix information
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix might receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next service pack that contains this hotfix.

To resolve this problem, submit a request to Microsoft Online Customer Services to obtain the hotfix. To submit an online request to obtain the hotfix, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6294451

Note If additional issues occur or any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. To create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

Prerequisites
This hotfix is a Microsoft Office Project 2003 Service Pack 2 hotfix. To install the hotfix, you must have Microsoft Office Project 2003 Service Pack 2 installed. For more information about Project 2003 Service Pack 2, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

887620 Description of Project 2003 Service Pack 2

Restart information
You do not have to restart your computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information
This hotfix is not replaced by any later hotfix.

Registry information
You do not have to create any registry keys or modify any registry keys to use any hotfixes that this package contains.

File information
The global version of this hotfix uses a Microsoft Windows Installer package to install the hotfix. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) in the following table. When you view the file information, the date is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.

Download information

Microsoft Windows Installer .msp file information

After the hotfix package is installed, the global version of this hotfix package has the file attributes, or a later version of the file attributes, that are listed in the following table:

Additional notes


 * For more information about how to install this hotfix, see the Readme.txt file that is included in the hotfix package.

For more information about the terminology that Microsoft uses for software that is corrected after it is released, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

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