Microsoft KB Archive/113134

PlanningWizard Does Not Appear in Visually Merged Window

PSS ID Number: Q113134 Article last modified on 10-20-1995

4.00

WINDOWS

= SUMMARY =

In Microsoft Project, the PlanningWizard may not appear when you are working with multiple projects in a visually merged window. If you perform an action that causes an error message, you receive the standard error message that appears when you do not have the PlanningWizard options selected, instead of the appropriate PlanningWizard.

= MORE INFORMATION =

When you have the PlanningWizard check boxes selected on the General tab of the Options dialog box, a PlanningWizard dialog box may be displayed while you are editing your project to point out possible problems in your schedule and prompt you to clarify ambiguous actions. However, when you select the PlanningWizard check boxes in the Options dialog box, and you edit a visually merged window, you do not receive the PlanningWizard dialog box.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

 * 1) In a new project, choose Options from the Tools menu. Select the General tab, and under Planning Wizard, select the Advice From PlanningWizard and Advice About Errors check boxes. Choose OK.
 * 2) Enter two tasks, Task1 and Task2 respectively. Select Task2, and choose Task Information from the Insert menu. Select the Advanced tab, and from the Type list, select Must Start On. Choose OK.
 * 3) From the File menu, choose New. Enter one task, Task3.
 * 4) From the Window menu, choose New Window. From the Projects list, select Project1, press and hold the CTRL key and select Project2. Choose OK.
 * 5) In the visually merged window, select Task2. From the Insert menu, choose Task Information. Select the Predecessors tab. In the Task Name column, type “Task1” (without the quotation marks) and press ENTER. Choose OK.

The following error message appears:

Late date before scheduled date in task1 of ‘Project1’…

You do not receive the PlanningWizard dialog box for this action even though the Advice About Errors check box is selected.

KBCategory: kbprb KBSubcategory:

= Additional reference words: 4.00 =

Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1995.