Microsoft KB Archive/126936

No Error Using Incorrect Field in Bar Style (Calendar) Dialog

PSS ID Number: Q126936 Article last modified on 08-24-1995

4.00

WINDOWS

= SYMPTOMS =

In Microsoft Project, when you use the Bar Styles dialog box to modify bars on a calendar, if you enter “CompleteThrough” or “Negative Slack” in the Field(s) box, you do not receive an error message when you close the Bar Styles dialog box; however, these fields are not used with the task type that you specify.

= CAUSE =

This behavior occurs because the fields “CompleteThrough” and “Negative Slack” are not valid fields to use in the Bar Styles dialog box for a Calendar. If you enter either of these field names for a bar in this dialog box, you do not receive an error message; however, the field name is not accepted. When you display the Bar Styles dialog box again and select the task type that you modified, the Field(s) that were previously displayed for this task type appear in the Field(s) box.

Note that the CompleteThrough and Negative Slack fields are valid fields to use in the Bar Styles dialog box for the Gantt Chart.

= STATUS =

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

= MORE INFORMATION =

When you view your project in the Calendar, you can use the Bar Styles dialog box to specify the type, pattern, color, text, and other options for bars in a task category. In the Field(s) box in the Bar Styles dialog box for a Calendar, you can enter the field whose text you want to be displayed with the bars. Normally, if you enter an invalid field name in the Field(s) box in the Bar Styles dialog box, you receive the following error message

The field ‘ ’ does not exist

where is the name you entered in the Field(s) box.

However, if you enter the field “CompleteThrough” or “Negative Slack” in this dialog box, you do not receive an error message, even though the field is not valid for this dialog box. Additionally, the Field(s) value for the task type you modified returns to the previous value.

Note that the Bar Styles dialog box is also available for the Gantt Chart and Resource Graph; however, each view uses a dialog box with options specific to that view.

= REFERENCES =

For more information about the Bar Styles Command (Calendar), choose the Search button in Help and type:

Bar Styles command

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