Microsoft KB Archive/191993

= PRJ98: Can Save Changes in Projects Opened Read-Only from Pool =

Article ID: 191993

Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Project 98 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q191993



SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Project 98, when you open one or more projects read-only from within a resource pool, you may be able to save changes to the projects.



CAUSE
This problem occurs when you do the following:


 * 1) Open a resource pool read-only.
 * 2) In the Share Resources dialog box, you select the Read Only check box, and then click Open All, to open projects sharing resources from the pool.

NOTE: The Sharing Resources dialog box has an Open button and an Open All button. The Open button opens each project selected in the Sharing Links box as a single file; therefore, if you also select the Read Only check box, the projects are opened read-only as expected. The Open All button, however, acts differently. The Open All button creates a new consolidated project with each of the projects listed in the Sharing Links box inserted into the consolidated project. The consolidated project is read/write and allows you to make changes to the data in the inserted projects. In this situation, the source of each of the inserted project is not opened read-only.



WORKAROUND
To work around this behavior, follow these steps:


 * 1) In the resource pool project, on the Tools menu, point to Resources, and then click Share Resources.
 * 2) In the Share Resources dialog box, click to select the Open Files Read Only check box.
 * 3) In the Sharing Links list, click to select the first project you want to open.
 * 4) Hold down CTRL and click to select the other projects that you want to open.
 * 5) Click Open, instead of Open All.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

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