Microsoft KB Archive/113792

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Project: How and Where Custom Options Are Stored

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Q113792

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Project for Windows, version 4.0

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SUMMARY
Microsoft Project 4.0 provides a number of options that affect the project working environment. You can set these options in the Options dialog box (from the Tools menu, choose Options). Many of these options are project specific, and are saved with an individual project file.

MORE INFORMATION
The Preferences dialog box in Microsoft Project 3.0 has been replaced with the Options dialog box. The options available in this dialog box affect either how Microsoft Project operates (for example, how it performs calculations, scheduling, and so on) or how Microsoft Project information is displayed.

Most of the options you set in the Options dialog box are saved in the WINPROJ4.INI file (this file replaces the Microsoft Project 3.0 WINPROJ.INI file). WINPROJ4.INI is located in your Windows directory.

Some of the entries in the WINPROJ4.INI file function as default values and may be overridden by the options you set in an individual project. The options that can now be saved in individual projects (such as Default Hours Per Day, and Default Duration Type) are those that are most likely to vary between projects.

The following tables indicate which options are saved only in the WINPROJ4.INI file, and which are project-specific. (Remember that values for the project-specific options are saved in the WINPROJ4.INI file as well, but these values serve only as default values for new projects).

The following Options are saved only in the WINPROJ4.INI file and not in individual projects:

General Tab
  Option                            Values            Default Value -  Advice From Planning Wizard        Yes/No           Yes Advice About Using Project        Yes/No           Yes Advice About Errors               Yes/No           Yes Advice About Scheduling           Yes/No           Yes Show Tips at Startup              Yes/No           No   Show Welcome Dialog on Startup     Yes/No           Yes Open Last File on Startup         Yes/No           No   Prompt For Summary Info            Yes/No           Yes User Name                         Text             From setup

View Tab
  Option                            Values            Default Value -  Default View                       Any View         Gantt Chart Date Format                       Date             1/31/94 Show Status Bar                   Yes/No           Yes Show Entry Bar                    Yes/No           Yes Show Notes Indicator              Yes/No           Yes Show OLE Links Indicators         Yes/No           Yes Show Scroll Bars                  Yes/No           Yes

Edit Tab
  Option                            Values            Default Value -  Allow Cell Drag And Drop           Yes/No           Yes Ask To Update Automatic Links     Yes/No           Yes Copy Resource Usage Header        Yes/No           Yes Move Selection After Enter        Yes/No           Yes

Calculation Tab
  Option                            Values            Default Value -  Calculation                   Automatic/Manual       Automatic

Schedule Tab
  Option                            Values            Default Value -  Show Scheduling Messages           Yes/No            Yes

Calendar Tab
  Option                            Values            Default Value -  Week Starts On                 Sunday /Monday Mon   (Intl) / Sun (US) Fiscal Year Starts In             All months        January Fields to Check                   Yes/No(field)     Yes (all) Ignore Words in UPPERCASE         Yes/No            Yes Ignore Words with Numbers         Yes/No            Yes Always Suggest                    Yes/No            No   Suggest from User Dictionary       Yes/No            Yes

The default values for the following options are saved in the WINPROJ4.INI file. These values are also saved with individual project files:

General Tab
  Option                            Values             Default Value --  Default Standard Rate              Currency Default Overtime Rate             Currency Automatically Add New Resources   Yes/No              No

View Tab
  Option                            Values             Default Value --  Currency Symbol                    1-6 chars           $ (US) Currency Symbol Placement         Left/rightsp/no sp  Left, no space Show Summary Tasks                Yes/No              Yes Show Project Summary Task         Yes/No              No   Indent Name                        Yes/No              Yes Show Outline Number               Yes/No              No   Show Outline Symbol                Yes/No              No

Schedule Tab
  Option                            Values             Default Value --  Autolink Inserted                  Yes/No             Yes Default Duration               Resource/Fixed        Resource Driven New Tasks Start On      Project Start/Current Date   Project Start Show Duration In       Minutes, Hours, Days, Weeks   Days Show Work In           Minutes, Hours, Days, Weeks   Hours Split In-Progress Tasks           Yes/No             Yes Tasks Are Critical                0 - 9999           0 Updating Task Status              Yes/No             Yes

Calendar Tab
  Option                            Values             Default Value --  Default Start Time                 Time              8:00 AM   Default End Time                   Time              5:00 PM   Hours Per Day                      0-24              8.00 hrs Hours Per Week                    0-168            40.00 hrs Selecting the Set As Default button in any of the Options tabs writes the current option settings to the WINPROJ4.INI file, at which point they become the new defaults.

Two other tabs in the Options dialog box, Module General and Module Format, allow you customize the Visual Basic Applications development environment. These settings are stored in the file VBA.INI located in the Windows directory. This file is used by any Visual Basic-aware applications, such as Microsoft Excel 5.0 and Microsoft Project 4.0, to store module settings.

Module General Tab
  Option                            Values             Default Value --  Auto Indent                       Yes/No             Yes Display Syntax Errors            Yes/No             Yes Break on All Errors              Yes/No             No   Require Variable Declaration      Yes/No             No   Tab Width                         1 - 40             4 International Settings           Current/Default    Current

Module Format Tab
  Option                            Values             Default Value --  Font Name & Size                  Size and Name     Courier New 10 Code Colors Foreground & Background Colors Additional query words:

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