Microsoft KB Archive/65298

“Cloning” Projects that Use a Shared Resource Pool

PSS ID Number: Q65298 Article last modified on 03-15-1995

1.00 | 1.10

WINDOWS | MACINTOSH

= SUMMARY =

To avoid generating the Microsoft Project for Windows and Macintosh error message “Cannot use resources from, file version does not match pool,” the following steps must be followed when “cloning” a subproject:


 * 1) Select the project that you want to clone.
 * 2) From the File menu, choose Resources to disconnect the project from the resource pool by selecting Use Own Resources.
 * 3) Save the project.
 * 4) Save the file containing the resource pool.
 * 5) Reselect the project to be cloned.
 * 6) From the File menu, choose Save As to save the file under the new name, thus creating the “clone” project.
 * 7) From the File menu, choose Resources to connect the new project to the resource pool, if desired.
 * 8) Open the project that was used to create the clone.
 * 9) Reconnect the project to the resource pool using the File menu’s Resources command.
 * 10) Save everything.

= MORE INFORMATION =

If the above procedure is not followed, an error message (see above) will be generated. Once this message appears, those files associated with the resource pool cannot be opened.

= STATUS =

This problem was corrected in Project version 3.0.

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