Article ID: 188798
Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Project 98 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q188798
SYMPTOMS
When you use Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications to start Microsoft Project 98 from another program, you may receive either of the following error messages:
In Windows 95
When you click Details, you receive the following message:
In Windows NT
CAUSE
This problem may occur when you start Microsoft Project 98 from a Visual Basic for Applications macro, and Microsoft Project 98 generates an error message while it is opening.
NOTE: The errors that cause this behavior are generally system error messages rather than messages that occur when opening a project.
RESOLUTION
To correct this problem, install Microsoft Project 98 for Windows Service Release 1 (SR-1).
To temporarily work around this behavior if you do not have SR-1, follow these steps:
- Start Microsoft Project 98.
- Note the error that is displayed.
- Correct the issue that is causing the error.
- When the error no longer occurs you can start Microsoft Project 98 from another program without crashing.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.
This problem was corrected in Microsoft Project 98 for Windows, Service Release 1 (SR-1).
For additional information about obtaining and installing SR-1, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
185102 PRJ98: How to Obtain and Install MS Project 98 SR-1
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