Article ID: 174803
Article Last Modified on 1/20/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Project 98 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q174803
SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Project 98, if you type an ID for a predecessor task in
Task Form view and the
Predecessor field contains more than 255 characters, you will receive the following error:
This value is not valid.
The predecessor information is not valid. Try one of the following:
* Type only positive, whole numbers.
* Type predecessor information in the following order: predecessor ID
number, dependency, and lead or lag time.
* If the predecessor information is too long, use the Task Information
dialog.
NOTE: These symptoms occur with Successor tasks as well as predecessor tasks. In addition to
Task Form view, this behavior also occurs in
Task Details Form view and
Task Name Form view.
CAUSE
This problem occurs if the data in the Predecessor field exceeds 255
characters.
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, use either of the following methods.
Method 1
- Select the task.
- On the Project menu, click Task Information, and then
click the Predecessor tab.
- Do either of the following:
- In the ID column, type the task id number
- In the Task Name column, select the Task Name of the
predecessor.
- Click OK.
Method 2
In
Task Form view, in the
Predecessors column, either type or select the
Task Name of the predecessor.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the versions of Microsoft
Project listed above.
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