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PRJ98: Task May Have Incorrect Predecessor or Successor

Article ID: 189898

Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007

Microsoft Project 98 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q189898

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Project 98, when you change a predecessor or successor in the Task Form view, the change may not be saved. You may also see this behavior using the Task Details Form and the Task Name Form views. You may also see that the predecessor or successor change may not be updated in the Predecessor or Successor field in the Task Table.

CAUSE

This behavior may occur when:

You have a task that has predecessor and successor relationships.
You change a predecessor or successor for a task using the Predecessor Name field or the Successor Name field in the Task Form, Task Details Form or Task Name Form view.

WORKAROUND

Use either of these workarounds if you have not installed SR-1.

Workaround 1

Change the Predecessor or Successor using the Predecessor ID or Successor ID column rather than the Predecessor Name or Successor Name column in the Task Form view.

Workaround 2

To change the predecessor using the task name of the predecessor, follow these steps:

Select the task where you want to change the predecessor.
On the Project menu, click Task Information and then click the Predecessors tab.
Click the cell below the Task Name column heading to select from the list the desired Predecessor task name and click OK.

RESOLUTION

To correct this problem, install Microsoft Project 98 for Windows Service Release 1 (SR-1).

STATUS

This problem was corrected in Microsoft Project 98 for Windows, ServiceRelease 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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