Article ID: 191993
Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Project 98 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q191993
SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Project 98, when you open one or more projects read-only from
within a resource pool, you may be able to save changes to the projects.
CAUSE
This problem occurs when you do the following:
- Open a resource pool read-only.
- In the Share Resources dialog box, you select the Read
Only check box, and then click Open All, to open projects
sharing resources from the pool.
NOTE: The
Sharing Resources dialog box has an
Open button and an
Open All button. The
Open button opens each project selected in the
Sharing Links box as a single file; therefore, if you also select the
Read Only check box, the projects are opened read-only as expected. The
Open All button, however, acts differently. The
Open All button creates a new consolidated project with each of the projects listed in the Sharing Links box inserted into the consolidated project. The consolidated project is read/write and allows you to make changes to the data in the inserted projects. In this situation, the source of each of the inserted project is not opened read-only.
WORKAROUND
To work around this behavior, follow these steps:
- In the resource pool project, on the Tools menu, point to
Resources, and then click Share Resources.
- In the Share Resources dialog box, click to select the Open
Files Read Only check box.
- In the Sharing Links list, click to select the first project
you want to open.
- Hold down CTRL and click to select the other projects that you
want to open.
- Click Open, instead of Open All.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
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