PRJ98: Out of Memory Error When Previewing, Printing a Report

• Microsoft Project 98 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Project 98, if you preview or print a report, you may receive the following error:

There is not enough memory to print.

To free up available memory, close programs, projects, or windows you aren't using, and then try again.

CAUSE

This error occurs when all of the following are true:

• You print or preview a Task or Resource report.
• At least one task (task report) or one resource (resource report) has a large quantity of notes assigned to it.
• All of the following options are selected on the Details tab in the Report dialog box.
• Task notes
• Assignment notes

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem turn off the option to print the Assignment notes:

1. On the View menu, click Reports.



2. Click the Custom preset. Click Select.



3. Select the report you want to print.



4. Click Edit.



5. Under Assignment, click to clear the Notes check box.



6. Click OK.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the versions of Microsoft Project listed above.

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:

ARTICLE-ID: Q185102
TITLE : PRJ98: How to Obtain and Install MS Project 98 SR-1

MORE INFORMATION

Additional query words:

Keywords          : projwin 
Version           : WINDOWS:98
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbbug 

Last Reviewed: July 16, 1999