PRJ98: Not a Valid Field Name Error When Changing Calendar

• Microsoft Project 98 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Project 98, in the Task Usage view, if you change the resource calendar in Resource Assignment dialog box, you may receive the following error message:

This is not a valid field name.

Click a field name in the list, and then press ENTER.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs in the Task Usage view when you double-click a resource name in the Resource Assignment dialog box and then change the calendar on the Working Time tab in the Resource Information dialog box.

WORKAROUND

If you click OK on the error message, the calendar will be changed correctly.

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

Additional query words: task usage resource assignment change calendar

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

Last Reviewed: July 14, 1999