PRJ98: Changing % Complete Reschedules Split Task Incorrectly

• Microsoft Project 98 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Project 98, when you update the percent complete on a task that has been split, Microsoft Project may reschedule the split portion of the task incorrectly.

CAUSE

This behavior may occur when you do the following:

1. You assign a percent complete greater than zero to a fixed duration task.



2. In the Gantt Chart, you click the task, and drag the uncompleted portion of the task to create a split.



3. You change the percent complete for the task.

RESOLUTION

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

To work around this problem temporarily, use menu commands to create the split task, instead of clicking the uncompleted portion of the task and dragging it to create the split. To create a split using menu commands, click Split Task on the Edit menu, and then click the task that you want split.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

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:

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

Additional query words: % complete %complete wrong display show

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

Last Reviewed: July 27, 1999