PRJ98: Inserting Unlinked Project May Cause Crash When Saved (188824)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Project 98 for Windows
This article was previously published under Q188824 SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Project 98, when you close a project that shares resources
from a resource pool, you may receive either of the following error
messages.
In Windows 95
This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down. If the Problem persists, contact the program vendor.
When you click Details, you receive the following error message:
WINPROJ caused an invalid page fault in module WINPROJ.EXE at <address>.
In Windows NT
An application error has occurred and an application error log is being generated.
Exception access violation (0xc0000005), Address <address>.
CAUSE
This error message occurs when the following conditions are true:
- A consolidated project contains an inserted project that is not
linked to the source project.
- The consolidated project is sharing a resource pool and that
resource pool is open as read-only.
- You close and save the consolidated project and save changes to the
resource pool when prompted.
WORKAROUND
To work around this behavior, use either of the following methods.
Method 1
Close the resource pool before inserting the project. To do this, follow
these steps:
- On the Window menu, click the name of the project that is the
resource pool.
- On the File menu, click Close. If prompted to save
changes, click Yes.
NOTE: If you see duplicate resources in the resource pool, all of the assignments are assigned to the first resource with a given name that is listed in the resource pool. To remove these duplicate resources that do
not have assignments, please see following article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base.
185297 PRJ98: Resources Not Removed When You Stop Resource Sharing
Method 2
When you insert projects connected to a shared resource pool, link the
project to the source file. To do this, follow these steps:
- On the Insert menu, click Project.
- In the Insert Project dialog box, click the name of the
project that you want to insert. Then click to select Link To
Project.
- Click OK.
STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. MORE INFORMATION
If the consolidated project shares resources from the same pool as the
inserted project, Microsoft Project 98 will stop responding without
providing any error message.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 10/17/2002 |
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| Keywords: | kbbug kberrmsg KB188824 |
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