SUMMARY
This article describes the Microsoft Office Project 2003
issues that are fixed in the Microsoft Office Project 2003 hotfix package that
is dated April 1, 2004.
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The following issues are fixed in this hotfix package:
839632 Finish date of project plan may change in Project 2003
839636 Assignment delays change the Finish date of a project plan in Project 2003
The following issue is also fixed in this hotfix package, but
was not previously documented in a Microsoft Knowledge Base article:
- When a Project plan contains custom fields that have
formulas and groupings, Project 2003 may quit unexpectedly (crash) and you
receive the following error message when you try to reopen the Project plan or
when you try to insert a custom field in a view:
Microsoft
Project has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the
inconvenience.
Please tell Microsoft about this problem.
We
have created an error report that you can send to help us improve Project. We
will treat this report as confidential and anonymous.
To see what data
this error report contains, click here.
If you view the details of the
error report, you receive an error signature that is similar to the following:
Application Name Application Version Module Name Module Version Offset
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Winproj.exe 11.0.2003.1216 Winproj.exe 11.0.2003.1216 0001c7ab
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Service pack information
This problem was first corrected in Project 2003 Service Pack 1.
To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Project 2003. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
873459 How to obtain the latest service pack for Project 2003
Hotfix information
A supported
hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the
problem that is described in this article. Only apply it to systems that are
experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix may receive additional testing.
Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, Microsoft
recommends that you wait for the next Microsoft Office Project 2003 service
pack that contains this hotfix.
To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services telephone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.
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There are no prerequisites for installing this
hotfix.
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You do not have to restart your computer after you apply this
hotfix.
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This hotfix is not replaced by any later
hotfix.
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You must create or modify a registry key to use one of the
hotfixes that this package contains.
For additional information about the
registry key, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
839632
Finish date of project plan may change in Project 2003
839636 Assignment delays change the Finish date of a project plan in Project 2003
Hotfix file information
This hotfix contains only those files that you must have to
correct the issues that this article lists. This hotfix may not contain all the
files that you must have to fully update a product to the latest
build.
The global version of this hotfix has the file
attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and
times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you
view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the
difference between UTC and local time, use the
Time Zone tab
in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.
Download
information:
Date Time Version Size File name
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01-Apr-2004 21:50 1.0.0.0 5,910,760 Project2003-kb839631-fullfile.exe
Microsoft Windows Installer .msp file information:
Date Time Size File name
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01-Apr-2004 21:48 6,425,088 Project2003-kb839631-fullfile.msp
After you install the hotfix, the global version of this hotfix
has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table:
Date Time Version Size File name
------------------------------------------------------------
01-Apr-2004 21:40 11.0.2004.122 924,536 Pj11od11.dll
01-Apr-2004 21:41 11.0.2004.315 265,472 Pj11tm11.dll
01-Apr-2004 21:42 11.0.2003.1222 4,226,304 Pjoledb.dll
01-Apr-2004 21:43 11.0.2004.401 11,304,280 Winproj.exe
Note For more information about how to install this hotfix, see the
Readme.txt file that is included in the package.
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