PRJ: Late Date Error Message Occurs with Single Task (108342)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Project 98 for Windows
  • Microsoft Project for Windows 95 4.1
  • Microsoft Project for Windows 95 4.1a
  • Microsoft Project for Windows 1.0
  • Microsoft Project for Windows 3.0
  • Microsoft Project for Windows 3.0a
  • Microsoft Project for Windows 4.0
  • Microsoft Project for the Macintosh 1.1
  • Microsoft Project for the Macintosh 3.0
  • Microsoft Project for the Macintosh 4.0
This article was previously published under Q108342

SUMMARY

When you enter an Actual Start date that is later than the Scheduled Start date and the task has a Must Finish On Constraint, you may receive the following error message:
Late Date before Start Date in Task X.
In Microsoft Project 98, a constraint indicator will be shown in the indicators field.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

To create a situation in which you receive the error with only one task defined, do the following:

  1. Create a task with a 5 day duration and a constraint of Must Finish On.
  2. Set an actual start date for the task to a date after the Scheduled Start date (that is, if the Scheduled Start date is 12/1/93, make the Actual Start Date 12/3/93).
In Project 4.x: The error message 'Late Date Before Start Date in Task x' will be generated. This error message appears because the task cannot finish before the Constraint Date.

In Project 98: A constraint indicator will be shown in the indicators field.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/25/2003
Keywords:kbinfo kbusage KB108342
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