MPRJ4: "Name Conflicts with Existing" Saving/Creating Macro (128524)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Project for the Macintosh 4.0
This article was previously published under Q128524
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SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Project, when you save an existing project file with a file
name that contains a bracket character "[" or "]", you may receive the
following error message
Name conflicts with existing module, project, or object library
followed by the error message:
An unexpected error occurred while saving the file. The file could not be saved.
Additionally, when you create a new macro in an existing project, and you
choose to save the macro in the current project, you may receive the first
error message listed above.
CAUSE
This behavior occurs when you save a project file that contains a Visual
Basic module if you save the file with a file name that contains a bracket
character, or when you create a new macro in a project file if the project
file name contains a bracket character.
This behavior occurs because the bracket characters are used to denote a
module in a particular project file. The brackets appear on either side of
the project name in the Module Box on the Visual Basic toolbar. For
example, the module Module1 in the Global Template file is displayed as
[Global Template]Module1 in the Module Box on the Visual Basic toolbar.
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, when you save a project file, avoid using the
bracket characters in the project file name.
STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. MORE INFORMATION
When you save a project file that does not contain a macro, you do not
receive an error message when you save the file with a file name that
contains a bracket character. However, if you then create a macro, and you
choose to store the macro in your new project file, you receive the error
message described above. For this reason, it is better to save your project
files with file names that do not contain he bracket character.
Note that in Microsoft version 4.0, when you open a Microsoft Project
version 3.0 View file, the macros contained in the View file are converted
to Visual Basic procedures in a module in the file. When you open a version
3.0 Calendar file in Microsoft Project version 4.0, a Visual Basic module
is added to the file. Because of this, the error message described above
occurs if you open a version 3.0 View or Calendar file in Microsoft Project
version 4.0 and save the file with a file name that contains a bracket
character.
REFERENCES
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| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 11/5/2000 |
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| Keywords: | kbbug KB128524 |
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