MPRJ4: Double-Clicking Publisher Doesn't Display Options Dialog (128908)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Project for the Macintosh 4.0
This article was previously published under Q128908

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Project, when you double-click a publisher in the PERT chart, the Task Information dialog box may appear instead of the Publisher Options dialog box as expected.

CAUSE

Normally, when you double-click published information in your project, the Publisher Options dialog box appears. This dialog box allows you to cancel the publisher, or to select the appropriate option to send edition updates to subscribing documents (either automatically when the document is saved or manually).

However, in the PERT chart, this dialog box only appears when you double- click the task that was highlighted when you created the publisher. On a PERT chart, you select tasks by clicking the task outline. However, one task remains highlighted, even though multiple tasks may be "selected." The task that is highlighted when you publish information in a PERT chart is the only task that displays the Publisher Options dialog box when you double-click the task. The Task Information dialog box appears when you double-click any of the other tasks on the PERT chart.

Note that when you publish information in a PERT chart, all of the tasks in the PERT chart are published (in picture format), not only the tasks that are selected or the task that is highlighted.

WORKAROUND

To work around this behavior, you can use the Visual Basic PublisherOptions method to display the Publisher Options dialog box for the publisher.

For example, you can use the Customize Tool dialog box to assign the following command to a toolbar button: 
   PublisherOptions IsTask:=x
Where "x" represents the task ID number that was active when the publisher was created.

Additionally, you can create the following macro, and use the Macro Options dialog box to add a command to run the macro on the Tools menu: 
   Sub Display_Pub_Options
      PublisherOptions IsTask:=x         'x represents a task ID number
   End Sub
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REFERENCES

For An Overview Of Publish And Subscribe, choose the Search button in Help and type:

publishing

For more information about the PublisherOptions Method, choose the Search button in the Visual Basic Reference and type:

PublisherOptions Method

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/5/2000
Keywords:kbbug KB128908
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