PRJ98: Flashing Screen or Endless Alert When Linking Tasks (184612)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Project 98 for Windows

This article was previously published under Q184612

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Project 98, in a consolidated project, when you link from a summary task in one inserted project to a task in a second inserted project, you may receive any of the following behaviors:

The screen may begin to flash endlessly.
You may receive a scheduling message that repeats endlessly.
The word "calculate" appears at the bottom of the screen. (This behavior occurs when Calculation is set to Manual.)

CAUSE

This behavior occurs when the following conditions are true:

You have a consolidated project that contains at least two inserted projects.
One inserted project is scheduled From Finish.
A second inserted project is scheduled From Start.
In the consolidated project, you link the summary task in the first inserted project (scheduled From Finish), to a task in the second inserted project (scheduled From Start).

WORKAROUND

Remove the link between the summary task the in first inserted project and the task in the second inserted project.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the versions of Microsoft Project listed above.

This problem was corrected in Microsoft Project 98 for Windows, Service Release 1 (SR-1).

For additional information about obtaining and installing SR-1, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

185102 PRJ98: How to Obtain and Install MS Project 98 SR-1

MORE INFORMATION

The screen flashes because Microsoft Project is calculating in an endless loop.

Modification Type:	Major	Last Reviewed:	10/17/2002
Keywords:	kbbug KB184612