PRJ98: Project Opened Using ODBC Not Opened Read-Only (195342)

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Project 98, when you click to select the Read Only check box in the File Open dialog box, and then click ODBC and open a project, the project may not open as read-only.

CAUSE

This problem occurs when read-write permissions are assigned within a database.

If you have read and write permissions within a database, the project will open as read-write.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, use either of the following methods:

In the database, edit the Project_ReadWrite field in the Project_Information Table to have a value of 1.
In the database that stores the project, assign yourself SELECT permission. In Microsoft Access 97, this corresponds to having your User and Group Permissions set to Read Design and Read Data only.

NOTE: Although these workarounds will cause the project to open as read-only, you will not have a choice of how to open a project from within Microsoft Project 98.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

For more information about working with projects in a database, please refer to the Database.wri file that ships with Microsoft Project 98.