Change in Tools References Dialog Box Not Saved in GLOBAL.MPT

• Microsoft Project for Windows, version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Project, if you use the References dialog box in a module stored in GLOBAL.MPT to remove a reference to an object library file (.OLB) or a project file, and this is the only change you make to GLOBAL.MPT, then the change you made is not saved when you exit Microsoft Project. That is, the next time you run Microsoft Project, and open the module, the check box for the file that you cleared in the References dialog box is still selected.

This behavior occurs even if you have deleted the file that you cleared the reference to before you ran Microsoft Project.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs because clearing a reference to a file in the References dialog box is not recognized as a change to a file in Microsoft Project. If you make changes to the GLOBAL.MPT file, the file is automatically saved when you exit Microsoft Project. However, if the only change you make to this file in Microsoft Project is to clear the reference to an object library file (.OLB), or a project file in a module in GLOBAL.MPT, this change is not saved.

Note that if the only change you make to a project file is to clear the reference to a file in a module in the project file using the References dialog box, you are not prompted to save the changes when you close the file.

Similar behavior also occurs in Microsoft Excel.

For additional information, please see the following article(s) in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q114627
   TITLE     : XL5: No Prompt to Save Changes After Tools Reference Change

WORKAROUNDS

To avoid losing the changes you make in the References dialog box, make a change in the module in which you used the References dialog box. The change can be simply adding a character to a macro in the module, and then deleting the character. This causes the GLOBAL.MPT file to be saved when you exit Microsoft Project (if the module is contained in GLOBAL.MPT). If the module is stored in a project file, you receive a dialog box prompting you to save the changes to the file when you close the project file.

Note that for a module that is contained in a project file, you can also Save the project file after you make the changes and before you close the project file to avoid losing the changes.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

REFERENCES

For more information about a Referenced Project (definition), choose the Search button in the Visual Basic Reference and type:

   referenced project