PRJ4: HoursPerDay/HoursPerWeek Properties Return Wrong Values

• Microsoft Project for Windows, version 4.0
• Microsoft Project for the Macintosh, version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

The Microsoft Project Visual Basic for applications HoursPerDay and HoursPerWeek properties return only integer values. These values should return real numbers. For example, if you have hours per day set to 6.5, the HoursPerDay property incorrectly returns 6.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, return the value of a 1 day or 1 week duration task using Visual Basic code similar to the following:

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   'Save contents of Project DurationX field. You can use any of the three
   'duration fields such as Duration1, Duration2, and Duration3.
   Temp = ActiveProject.Duration1

   'Enter a 1d or 1w duration into a task to calculate the true HoursPerDay
   'or HoursPerWeek. For example:
   ActiveProject.Duration1 = "1d"

   'Return the correct hours per day or week to your function.
   MsgBox ActiveProject.Duration1 /60

   'Set the contents of the Duration field back to its original value.
   ActiveProject.Duration1 = Temp

STATUS

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

REFERENCES

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

   ARTICLE-ID: Q132092
   TITLE     : PRJ4: Converting Duration Values