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DJ Huff
I am replacing my MSP 2007 Pro with MSP 2003 as I have seen some unusual
things happening with my MSP that others have not. I hope the install of
2003 takes care of this, but want to get your opinion.
I have customized some elements and have placed the customized global.mpt
into an area where we can download it and replace the local (on my machine in
....\MS Project\12\1033\) to make use of the custom elements across project
plans. When I use the new global.mpt, it works fine until I open an existing
file...I then lose things like maps and modules and such (but can't find a
consistent pattern - sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't). I realize my
local opened project has elements that may take prescence, but even when I
close it out without saving and just open a blank project, the elements in
Organizer are gone in the global.mpt that were just there. No one with MSP
2003 on my project has this problem (I am the only one with 2007). I thought
I knew how global.mpt works. I believe, unless I specifically move (or
delete or add) elements from the opened file to the global.mpt elements in
Organizer and save, global.mpt should maintain its integrity. This has not
been the case, however. I have found other issues with MSP 2007 saving and
opening MSP 2003 projects, but that is for another time.
How does global.mpt get updated without me specifically moving elements to
it and saving? Do the local file elements take priority over duplicate
global.mpt elements when the file is opened? Is there something else (set
up, another file in another folder) that I should investigate that might
impact the global.mpt in the ...\1033\ folder? I also noticed my templates
folder has a ...\1033\ subdirectory (different from where my global.mpt file
resides), but it has only Excel and Visio template files. Doesn't look like
it has anything to do with MSP other than that is where it says to save
templates I create (Tools\Options\Save).
Signed,
Dazed and Confused (original, huh?)
Sorry for the verbose message. Hope it does not confuse.
P.S. If you can figure this message out, then you need to do some
self-analysis and see if Dr. Phil should be on your appt list!
things happening with my MSP that others have not. I hope the install of
2003 takes care of this, but want to get your opinion.
I have customized some elements and have placed the customized global.mpt
into an area where we can download it and replace the local (on my machine in
....\MS Project\12\1033\) to make use of the custom elements across project
plans. When I use the new global.mpt, it works fine until I open an existing
file...I then lose things like maps and modules and such (but can't find a
consistent pattern - sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't). I realize my
local opened project has elements that may take prescence, but even when I
close it out without saving and just open a blank project, the elements in
Organizer are gone in the global.mpt that were just there. No one with MSP
2003 on my project has this problem (I am the only one with 2007). I thought
I knew how global.mpt works. I believe, unless I specifically move (or
delete or add) elements from the opened file to the global.mpt elements in
Organizer and save, global.mpt should maintain its integrity. This has not
been the case, however. I have found other issues with MSP 2007 saving and
opening MSP 2003 projects, but that is for another time.
How does global.mpt get updated without me specifically moving elements to
it and saving? Do the local file elements take priority over duplicate
global.mpt elements when the file is opened? Is there something else (set
up, another file in another folder) that I should investigate that might
impact the global.mpt in the ...\1033\ folder? I also noticed my templates
folder has a ...\1033\ subdirectory (different from where my global.mpt file
resides), but it has only Excel and Visio template files. Doesn't look like
it has anything to do with MSP other than that is where it says to save
templates I create (Tools\Options\Save).
Signed,
Dazed and Confused (original, huh?)
Sorry for the verbose message. Hope it does not confuse.
P.S. If you can figure this message out, then you need to do some
self-analysis and see if Dr. Phil should be on your appt list!