Problem setting baseline in Project 2000

[Glen]

I found a problem in MS Project 2000 and would like to know if anyone can
help please.

In one of my project files, if I choose the menu option Tools, Tracking,
Save Baseline, then click OK, I should see the entries in columns "Start" and
"Finish" copied to columns "Baseline Start" and "Baseline Finish". But this
doesn't happen - the baseline fields still show NA. It works OK if I try
this on the same file in Project 2007, and also in Project 2000 for some
other files. Is there a known bug? If so is it fixed in a service pack (I'd
like to keep Project 2000 for now if possible).

 

[John]

I found a problem in MS Project 2000 and would like to know if anyone can
help please.

In one of my project files, if I choose the menu option Tools, Tracking,
Save Baseline, then click OK, I should see the entries in columns "Start" and
"Finish" copied to columns "Baseline Start" and "Baseline Finish". But this
doesn't happen - the baseline fields still show NA. It works OK if I try
this on the same file in Project 2007, and also in Project 2000 for some
other files. Is there a known bug? If so is it fixed in a service pack (I'd
like to keep Project 2000 for now if possible).

Glen,
The last service pack released for Project 2000 is SR-1. I'm don't
remember that there was any problem with setting baselines but it's
possible. However, if you are able to successfully set a baseline on
other Project 2000 files then I'm guessing it may be a problem with the
file itself. Try this, go to our MVP website at,
http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm, and try one or more of the methods
described in FAQ 43 - Handling project file corruption and/or bloat.

Be advised that Project 2000 is no longer supported by Microsoft (i.e.
no more updates). I personally think it was one of the better versions
for general use but if you need to work with others who are using
Project, they will probably be using Project 2007 which has a
fundamentally different way of storing project file data.

Hope this helps.
John
Project MVP

 

[Mike Glen]

Hi Glen,

Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup

I can't reproduce your problem. As you say other files ore OK, I suspect
corruption. Try the suggestions in FAQ Item: 43. Handling project file
corruption and/or bloat.

FAQs, companion products and other useful Project information can be seen at
this web address:http://project.mvps.org/faqs.htm

Hope this helps - please let us know how you get on

Mike Glen
Project MVP
See http://tinyurl.com/2xbhc for my free Project Tutorials

 

[Glen]

Thanks for the tip. I tried FAQ 43 in http://project.mvps.org/faqs.htm.
Methods 1 and 2 I could follow but didn't solve the problem. Method 3 I
couldn't test as there's no Save as XML option in Project 2000. Method 4
caused Project 2000 to crash at the last step with the error: The instruction
at "0x302bf1b5" referenced memory at "0xdbadf035". The memory could not be
"read". This crash is reproducible.

Glen