Re: Setting fixed task start and end date

So you want someone here to give you an answer and waste someone else's time
in the server group?

The only way to fix a date is to use the Must Start On constraint or the
Must Finish On constraint. Any others won't do. Are they the constraints
you're using? In any event, you would do best to make them all As Soon As
Possible and put deadline dates to alert you of problems. Project's job is
to tell you want is possible with the data you've entered - let it do it's
job.

Mike Glen
Project MVP



Pr4gm4tik wrote:
Hi Mike,

I have posted this in the server group as well, although I do want to
point out I am trying to accomplish this in Project Pro 2007, not in
Project Server. Server plays into it in a sense, but it is the thick
client app that is adjusting the dates.

"Mike Glen" wrote:

Hi Pr4gm4tik ,

Try posting on the server newsgroup. Please see FAQ Item: 24.
Project Newsgroups. FAQs, companion products and other useful
Project information can be seen at this web address:
http://project.mvps.org/faqs.htm

Mike Glen
Project MVP


Pr4gm4tik wrote:
I am inserting tasks into the project from another system using a
.net utility running against the Project Pro 2007 object model.

I need to set absolute start and end dates for tasks -- I do not
want Project Pro to change these dates for any reason. I have
turned off automatic calculation for the project, but it still
seems to adjust the dates as it seems fit.

The reason this is important is the project is being published to
Proj Server 2007, and tasks can only be auto-populated in the user's
time*** if the task is scheduled within the time*** period, so I
need to make the date range wide enough to cover all possible
time*** periods.


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