Description of the Project 2007 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: January 28, 2008

List of issues that are fixed

This hotfix package fixes the following issue:

This hotfix package fixes the following issues that were not previously documented in a Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

Project Professional closes unexpectedly when you try to group the enterprise resource pool by RBS level

When you try to group the enterprise resource pool by Resource Breakdown Structure (RBS) level in Office Project Professional 2007, Project closes unexpectedly. Additionally, you receive the following error message: When you view the data in the error report, the report contains an error signature that resembles the following error signature:

You receive error 458 when you try to save or import a Project plan that uses the ProjectBeforeTaskChange event or the ProjectBeforeTaskChange2 event

You are using a Project plan that contains a macro that uses the ProjectBeforeTaskChange event or the ProjectBeforeTaskChange2 event. You try to do one of the following tasks:

• You click Save on the File menu to name the Project plan, and then you try to save the Project plan.
• You try to import the Project plan to the enterprise resource pool by using the Import Wizard.

In this scenario, you receive the following error message:

The booking type of a resource is changed to the same booking type as the enterprise resource

You upgrade a Microsoft Office Project 2003 database to Project 2007. If a resource in a Project plan has a booking type that differs from the enterprise resource's booking type, the booking type of the Project plan resource is changed to the same booking type as that of the enterprise resource.

Project 2007 closes unexpectedly when you try to save a Project plan after you run an EPM solution

You run an Office Enterprise Project Management (EPM) solution that connects to multiple database servers. When you try to save a Project plan back to a database server, Project 2007 closes unexpectedly.

The progress bar in a Gantt chart shows an incorrect amount of actual work

You have a Project plan that contains a Gantt chart to show the actual work that was performed. When you update the Actual Work field, the Gantt chart may show an incorrect amount for the actual work that was performed. For example, assume that you performed 16 hours of actual work that began on Monday and ended on Tuesday. After you update the Actual Work field by reporting 16 total hours of actual work, the progress bar in the Gantt chart begins on Monday and overlaps into Wednesday.

You can save a baseline when you import a Project plan if you are a member of a Project Manager group that has Deny permissions

You are a member of a Project Manager group that has Deny permissions for saving a protected baseline or an unprotected baseline. However, when you import a Project plan that contains a baseline, you can save a protected baseline or an unprotected baseline.

Incorrect cost scheduling may occur if a Project plan's Start Date field differs from the time-phased Start Date field

You have a Project plan that uses various Cost time-phased fields. If the Start Date field of the Project plan is set to a date that differs from the Start Date of the time-phased section in the Project plan, incorrect cost scheduling may occur when an amount is entered in any Cost time-phased field.

The links for linked tasks are removed when you perform a copy-and-paste operation

You save a Project 2007 plan that contains linked tasks to a server that is running Microsoft Office Project Server 2007. If you then copy-and-paste the linked tasks in the Project plan to a different section of the Project plan, the links for the pasted tasks are removed.

Project Professional 2007 may close unexpectedly on a computer that is also running BlackICE

When you run Project Professional 2007 on a computer that is also running BlackICE from IBM Internet Security Systems, Inc., Project Professional 2007 may close unexpectedly. Additionally, you receive the following error message: When you view the data in the error report, the report contains an error signature that resembles the following error signature:

The Booking Type field of an assigned resource is changed after you publish the Project plan

You have an enterprise resource that has the Booking Type field set to "Proposed," and you have assigned the resource in a Project plan. After you publish the Project plan, the Booking Type field for the assigned resource is changed to "Committed."

Data in custom fields is lost when you save the Project plan

You create a custom field in a Project plan, and then you add data to the custom field. When you save the Project plan, the data in the custom field is lost.

Data in custom flag fields is lost when a custom flag field is edited

You have a Project plan that contains data in custom flag fields. When a custom flag field is edited, the data in other custom flag fields is lost.

Values in the Actual Work field and in the Work field may be incorrect after you approve changes

You have a Project plan that contains more than one resource. After you approve changes that are submitted for the Actual Work field and for the Work field in the Project plan, the values in the Actual Work field and in the Work field may be incorrect.

Hotfix information

A supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix might receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next software update that contains this hotfix.

If the hotfix is available for download, there is a "Hotfix download available" section at the top of this Knowledge Base article. If this section does not appear, contact Microsoft Customer Service and Support to obtain the hotfix.

Note If additional issues occur or if any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Customer Service and Support telephone numbers or to create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft Web site: Note The "Hotfix download available" form displays the languages for which the hotfix is available. If you do not see your language, it is because a hotfix is not available for that language.

Note This hotfix corrects only the problem that is described in this article so that it no longer occurs. If the symptoms described earlier continue to occur after you apply the hotfix, contact Microsoft Customer Service and Support

Prerequisites

This hotfix package is a post- Microsoft Office Project 2007 Service Pack 1 hotfix package. To install the hotfix package, you must have Microsoft Office Project 2007 Service Pack 1 installed.

Restart information

You do not have to restart the computer after you apply this hotfix package.

Hotfix replacement information

This hotfix package is not replaced by any later hotfix package.

Registry information

To use one of the hotfixes in this package, you do not have to make any changes to the registry.

File information

This hotfix package may not contain all the files that you must have to fully update a product to the latest build. This hotfix package contains only the files that you must have to correct the issues that are listed in this article.

The global version of this hotfix package uses a Microsoft Windows Installer package to install the hotfix package. The dates and the times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) in the following table. When you view the file information, the date is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.Download informationMicrosoft Windows Installer .msp file informationAfter the hotfix is installed, the global version of this hotfix has the file attributes, or a later version of the file attributes, that are listed in the following table:

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