PRJ3: Write Reserved Password Ignored If File Opened Read Only
  
PSS ID Number: Q100002
Article last modified on 09-20-1995
 
3.00 3.00a
 
WINDOWS
 

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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft Project for Windows, versions 3.0, 3.0a
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SYMPTOMS
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When you open the first instance of a file with a write-reserved
password opened in Microsoft Project for Windows, and you choose the
Read Only button in the password dialog box, all other instances of
the file that are opened concurrently will have a read-only protection
status.
 
This happens no matter if the next instance of the file is accessed
from Microsoft Project for the Macintosh or Microsoft Project for
Windows.
 
WORKAROUND
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To work around this problem, close the first file that was opened as
read only. The write-reserved password will function correctly.
 
STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Project
version 3.0 for Windows. This problem was corrected in a later version of
Microsoft Project.
 
MORE INFORMATION
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Normally, when you open a file with a write-reserved password, you are
prompted for the password. If you enter the correct password, the file
will be opened and and you can edit it. If you do not have the
password, then you can choose the Read Only button; the file will be
opened, but you will not be able to make editing changes.
 
If the file is opened but the Read Only button is chosen, anyone
else who tries to access the same file, concurrently, will not be
prompted to enter the write reserved password and will receive a
dialog box stating that the file has a read-only protection status.
The file will be opened, but you will not be able to make any editing
changes.
 
Steps to Reproduce Problem
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1. Create a new project.
 
2. From the File menu, choose Save As and type a password in the Write
   Reserved Password box.
 
3. Select a network drive or share where you can save the file so it
   can be accessed from at least two other computers.
 
4. Choose the Save button.
 
5. From the File menu, choose Close.
 
6. Run Microsoft Project on one computer and open the file that you
   saved in Step 1.
 
7. When you are prompted for the Write Reserved Password, choose the
   Read Only button. Leave the file loaded on this first computer and
   go to another computer.
 
8. Run Microsoft Project from the second computer and open the same
   file (The file is still loaded on the first computer).
 
9. You will be alerted that the file is read-only (instead of being
   prompted for the write-reserved password). Choose the OK button.
 
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Additional reference words: 3.00 3.00a Q100081
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Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1995.
