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PRJ: Macros and Views Missing in Default GLOBAL.MPT File

Article ID: 113153

Article Last Modified on 1/18/2007

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SYMPTOMS

When you start Microsoft Project and the global file, GLOBAL.MPT, is missing or damaged, you receive the following error message:
Could not open GLOBAL.MPT. Microsoft Project will create a new GLOBAL.MPT that does not include any of the built-in macros that were in the original GLOBAL.MPT. For more information, press the Help button.
A default GLOBAL.MPT file is created when you exit Microsoft Project. However, this default GLOBAL.MPT file is created without some of the views and macros that it contained when you installed Microsoft Project, and you will be missing some functionality in Project.

WORKAROUND

To restore this missing functionality in Microsoft Project when you receive the above error message and the GLOBAL.MPT file is re-created, do the following:

  1. Exit Microsoft Project.
  2. Copy BACKUP.MPT to GLOBAL.MPT.
  3. Restart Project.
NOTE: Do not rename BACKUP.MPT. Copy it to GLOBAL.MPT so that you always have a copy available as a backup.

MORE INFORMATION

When you install Microsoft Project, Setup creates a default GLOBAL.MPT file. Setup also creates a backup of this file called BACKUP.MPT. If the GLOBAL.MPT file is deleted, Project re-creates a default GLOBAL.MPT file that is missing some of the views and the built-in macros that are available when you install Project. The following is a list of all the functionality that is missing in the default GLOBAL.MPT file:

Views

   Detail Gantt
   Tracking Gantt

Forms

   Date Range From Today (used with DateRangeFromToday macro)

Modules and Macros

   Database (hidden)
      OpenFromDatabase
      SaveToDatabase
   Auxiliary
      RollupFormatting
      SetFlagsAllTasks
      CreateRollupBars
      CreateRollupMilestones
      ToggleReadOnly
      UpdateFile
      ResMgmt_TaskEntry
      ProjectAnalyzer
      BatchPrinting
   Schedule
      DateRangeFromToday
      TaskUpdate
      Effort_Driven
      AdjustDates
      FormatDuration
   PivotTable
      CreatePivotTables
   Mail_Utilities
      AcceptAllUpdates


NOTE: When Microsoft Project uses a default GLOBAL.MPT file, and you choose Multiple Projects from the Tools menu and select Open From Database, the following error message appears:
Cannot find the macro 'OpenFromDatabase'
If you choose Save To Database from the same menu, the following error message appears:
Cannot find the macro 'SaveToDatabase'

REFERENCES

For more information about the Global File (Definition), choose the Search button in Help and type: 
   global file

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