PRJ4: Can't Select/Rename/Delete Module in Project with Same Name

Q126800

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SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Project, when you use the Organizer to delete a module from a project file, you may receive the following error message

The module '<module name>' cannot be deleted
where <module name> is the name of the module that you are deleting.

Additionally, when you select the module from the Module list on the Visual Basic toolbar, you receive the following error message
Cannot find module '[<project name>]<module name>'
where <module name> is the name of the module that you are selecting and <project name> is the name of the project that contains the module.


CAUSE

This behavior occurs if the module that you are deleting, selecting or renaming has the same name as the project in which it is contained.

When you use the Rename Module dialog box to rename a module in a project, if you enter the a name for the module that is the same as the project file name and choose OK, you receive the following error message:

Name conflicts with existing module, project, or object library
However, if you use the Organizer to copy a module to a project that has the same name, the module is copied without receiving an error message. When this happens, you can view the module (by using the Macros dialog box to select a macro in the module, and choosing Edit), but you cannot select the module from the Visual Basic toolbar, and you cannot delete or rename the module.

Note that when you attempt to use the Organizer to rename a module in a project file that has the same name, you do not receive an error message; however, the module is not renamed.


WORKAROUND

To avoid receiving these error messages, do not use the Organizer to copy a module to a project that has the same name. Instead, rename the module before you copy it to the project.


MORE INFORMATION

Note that if you use the Organizer to copy the module in the project that has the same name back to the project file from which you originally copied it (replacing the existing module that has the same name), you receive a general protection (GP) fault if you then copy, rename, or delete this module in the original project file.


REFERENCES

For more information about the Organizer Dialog Box, choose the Search button in Help and type:

organizer dialog box

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Last Reviewed: November 3, 2000
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