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From: CB on 8 May 2008 10:53 I am using a hammock task to pull information from a task to the top of the schedule to satisfy some requirement. My question is when I select the cell and go to edit/Link change source the following is displayed: Path\filename.mpp!LINK_4. My question is what does !LINK_4 mean? I inserted another hammock and dynamically linked it and it displays the same thing with !LINK_6 on the end. Any ideas? I am using MSOP 2007. Thanks in advance for your comments/insight.
From: Mike Glen on 8 May 2008 11:27 Hi CB, Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup :-) The simplest way to set up a hammock task is indicated in FAQ Item: 19. Hammock Tasks. FAQs, companion products and other useful Project information can be seen at this web address: http://project.mvps.org/faqs.htm Hope this helps - please let us know how you get on :-) Mike Glen Project MVP CB wrote: > I am using a hammock task to pull information from a task to the top > of the schedule to satisfy some requirement. My question is when I > select the cell and go to edit/Link change source the following is > displayed: Path\filename.mpp!LINK_4. My question is what does > !LINK_4 mean? I inserted another hammock and dynamically linked it > and it displays the same thing with !LINK_6 on the end. > Any ideas? I am using MSOP 2007. > Thanks in advance for your comments/insight.
From: CB on 8 May 2008 12:07 Hi Mike, Thanks for your response. I know how to set up the hammock tasks. My qestion is related in to how to follow the link back to the source data and what the !Link means in the linked data path. Any info would be appreciated. "Mike Glen" wrote: > Hi CB, > > Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup :-) > > The simplest way to set up a hammock task is indicated in FAQ Item: 19. > Hammock Tasks. > > FAQs, companion products and other useful Project information can be seen at > this web address: http://project.mvps.org/faqs.htm > > Hope this helps - please let us know how you get on :-) > > Mike Glen > Project MVP > > CB wrote: > > I am using a hammock task to pull information from a task to the top > > of the schedule to satisfy some requirement. My question is when I > > select the cell and go to edit/Link change source the following is > > displayed: Path\filename.mpp!LINK_4. My question is what does > > !LINK_4 mean? I inserted another hammock and dynamically linked it > > and it displays the same thing with !LINK_6 on the end. > > Any ideas? I am using MSOP 2007. > > Thanks in advance for your comments/insight. > > >
From: G�rard Ducouret on 8 May 2008 12:46 To follow the link back to the source data, double click the cell which receives the link (with a small grey triangle) G�rard Ducouret "CB" <CB(a)dsucussions.microsoft.com> a �crit dans le message de news: C024F1D8-213B-41AD-9037-B068A23B4160(a)microsoft.com... > Hi Mike, > Thanks for your response. I know how to set up the hammock tasks. My > qestion is related in to how to follow the link back to the source data > and > what the !Link means in the linked data path. > Any info would be appreciated. > > > "Mike Glen" wrote: > >> Hi CB, >> >> Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup :-) >> >> The simplest way to set up a hammock task is indicated in FAQ Item: 19. >> Hammock Tasks. >> >> FAQs, companion products and other useful Project information can be seen >> at >> this web address: http://project.mvps.org/faqs.htm >> >> Hope this helps - please let us know how you get on :-) >> >> Mike Glen >> Project MVP >> >> CB wrote: >> > I am using a hammock task to pull information from a task to the top >> > of the schedule to satisfy some requirement. My question is when I >> > select the cell and go to edit/Link change source the following is >> > displayed: Path\filename.mpp!LINK_4. My question is what does >> > !LINK_4 mean? I inserted another hammock and dynamically linked it >> > and it displays the same thing with !LINK_6 on the end. >> > Any ideas? I am using MSOP 2007. >> > Thanks in advance for your comments/insight. >> >> >>
From: Jack Dahlgren on 8 May 2008 13:04
The name of the link - "!Link_n" is just the way links are identified. They are numbered sequentially in the order that they are created. You can't really follow the link back to the source. You can only follow it back to the document that it links to. Those sorts of link are quite fragile and date back to the early versions of Project. I'd be very careful about using them as they have a reputation for being easy to break and difficult to troubleshoot. The only way to work with them is through the "Edit Menu" / "Links" dialog. -Jack Dahlgren "CB" <CB(a)dsucussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:C024F1D8-213B-41AD-9037-B068A23B4160(a)microsoft.com... > Hi Mike, > Thanks for your response. I know how to set up the hammock tasks. My > qestion is related in to how to follow the link back to the source data > and > what the !Link means in the linked data path. > Any info would be appreciated. > > > "Mike Glen" wrote: > >> Hi CB, >> >> Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup :-) >> >> The simplest way to set up a hammock task is indicated in FAQ Item: 19. >> Hammock Tasks. >> >> FAQs, companion products and other useful Project information can be seen >> at >> this web address: http://project.mvps.org/faqs.htm >> >> Hope this helps - please let us know how you get on :-) >> >> Mike Glen >> Project MVP >> >> CB wrote: >> > I am using a hammock task to pull information from a task to the top >> > of the schedule to satisfy some requirement. My question is when I >> > select the cell and go to edit/Link change source the following is >> > displayed: Path\filename.mpp!LINK_4. My question is what does >> > !LINK_4 mean? I inserted another hammock and dynamically linked it >> > and it displays the same thing with !LINK_6 on the end. >> > Any ideas? I am using MSOP 2007. >> > Thanks in advance for your comments/insight. >> >> >> |