Micayla Bergen said:
I have a task which is split but i dont want both halves of the task to be
formatted the same, i.e. i want the first half coloured blue and thick, and
the second half pink and w vertical lines etc. is this possible, or if not
can i have two tasks (formatted differently) on the same line?
Many thanks
Micayla,
Yes it is possible to do what you want. The simplest case is with a
single split although multiple splits can be accommodated. For a single
split, a couple of spare date fields (e.g. Finish1 & Start1) need to be
populated with the Finish date of the first portion and the Start date
of the second portion. Then set up separate bar styles
(Format/Barstyles) for each portion. Use a thick blue bar from Start to
Finish1 and a pink (?) bar from Start1 to Finish.
If there are multiple splits in the bars, additional spare date fields
will need to be established as well as additional bar styles for each
portion.
The only way I know to populate the spare fields with the correct date
information for split tasks is via a VBA macro. The following code
should get you what you need.
Sub SetSplits()
For Each t In ActiveProject.Tasks
If Not t Is Nothing Then
If t.SplitParts.Count > 1 Then
t.Finish1 = t.SplitParts(1).Finish
t.Start1 = t.SplitParts(2).Start
End If
End If
Next t
End Sub
Hope this helps.
John
Project MVP
