Implementing a field with limited selection

[Eric Raymond]

I am using Project 98, and would like to have a task field
which only has a limited set of items that can be selected.

e.g. selecting the "Resource names" field gives a drop
down list of the available resource names.

The aim is to ensure that a user only selects/inputs the
correct type of data for the field. In Excel I would put a
combo box over the cell I wanted to limit and connect to a
range of data. I can't see any way to do something like
this so had a look at trying to trap some event like
clicking on the relevant cell.

1) There is no application click event.

2) If I use the change event and check the current cell -
it is the cell entered after the change - not the cell
changed.

3) I tried to create an event class for the application as
suggested in the help file. That only gives access to a
new project event. I thought that I might be able to
create a click event for the application, and in that
event test to see if it was the field that I wanted to
limit.


If anyone has a suggestion as to how to solve the problem
it would be much appreciated.

 

[Gerard Ducouret]

Hello Eric,
The custom fields with list of value is a native feature of Ms Project 2000
and following...

Gérard Ducouret

 

[Jack D.]

Hello Eric,
The custom fields with list of value is a native feature of Ms Project
2000 and following...

Gérard Ducouret

I concur. I think it will be easier and more reliable to simply upgrade.
Note that Microsoft is no longer offering support for Project98 as they
consider it to be at the end of it's life.

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