Paste-special of external task with internal predecessors

[careta]

Hi All
I want to link a task in one project to another project. I do this by "Copy" of the source task and "Paste special" in the target project. This works fine as long as the source task has no predecessors in its own project. If it has predecessors, the target project references them as tasks of its own, messing all the timing info.
In an example, let's say that task 30 has task 15 as his predecessor. When I copy & paste special task 30 to target project (being now task 40, for ex.), target project makes this new task dependant of his own task 15 (if it doesn't exist, it links it to project start date)
Is there any way to avoid this annoying behaviour

Thanks
careta

 

[GD]

Hello Careta

The best way to create links between 2 tasks in 2 different project is... to
create classical links Finish to Start with the "Link" button : create a new
window, select the predecessor then the successsor, and click on the "Link"
button. It create a Finish to Start link which you can convert to a Start to
Start or anaything else link...
Hope this helps,

Gérard Ducouret

Hi All!
I want to link a task in one project to another project. I do this by

"Copy" of the source task and "Paste special" in the target project. This
works fine as long as the source task has no predecessors in its own
project. If it has predecessors, the target project references them as tasks
of its own, messing all the timing info.

In an example, let's say that task 30 has task 15 as his predecessor. When

I copy & paste special task 30 to target project (being now task 40, for
ex.), target project makes this new task dependant of his own task 15 (if it
doesn't exist, it links it to project start date).