Hi,

i created a masterproject with several subprojects. Unfortunaltey, my
collegues have the habit to change the ending of their MSP-filenames
(just the ending) with the date of the last editing. Therefore, all my
links get lost.

I tryed to add a "*" at the end of the file to make the name dynamic.
This even works, but jut the first time, then the "*" gets automatically
replaced through the new ending. Do you know a way to make it dynamic
for all the name and not just the first time?

thx a lot, rgds manu


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Sorry, won't work.  Your colleagues should stop doing this. If they 
don't have a version control system to put these files into (which will 
pretty much automate the versioning for them), then they should take 
copies of their files and put them into a different folder.  These 
backups can take on whatever file naming convention they want.

The alternative is that you move all the "source" master and subproject 
files somewhere else that only you have access to.  You control the 
in/out of files to your colleagues and if they return them to you with 
different file names, then you rename them.

To avoid file corruption on master/subproject files, a best practice is 
to ensure file names don't change.

--rms

www.rmschneider.com




On 19/01/10 08:11, asdasdasdasd123 wrote:
> Hi,
>
> i created a masterproject with several subprojects. Unfortunaltey, my
> collegues have the habit to change the ending of their MSP-filenames
> (just the ending) with the date of the last editing. Therefore, all my
> links get lost.
>
> I tryed to add a "*" at the end of the file to make the name dynamic.
> This even works, but jut the first time, then the "*" gets automatically
> replaced through the new ending. Do you know a way to make it dynamic
> for all the name and not just the first time?
>
> thx a lot, rgds manu
>
>

Rob's quite correct. I prefer creating new master files each week as 
snapshots, so I insert with the link option deselected. This also 
consolidates all Resource information. A simple recorded macro makes this 
process very quick and easy. Tip: make sure the first recorded action is 
File, New

-- 

Rod Gill
Microsoft MVP for Project - http://www.project-systems.co.nz

Author of the only book on Project VBA, see: http://www.projectvbabook.com




"Rob Schneider" <rmschne@yahoo_but_not_often_checked.com> wrote in message 
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> Sorry, won't work.  Your colleagues should stop doing this. If they don't 
> have a version control system to put these files into (which will pretty 
> much automate the versioning for them), then they should take copies of 
> their files and put them into a different folder.  These backups can take 
> on whatever file naming convention they want.
>
> The alternative is that you move all the "source" master and subproject 
> files somewhere else that only you have access to.  You control the in/out 
> of files to your colleagues and if they return them to you with different 
> file names, then you rename them.
>
> To avoid file corruption on master/subproject files, a best practice is to 
> ensure file names don't change.
>
> --rms
>
> www.rmschneider.com
>
>
>
>
> On 19/01/10 08:11, asdasdasdasd123 wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> i created a masterproject with several subprojects. Unfortunaltey, my
>> collegues have the habit to change the ending of their MSP-filenames
>> (just the ending) with the date of the last editing. Therefore, all my
>> links get lost.
>>
>> I tryed to add a "*" at the end of the file to make the name dynamic.
>> This even works, but jut the first time, then the "*" gets automatically
>> replaced through the new ending. Do you know a way to make it dynamic
>> for all the name and not just the first time?
>>
>> thx a lot, rgds manu
>>
>>
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