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MSP file size - increase by two times

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Kenny Kek
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I’m using the MSP 2007. At the begining, the file size is less than 2MB. After add in the macro to generate distribute the weightage and generate the S-Curve, the file size now become more than 5MB.

Can anybody advise the reason(s) of such file size difference.

Thanks

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Willem Prinsloo
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I seem to sit with the same problem. My project is 6000 lines and I can not open it anymore. I tried a powerful PC assembled for drawings but it still doesn’t work. Please assit if possible. Any suggestions PLEASE?
Rafael Davila
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Don’t give up if you and Alexandre still want to work it out. Maybe Alexandre will be able to give you some hints you will thereafter use to your benefit. Comunicate with him via PP mail if you wish to see if it makes any sense.

IZARC and rar files are needed when transferring many files as rapidshare can only upload files one by one. You can upload the 100MB MS Project file without converting it to a rar file. Downloading is free.

Good luck
Kenny Kek
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Thanks Alex / Rafeal,

I think I would just live with it.
My email not able to send such big size file.

note: The 100mb is the xml file.
Rafael Davila
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Can you e-mail the 100MB file Kenny got after the explosion? Is just a 600 activities job.

What is the average e-mail size limit in the E.U. ?

You can consider rapidshare to transfer files of more than 10MB if this is still the limit on e-mails. Rapidshare has a premium account that if used wiselly can be enough. You can use IZARC a free utility to convert several files into a rar file with a 200MB limit. Not sure about it being able to split a single larger than 200MB file into several 200MB files, this might be a limiting factor if MS Project tends to create files larger than 200MB for your files.
Darren Kosa
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Hi Kenny,

Re-save the file, but use a different title.

E.g. File > Save As > Project1.1, instead of File > Save Project1

Does this have any effect?

I’ve found in the past that if I just click the ’Save’ icon to overwrite the file then it is very susceptible to file bloat. I now always use the File menu to ’Save As’ even if I’m saving it as the same file name.

Regards,

Darren

EDIT: I should add that I don’t have any external links in my files
Kenny Kek
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Thanks Gentlemen,

Try out the suggestion, but seem like not effective.

Also, try the http://project.mvps.org/faqs.htm #43, can only save as xml file (mpd option not available).

The file size increased to close to 100mb in xml format, can you believe it? Can’t even open it (maybe my machine not powerful enough)

Still no solution

:( !
Mike Testro
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Hi Kenny

I did not know that MSP had a limited file size.

Another good reason for staying away.

Best regards

Mike Testro
Kenny Kek
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Opps ! Forgot to mention.
The total number of activities less than 600 items.

Thanks!
Alan Dunn
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I used to have the same problem (with Office 2007). I updated a service pack (1 i think) and the problem went away. Before that I had to save as XML and then save as a new mpp every few weeks. So now I have the Service pack, the program files still get corrupted sometimes forcing me to abandon my current version every so often.

I’ve had occasions where the whole structure has become jumbled, summary tasks becoming tasks and vice versa, the programme complaining of a loop including a task that doesn’t exist etc. etc. Todays one was more subtle. All activities were in their place but the float calculations were wrong. Some activities having float as if they had no successor, however they did. Bottom line, I only use this software if a client INSISTS on it.