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From: DWilliams on 10 Feb 2010 11:58 I have multiple projects with individual project files all linked to a common resource pool that has 750 different resources. I have used this setup for the past 2 years and haven't had any problems. However, last week I noticed that the files were taking longer and longer to open. I checked the properties and noticed that the file sizes ranged between 65,000KB - 89,000KB. I delinked the individual schedules from the resource pool and recreated it. The original file size for this resource pool was 2,500KB. As soon as I linked it to project schedule the file size grew to 87,000KB. I then re-created a project schedule with the file size being 253KB. I then made several changes to it, saving the file after each change, with no file size growth problem. Then I relinked it to the resource pool and the file grew to 67,000KB. What could be causing this and what is the solution? -- DJW
From: Jim Aksel on 10 Feb 2010 17:51
Take a look at FAQ#43 here: http://project.mvps.org/faqs.htm -- If this post was helpful, please consider rating it. Jim Aksel, MVP Check out my blog for more information: http://www.msprojectblog.com "DWilliams" wrote: > I have multiple projects with individual project files all linked to a common > resource pool that has 750 different resources. I have used this setup for > the past 2 years and haven't had any problems. However, last week I noticed > that the files were taking longer and longer to open. I checked the > properties and noticed that the file sizes ranged between 65,000KB - 89,000KB. > > I delinked the individual schedules from the resource pool and recreated it. > The original file size for this resource pool was 2,500KB. As soon as I > linked it to project schedule the file size grew to 87,000KB. I then > re-created a project schedule with the file size being 253KB. I then made > several changes to it, saving the file after each change, with no file size > growth problem. Then I relinked it to the resource pool and the file grew to > 67,000KB. > > What could be causing this and what is the solution? > -- > DJW |