Microsoft Project takes the default duration to be 8 hours a day.User enters
a new duration of 8.25 hours a day. Is this possible? Can I override the
default value of 8 hours and use the new value entered by the user , for my
calculations? If yes, please provide suggestions how this can be achieved.

Thanks much!

Hi,

In order to use 8.25 for ALL calculations you have to do 2 things:
- In the project calendar (and in resource calendars) change the working
time to 8:15 hours (Tools, Change Working time, from thereon it differs from
one version to the other)
- In Tools, Options, Calendar, set hours per day to 8.25

You should do all this BEFORE entering task durations if not they will be
recalculated.
Also read Faq 5 on
http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm

Greetings,

--
Jan De Messemaeker
Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
+32 495 300 620
For availability check:
http://users.online.be/prom-ade/Calendar.pdf
"Pallavi Jain" <PallaviJain@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3B934903-383A-4025-950F-A5612EB6B51C@microsoft.com...
> Microsoft Project takes the default duration to be 8 hours a day.User
> enters
> a new duration of 8.25 hours a day. Is this possible? Can I override the
> default value of 8 hours and use the new value entered by the user , for
> my
> calculations? If yes, please provide suggestions how this can be achieved.
>
> Thanks much!

Thanks Jan!

However I have a follow up query.
I am interfacing Microsoft projects with another tool say, "mytool".
Here I need to be able to use "8.25 hours" entered by the user.
Is there any variable which stores this default value which I can directly
use?
Currently my application always uses the default value "8 hours " which is
"480 minutes". It would really help if I could use whatever this default
value is set to rather than 480 minutes each time! This leads to
miscalculations.

Thanks much!

"Jan De Messemaeker" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> In order to use 8.25 for ALL calculations you have to do 2 things:
> - In the project calendar (and in resource calendars) change the working
> time to 8:15 hours (Tools, Change Working time, from thereon it differs from
> one version to the other)
> - In Tools, Options, Calendar, set hours per day to 8.25
>
> You should do all this BEFORE entering task durations if not they will be
> recalculated.
> Also read Faq 5 on
> http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm
>
> Greetings,
>
> --
> Jan De Messemaeker
> Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
> +32 495 300 620
> For availability check:
> http://users.online.be/prom-ade/Calendar.pdf
> "Pallavi Jain" <PallaviJain@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:3B934903-383A-4025-950F-A5612EB6B51C@microsoft.com...
> > Microsoft Project takes the default duration to be 8 hours a day.User
> > enters
> > a new duration of 8.25 hours a day. Is this possible? Can I override the
> > default value of 8 hours and use the new value entered by the user , for
> > my
> > calculations? If yes, please provide suggestions how this can be achieved.
> >
> > Thanks much!
>
>
>

On Jul 21, 6:41*am, Pallavi Jain
<PallaviJ...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> Thanks Jan!
>
> However *I have a follow up query.
> I am interfacing Microsoft projects with another tool say, "mytool".
> Here I need to be able *to use "8.25 hours" entered by the user.
> Is there any variable which stores this default value which I can directly
> use?
> Currently my application always uses the default value "8 hours " which is
> "480 minutes". It would really help if I could use whatever this default
> value is set to rather than 480 minutes each time! This leads to
> miscalculations.
>
> Thanks much!
>
>
>
> "Jan De Messemaeker" wrote:
> > Hi,
>
> > In order to use 8.25 for ALL calculations you have to do 2 things:
> > - In the project calendar (and in resource calendars) change the working
> > time to 8:15 hours (Tools, Change Working time, from thereon it differsfrom
> > one version to the other)
> > - In Tools, Options, Calendar, set hours per day to 8.25
>
> > You should do all this BEFORE entering task durations if not they will be
> > recalculated.
> > Also read Faq 5 on
> >http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm
>
> > Greetings,
>
> > --
> > Jan De Messemaeker
> > Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
> > +32 495 300 620
> > For availability check:
HI,

I believe, Applications.Projects(1).HoursPerDay would return the value
set in
Tools|Change Working Time|Options| Hours Per day field.

Hope this helps!

Thank you,
Dev


> >http://users.online.be/prom-ade/Calendar.pdf
> > "Pallavi Jain" <PallaviJ...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >news:3B934903-383A-4025-950F-A5612EB6B51C@microsoft.com...
> > > Microsoft Project takes the default duration to be 8 hours a day.User
> > > enters
> > > a new duration of 8.25 hours a day. Is this possible? Can I override the
> > > default value of 8 hours and use the new value entered by the user , for
> > > my
> > > calculations? If yes, please provide suggestions how this can be achieved.
>
> > > Thanks much!- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Hi Pallavi,

In VBA there is the Property HoursPerDay:
MsgBox ThisProject.HoursPerDay
Hope this helps

Gérard Ducouret

"Pallavi Jain" <PallaviJain@discussions.microsoft.com> a écrit dans le
message de news: 3691A491-3FE6-41E3-9B27-CC040679E411@microsoft.com...
>
> Thanks Jan!
>
> However I have a follow up query.
> I am interfacing Microsoft projects with another tool say, "mytool".
> Here I need to be able to use "8.25 hours" entered by the user.
> Is there any variable which stores this default value which I can directly
> use?
> Currently my application always uses the default value "8 hours " which is
> "480 minutes". It would really help if I could use whatever this default
> value is set to rather than 480 minutes each time! This leads to
> miscalculations.
>
> Thanks much!
>
> "Jan De Messemaeker" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> In order to use 8.25 for ALL calculations you have to do 2 things:
>> - In the project calendar (and in resource calendars) change the working
>> time to 8:15 hours (Tools, Change Working time, from thereon it differs
>> from
>> one version to the other)
>> - In Tools, Options, Calendar, set hours per day to 8.25
>>
>> You should do all this BEFORE entering task durations if not they will be
>> recalculated.
>> Also read Faq 5 on
>> http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm
>>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> --
>> Jan De Messemaeker
>> Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
>> +32 495 300 620
>> For availability check:
>> http://users.online.be/prom-ade/Calendar.pdf
>> "Pallavi Jain" <PallaviJain@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:3B934903-383A-4025-950F-A5612EB6B51C@microsoft.com...
>> > Microsoft Project takes the default duration to be 8 hours a day.User
>> > enters
>> > a new duration of 8.25 hours a day. Is this possible? Can I override
>> > the
>> > default value of 8 hours and use the new value entered by the user ,
>> > for
>> > my
>> > calculations? If yes, please provide suggestions how this can be
>> > achieved.
>> >
>> > Thanks much!
>>
>>
>>

Thanks a ton!
Projects(1).HoursPerDay just works fine for me.
I am doing further tests.
Will revert back if any issues.

-Pallavi.


"Gérard Ducouret" wrote:

> Hi Pallavi,
>
> In VBA there is the Property HoursPerDay:
> MsgBox ThisProject.HoursPerDay
> Hope this helps
>
> Gérard Ducouret
>
> "Pallavi Jain" <PallaviJain@discussions.microsoft.com> a écrit dans le
> message de news: 3691A491-3FE6-41E3-9B27-CC040679E411@microsoft.com...
> >
> > Thanks Jan!
> >
> > However I have a follow up query.
> > I am interfacing Microsoft projects with another tool say, "mytool".
> > Here I need to be able to use "8.25 hours" entered by the user.
> > Is there any variable which stores this default value which I can directly
> > use?
> > Currently my application always uses the default value "8 hours " which is
> > "480 minutes". It would really help if I could use whatever this default
> > value is set to rather than 480 minutes each time! This leads to
> > miscalculations.
> >
> > Thanks much!
> >
> > "Jan De Messemaeker" wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> In order to use 8.25 for ALL calculations you have to do 2 things:
> >> - In the project calendar (and in resource calendars) change the working
> >> time to 8:15 hours (Tools, Change Working time, from thereon it differs
> >> from
> >> one version to the other)
> >> - In Tools, Options, Calendar, set hours per day to 8.25
> >>
> >> You should do all this BEFORE entering task durations if not they will be
> >> recalculated.
> >> Also read Faq 5 on
> >> http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm
> >>
> >> Greetings,
> >>
> >> --
> >> Jan De Messemaeker
> >> Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
> >> +32 495 300 620
> >> For availability check:
> >> http://users.online.be/prom-ade/Calendar.pdf
> >> "Pallavi Jain" <PallaviJain@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:3B934903-383A-4025-950F-A5612EB6B51C@microsoft.com...
> >> > Microsoft Project takes the default duration to be 8 hours a day.User
> >> > enters
> >> > a new duration of 8.25 hours a day. Is this possible? Can I override
> >> > the
> >> > default value of 8 hours and use the new value entered by the user ,
> >> > for
> >> > my
> >> > calculations? If yes, please provide suggestions how this can be
> >> > achieved.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks much!
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>