Link Settings dialog - Settings tab

1. Click the File tab, then click Options. The Options dialog appears.
2. On the Edit tab, click Link Settings.

You can also access the Logic Chasing tab of the Link Settings dialog by right-clicking the heading of a column in one of the grids on the Links tab of the Bar and Task Properties dialog or the properties view and selecting Logic Chasing Settings.

Click the Link from start to finish radio button to specify that the lead time of new links that start in the middle of a task is calculated relative to the start of the task, and the lead time of new links that end in the middle of a task is calculated relative to the end of the task.

Alternatively, click the Link to closest end radio button to specify that the lead time of new links that start or end in the middle of a task is calculated relative to the nearest end of the task.

Click the Display Link From/To radio button if you want Asta Powerproject to display the Link From/To dialog when you draw a link that ends in empty space in the bar chart, or click the Do nothing radio button if you want nothing to happen when you draw such invalid links.

If you choose to display the Link From/To dialog, you can use this dialog to create links between tasks textually - ie without drawing them on the bar chart. This method of linking tasks is particularly useful if the tasks you want to link are not close to each other in the bar chart, or if they are in different charts.

Select the Check for loops when entering links check box if you want Asta Powerproject to check for link loops - ie logical errors in a plan whereby a link or series of links results in a later task imposing a logical constraint on an earlier activity - automatically as you work with the project. If you select the check box, the Link Loop Found dialog appears when you create a link loop, enabling you to resolve the problem.