Re: Visio 2002 shapes with user sections migrating to Visio 2003

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From: Mark Nelson [MS] (marknel_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/27/04

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    I would only suggest the XML roundtrip as a one-time cleanup attempt, not
    something you perform frequently. Several releases ago I recall a problem
    where deleted sections come back to life. In some cases, Visio treats
    deleting a section as just hiding it - though I thought this was restricted
    to non-automation scenarios. If you can boil the code down to a simple
    example, I'd be happy to investigate this for you. 

    -- 
Mark Nelson
Microsoft Corporation
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"Pat" <Pat@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:5161467E-7F1B-46C8-94CB-BB14C5C888AB@microsoft.com...
> Mark,
>
> Thanks for the XML idea. We are releasing a Visio 2002 stencil that has to
> work in both Visio 2002 and Visio 2003 with frequent interactive 
> programmatic
> calls to delete user and control sections as part of our program 
> functions.
> We are unsure if programatically converting to XML can be part of the
> solution here but will certainly try this out.
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Pat
>
> "Mark Nelson [MS]" wrote:
>
>> You might try saving the file as Visio XML and reloading it to try to 
>> clean
>> out the unnecessary items.
>>
>> -- 
>> Mark Nelson
>> Microsoft Corporation
>>
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no 
>> rights.
>>
>> "Pat" <Pat@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:388B58B5-DA3E-4ADE-B1D2-632B907575E4@microsoft.com...
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > I am getting strange behaviour with Visio 2002 shapes that have user
>> > section
>> > variables and are opened in Visio 2003
>> >
>> > 1. The section delete command when applied to the user section appear 
>> > to
>> > work but when you create a new user section all the rows in the prior
>> > section
>> > reappear. Similarly with the row delete commands. When you inswert a 
>> > new
>> > row
>> > all the prior rows you have deleted reappear.
>> >
>> > 2. Code written in Visio 2002 referencing cells in the Action section
>> > looks
>> > like it will need special handling in 2003 because cell names have
>> > changed.
>> > Is this true or am i just confused by the universal and local names 
>> > that
>> > are
>> > displayed.
>> >
>> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>> >
>> > Thank You,
>> >
>> > Pat
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>
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