FIX! [Sigia-l] Corrupted Visio File Help

[Gordon Montgomery]

Sorry to those with happy Visios but you never know when
you might need this...All IAs I know use Visio at some time and
it's not very nice either...

Here's the sucker that should fix the problem:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?id=kb;en-us;q278261

I thought I had already posted this, but maybe not...sorry for the delay :)

thx.
g.

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Gordon Montgomery MSc, BA
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Anthony Hempell" <hempell at sfu.ca>
To: "Anne Hjortshoj" <anne at optical.mindstorm.com>
Cc: "Chung Hedahne" <Hedahne.Chung at starwoodhotels.com>; <sigia-l at asis.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 10:28 PM
Subject: Re: [Sigia-l] Corrupted Visio File Help


> This has happened to me so often that I diligenly back up my Visio files
> by doing a 'save as', adding a number to the filename and keeping an
> archive of my old files just in case.
>
> Visio seems to have a problem during system or application crashes, and
> it's usually a foregone conclusion that the file will be corrupt on
> restart.
>
> Backup, backup, backup...
>
> Anthony
>
> >
> >
> > I also had a similar situation not so long ago, at 2am on a major
project.
> > Big nightmare. I later figured out that Visio chokes on large files, and
> > tends to just corrupt them at random. I got the same error you did when
I
> > tried to open the file.
> >
> > The best way to prevent this situation is to limit files to 10 pages or
> > so, and to use a source control app to back up your files/track
> > incremental changes. Not helpful to you right now, of course.
> >
> > You have my sympathy,
> >
> > -Anne
> >
> > On Tue, 23 Apr 2002, Chung, Hedahne wrote:
> >
> > > Lee,
> > >
> > > I have had the very same situation happen to me as well. <sigh>
> > > I hate to say this, but there may be no way to retrieve the Visio file
once
> > > it is corrupted to that extent (ie: the "error (100)" message). It
also may
> > > not be the file but visio itself that is crashing, so my suggestion is
that
> > > you reinstall visio before opening anything else in the program. I say
this
> > > because I was finding myself with multiple files suddenly going
corrupt
> > > after I attempted opening them (needless to say, a total IA
nightmare).
> > > After I did that, the corrupting stopped happening.
> > >
> > >
> > > Hope this helps,
> > >
> > > Hedahne
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: lee.r.sachs at verizon.com [mailto:lee.r.sachs at verizon.com]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 1:51 PM
> > > To: sigia-l at asis.org
> > > Subject: [Sigia-l] Corrupted Visio File Help
> > >
> > >
> > > Gang -
> > >
> > > I have a file in Visio 2K on a Win2K PC which I'm unable to open.  I
> > > believe it may have gotten corrupted due to a system crash.  I
d-loaded an
> > > .exe from MS's site that is supposed to **prevent** but not recover
this
> > > situation.  When I try to open in Visio, I get the following message:
> > >
> > > "error (100) occurred during the action Open File.  Visio cannot open
the
> > > file because it's not a Visio file."
> > >
> > > Even though I backup often, there's no recent copy of this file that
has
> > > the desired changes.  In all my years of development, I've never lost
a
> > > file so thoroughly.  Any advice/support would be welcome.  Thanks.
> > >
> > > -lee
> > >
> > > Content Management Symposium, Chicago O'Hare Marriott, June 28 - 30.
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