FIX! [Sigia-l] Corrupted Visio File Help

Fri Apr 26 12:17:14 EDT 2002

I use Visio 2002 for Site Maps, Process Maps, and Wireframes; and
fortunately I have NOT had any problems with corrupted files.  I often
create UI Spec documents (containing over 80 pages of wireframes).  No
corrupt file problems, but the save functionality still processes v-e-r-y
s-l-o-w-l-y.  This is especially painful because [based on experience with
previous versions of visio and WIN OSs] I am still in the habit of saving
frequently.  After all, it can be a hurculean effort to make the beast
perform as a wireframe builder; and after each significant chunk of effort,
I get the irresistible urge to Save.

anyone else care to report?,
Robert Dornbush 

-----Original Message-----
From: Anders Ramsay [mailto:anders at nyc.rr.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 11:19 AM
To: Gordon Montgomery; SIG-IA
Subject: Re: FIX! [Sigia-l] Corrupted Visio File Help

[Hoping this post will go through, since my last one apparently got lost in
transit...the new mail system appears to be a bit sketchy]

The MS people have apparently already listened.  I was at a Visio seminar
the other day and asked a question very similar to this one: "Why do my
large Visio files consistently get corrupted?"

According to the MS Visio consultant, this problem has been solved with
Visio  2002, in which I can have *very* large and complex files with
multiple pages without worrying that they get corrupted  (my Visio 2000
files would get corrupted when I exceeded something like 15 pages).

Has anyone on the list had a problem as described in this thread using Visio
*2002*?

On 4/25/02 11:00 AM, Gordon Montgomery at gordon at gmeta.com wrote:

> ahhh...the list regained its humanity :)
> 
> Perhaps on behalf ot the list you [Lee] should contact MS
> and let them know...they might even listen :-) there are quite
> a few of us now...
> 
> thx.
> g.
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> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <lee.r.sachs at verizon.com>
> To: "SIG-IA" <sigia-l at asis.org>
> Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 3:45 PM
> Subject: Re: FIX! [Sigia-l] Corrupted Visio File Help
> 
> 
>> 
>> Gordon & Fellow SIGIAers -
>> 
>> Sorry for not updating all on the progress (or lack thereof w/the Visio
>> file).  Here's a summary of my learnings:
>> 
>> 1. A number of people pointed me to that link and that .exe on MS's site.
>> The fix does not repair the file, alas, but only minimizes the chance of
>> the same thing happening.
>> 2. I got a number of sympathetic "yeah, same thing happened to me,"
>> e-mails.
>> 3. A developer I worked with was at least able to determine the first
>> 0xBFFF (49151) bytes were gone in the file.  We did a checkdisk and found
>> some orphaned files and compared a version of this file with another
using
>> a WinDiff app; there may be some ability to resurrect some data, but I
>> needed to present something the very next day.
>> 4. Using wetware, I was able to recall the important knowledge for a
>> presentation the next day and drew it on a whiteboard.  Nobody
complained;
>> more interactive presentation, though.
>> 5. I will continue to save, back-up, etc. as I was doing and be more
>> vigilant with Visio
>> 6. Only a few insensitive types tried to lecture me about backup
>> procedures, etc. to which I reminded them, like my brother whose house
was
>> struck by lightening and burned to the ground, the last thing you want to
>> hear after your house burns down is what you "should've done" to protect
>> yourself.
>> 
>> But thanks to everyone for their advice; only reason I didn't reply
sooner
>> was b/c I was busy cleaning up the file or doing my dog & pony.  And
>> thanks, of course, to MSFT for buying Visio and making some mediocre
> s-ware
>> buggy.
>> 
>> :-P
>> 
>> -lee
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Subject:    Re: FIX!  [Sigia-l] Corrupted Visio File Help
>> 
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Re: "Here's the sucker that should fix the problem:
>>         http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?id=kb;en-us;q278261"
>> 
>> I was just wondering:
>> 
>> 1. Did the fix work for those who were in difficulties?
>> 2. Does anybody say "thank you" any more - it's a good business skill :)
>> 3. Do all mentors/teachers/helpers feel they are "casting perls before
>> swine"?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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