FIX! [Sigia-l] Corrupted Visio File Help

Fri Apr 26 12:19:16 EDT 2002

To work w/ visio, I have changed my habbits so that I don't have 1 document,
but many component specs that I build into a single PDF file for team
consumption. I wish I didn't have to build the PDF, but there is no choice
of the matter for my team.

But by reducing the size of my working files to at most 30 pages (my specs
were previous 200), I have done a great job at reducing save times. However,
some things that are even more important w/ save time than page # is
background embedding. Nesting background after background causes some save
troubles and causes PDF rendition slowdown as well. I do it anyway, b/c the
savings of management issues w/ backgrounds is worth it to me.

-- dave

-----Original Message-----
From: robert.dornbush at ps.ge.com [mailto:robert.dornbush at ps.ge.com] 
Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 9:17 AM
To: sigia-l at asis.org
Subject: RE: FIX! [Sigia-l] Corrupted Visio File Help

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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