You cannot use the Undo command to undo an action in your UML Model Diagram template in Visio Professional 2003 (827504)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Office Visio Professional 2003

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Office Professional Visio 2003, when you use the Unified Modeling Language (UML) Model Diagram template to create a UML model diagram, you may find that in certain situations you cannot reverse a change that you made to your diagram by using the Undo command. You experience the following symptoms when you try to undo an action:
  • The Undo command on the Edit menu is unavailable (appears dimmed) and is displayed as Can't Undo instead of Undo Action.
  • When you use a keyboard shortcut and press CTRL+Z to undo an action, nothing happens.

CAUSE

This problem may occur if both of the following conditions are true:
  • You use the UML Model Diagram solution to create a UML model diagram.
  • You undo an action that involves one of the following shapes:
    • The Package shape in the UML Deployment stencil.
    • The Composite State shape in the UML Statechart stencil.
    • The Package shape or the Subsystem shape in the UML Static Structure stencil.
    • The Package shape in the UML Use Case stencil.
In this situation, you cannot undo a change that you made to your diagram after you undo an action that involves one of the shapes in the UML stencils in the list. When you undo an action that involves one of the shapes in the list, the previous actions that you performed are incorrectly removed from the list of actions that you can undo. As a result, you experience the symptoms that are described earlier in the "Symptoms" section of this article when you try to undo an action.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, do not use the Undo command to undo the change that you made to the diagram. Instead, manually perform the action that you require. For example, if you added a shape to your drawing and you want to undo this action, manually delete the shape from your drawing page.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

MORE INFORMATION

For more information about UML, see Visio Help. To do so, click Microsoft Office Visio Help on the Help menu, type UML model diagrams in the Search for box, and then press ENTER to view the topics returned.

For more information about Visio, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/office/visio

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:8/11/2004
Keywords:kbpending kbBug KB827504 kbAudEndUser kbAudITPRO kbAudDeveloper
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