Description of Visio 2000 Service Pack 2 (830243)

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How to download and install the update

Important Before you install this update, make sure that you meet the following requirement:

• Microsoft Visio 2000 Service Release 1 (SR1)
  To install this update, you must have the Visio 2000 SR1.
  
  Note The Visio 2000 SR1 is no longer available through the Microsoft Order Desk as of January 1, 2004. Additionally, this update is not available for download from a Microsoft Web site.
  
  For more information about the Visio 2000 SR1, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  263721 Overview of the Visio 2000 Service Release 1 (SR-1) update

Single computer update

To download and install the update on a single computer, follow these steps:

1. The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:
   
   Download the Visio 2000 Service Pack client package now.
   Release Date: March 23, 2004
   
   For more information about how to download Microsoft Support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   119591 How to obtain Microsoft support files from online services

   Microsoft scanned this file for viruses. Microsoft used the most current virus-detection software that was available on the date that the file was posted. The file is stored on security-enhanced servers that help prevent any unauthorized changes to the file.
   Note To obtain a localized client version of Visio 2000 SP2, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

   http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=FE6AA2D8-BE30-4F0B-B04B-35C30E4606F2

2. Click Open to start the download and installation of Visio 2000 SP2.
3. If you are prompted to install the update, click Yes.
4. Click Yes to accept the license agreement.
5. When you receive a message that indicates that the installation was successful, click OK.

Note After you install the update, you cannot remove it. To revert to an installation before the update was installed, you must remove Visio 2000, and then install it again from the original CD-ROM.

Administrative update

If you installed Visio 2000 from a server location, the server administrator must update the server location with the administrative update and deploy that update to your computer.

If you are the server administrator, follow these steps to download the administrative update.

Note This update will update an administrative installation point that has been applied with the silent installation version of Visio 2000. An administrative installation point can only be created by using an unattended installation.

1. In Microsoft Windows Explorer, create a folder on drive C, and then name the folder kb830243.
2. The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Download Center:
   
   Download the Visio 2000 Service Pack full file package now.
   Release Date: March 23, 2004
   
   For more information about how to download Microsoft Support files, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   119591 How to obtain Microsoft support files from online services

   Microsoft scanned this file for viruses. Microsoft used the most current virus-detection software that was available on the date that the file was posted. The file is stored on security-enhanced servers that help prevent any unauthorized changes to the file.
   Note To obtain a localized full-file version of Visio 2000 SP2, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

   http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=FE6AA2D8-BE30-4F0B-B04B-35C30E4606F2

3. Click Save to save the Visio 2000 SP2 installation file (for example, Visio2000-kb830243-fullfile-enu.exe) to the C:\kb830243 folder.
4. Click Start, and then click Run.
5. In the Open box, type the following text where language version is the language identifier of the installation file that you downloaded previously, and then click OK:

   Visio2000-kb830243-fullfile-language version.exe /t:c:\kb830243 /c /q

   For example, if you downloaded the English version of this update, in the Open box, type Visio2000-kb830243-fullfile-enu.exe /t:c:\kb830243 /c /q, and then click OK.
6. In the extracted files folder (C:\kb830243), rename the following files:
   
   

   File to be renamed	Rename file to
   Adsiprov.dll	Visio ADSI Provider.dll
   Crosfunc.vsl	Cross Functional.vsl
   Dirmod.vsl	Directory Services Modeler.vsl

7. Manually replace the following Visio 2000 SR1 files in your administrative installation point with the newly extracted files as indicated in the following table:
   
   

   File to be replaced	Location	Applicable Visio 2000 Edition
   CADAuth.dll	path\Program Files\Microsoft Visio\Solutions\Visio Extras	Technical, Enterprise
   CADConv.vsl	path\Program Files\Microsoft Visio\Solutions\Visio Extras	Standard, Professional, Technical, and Enterprise
   Cross Functional.vsl	path\Program Files\Microsoft Visio\Solutions\Flowchart	Standard, Professional, Technical, and Enterprise
   DBEngr.vsl	path\Program Files\Microsoft Visio\Solutions\Visio Extras	Professional, Enterprise
   Directory Services Modeler.vsl	path\Program Files\Microsoft Visio\Solutions\Network Diagram	Professional, Enterprise
   DWGCnvt.dll	path\Program Files\Microsoft Visio\Solutions\Visio Extras	Technical, Enterprise
   ElemUtil.dll	path\Program Files\Microsoft Visio\Solutions\Visio Extras	Professional, Enterprise
   Extract.dll	path\Program Files\Microsoft Visio\Solutions\Visio Extras	Professional, Enterprise
   Ixacs.pdl	path\Program Files\Microsoft Visio\Solutions\Visio Extras	Professional, Enterprise
   Ixoracle.pdl	path\Program Files\Microsoft Visio\Solutions\Visio Extras	Professional, Enterprise
   Ixssrv.pdl	path\Program Files\Microsoft Visio\Solutions\Visio Extras	Professional, Enterprise
   LnkDoc32.vsl	path\Program Files\Microsoft Visio\Solutions\Visio Extras	Standard, Professional, Technical, and Enterprise
   SQLShare.dll	path\Program Files\Microsoft Visio\Solutions\Visio Extras	Professional, Enterprise
   Umlbkgnd.vsl	path\Program Files\Microsoft Visio\Solutions\Visio Extras	Professional, Enterprise
   Viscnv32.vsl	path\Program Files\Microsoft Visio\Solutions\Visio Extras	Standard, Professional, Technical, and Enterprise
   Visio32.exe	path\Program Files\Microsoft Visio	Standard, Professional, Technical, and Enterprise
   Visio Adsi Provider.dll	path\Program Files\Microsoft Visio\Solutions\Network Diagram	Professional, Enterprise
   VisioDWG.dll	path\Program Files\Microsoft Visio\Solutions\Visio Extras	Standard, Professional, Technical, and Enterprise
   VisLib32.dll	path\Program Files\Microsoft Visio	Standard, Professional, Technical, and Enterprise
   VisRes32.dll	path\Program Files\Microsoft Visio	Standard, Professional, Technical, and Enterprise

8. On the client workstation where you want to deploy the update, click Start, and then click Run.
   
   Type the following command in the Open box:

   msiexec /i AdminPath\MSI File /qb REINSTALL=Feature List REINSTALLMODE=emu

   In this command, Admin Path is the path of your administrative installation point for Visio 2000, MSI File is the MSI database package for Visio 2000 (for example, Vis2000.msi), and FeatureList is the list of feature names (case sensitive) that have to be reinstalled for the update. To install features, you can use REINSTALL=ALL or you can install the following features depending on your version of Visio 2000:
   
   

   Feature Name	Visio 2000 Edition
   CAD_Drawing_Converter	Technical and Enterprise
   CAD_Drawing_Display	Standard, Professional, Technical, and Enterprise
   Flowcharts	Standard, Professional, Technical, and Enterprise
   Database_Design_Enterprise	Enterprise
   Directory_Services	Professional and Enterprise
   Visio_Core_Files	Standard, Professional, Technical, and Enterprise
   Software_Design_Enterprise	Enterprise
   Program_Files	Standard, Professional, Technical, and Enterprise

How to determine whether the update is installed

The update contains updated versions of the following files:

   File name    Version
   -----------------------
   Visio32.exe  6.1.0.4530

To determine the version of Visio 2000 that is installed on your computer, follow these steps.

Note Because there are several versions of Microsoft Windows, the following steps may be different on your computer. If they are, see your product documentation to complete these steps.

1. Click Start, and then click Search.
2. In the Search Results pane, under Search Companion, click All files and folders.
3. In the All or part of the file name box, type Visio32.exe, and then click Search.
4. In the list of files, right-click Visio32.exe, and then click Properties.
5. On the Version tab, determine the version of Visio 2000 that is installed on your computer.

Additionally, this update contains updated versions of the following files:

   Adsiprov.dll      Ixssrv.pdl
   Advpack.dll       Lnkdoc32.vsl
   Cadauth.dll       Sqlshare.dll
   Cadconv.vsl       Umlbkgnd.vsl 
   Crosfunc.vsl      Vba64-en.exe
   Dbengr.vsl        Viscnv32.vsl
   Dirmod.vsl        Visent32.dll 
   Dwgcnvt.dll       Visio2~1.inf 
   Elemutil.dll      Visiodwg.dll
   Extract.dll       Vislib32.dll
   Ixacs.pdl         Visres32.dll
   Ixoracle.pdl

Note If Visio 2000 SP2 is already installed on your computer, you receive the following error message when you try to install Visio 2000 SP2:

List of issues fixed by the update

Visio 2000 SP2 addresses the issues that are described in the following Microsoft Security Bulletin. To view the MS03-037 Security Update for Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications, visit the following Microsoft Web site:The Visio 2000 SP2 fixes the issues that are described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base articles:

The Visio 2000 SP2 fixes the following issues that were previously not documented in the Microsoft Knowledge Base.

A gap may appear between the shape and the bounding box around the shape

When you insert or open a Microsoft Visio drawing that contains a Microsoft Windows Metafile (WMF), a gap may appear between the shape and the bounding box around the shape.

The number of custom colors increases with every use

Every time that you use a custom color in Visio 2000, the custom color is added again to the custom color palette. This causes the number of custom colors on the custom color palette to increase every time that you use a custom color.

The attribute layer text of AutoCAD file is not converted in Visio 2000 SR1

When you open an AutoCAD drawing in Visio 2000 SR1, the attribute layer text is not converted.

Database Model Diagram may not appear correctly

In Visio 2000, if the column names of Entities are double-byte characters, Database Model Diagrams may not appear correctly when all the following conditions are true:

• The column Conceptual Name or Physical Name of Entities is using double-byte character set (DBCS).
• The column is set as PK (Primary Key).
• Symbol Set is set as Relational on the General tab (on the Database menu, click Document Options).
• Names visible on diagram on the General tab (on the Database menu, click Document Options) is set to the column name that is using DBCS.
• Data types on the Table tab (on the Database menu, click Document Options) is set to Show physical or is set to Show portable.