You may receive an "HTTP:" error message when you try to open a Visio 2003 file or a Visio 2002 SR-1 file by using FrontPage 2003 (871001)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Office Visio Professional 2003
  • Microsoft Office Visio Standard 2003
  • Microsoft Visio 2002 Professional
  • Microsoft Visio 2002 Standard
  • Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003
Important This article contains information about modifying the registry. Before you modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you understand how to restore the registry if a problem occurs. For information about how to back up, restore, and edit the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry

SYMPTOMS

When you use Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 to open a Microsoft Office Visio 2003 drawing or a Microsoft Visio 2002 SR-1 drawing, the file may not open in Microsoft Visio, and you may receive the following error message:
HTTP:

CAUSE

This problem may occur if Visio 2003 and Visio 2002 SR-1 generate multiple GET requests when you open a drawing by using HTTP.

Note This problem does not occur if you use a FrontPage 2003 disk-based Web site to open the Visio drawing.

RESOLUTION

To work around this problem, change the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\visio.exe\SaveURL registry subkey to a value of 0. To do this, follow these steps.
Warning If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.
  1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.
  2. Locate the following registry subkey:

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\visio.exe

  3. Right-click SaveURL, click Modify, type 0, and then click OK.
  4. Quit Registry Editor.
Note If you run the Detect and Repair feature in Visio, the value for this registry entry is reset to 1.

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about this problem, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

875327 Visio 2003 and Visio 2002 SR-1 and later generate multiple GET requests when you open a Visio drawing by using HTTP

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:9/3/2004
Keywords:kbtshoot kbprb KB871001 kbAudEndUser kbAudITPRO kbAudDeveloper
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