Visio2002: Link Information Is Lost When You Drag a Shape from the List or Filter Window to Another Web Site Map (294123)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visio 2002 Standard
  • Microsoft Visio 2002 Professional
  • Microsoft Visio Network Central
  • Microsoft Visio Network Equipment
This article was previously published under Q294123

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Visio, when you drag a shape from the List window or Filter window of one Web site map to another Web site map, the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) address for that shape is lost. When you right-click the shape and then click Configure Hyperlinks, the Address box is empty.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs because the memory model of one Web site map cannot be accessed from another Web site map. As a result, when you copy a shape from the List window or Filter window of one Web site map to another, neither the address, nor all the other information associated with the link that the shape represents, is carried over.

RESOLUTION

To work around this issue, specify a URL address for the shape after you drag it from the List or Filter window of one Web site map to the other Web site map. To do this, follow these steps:
  1. Start Visio.
  2. Open your existing Web site maps, or generate a new Web site map.

    To generate a new Web site map, follow these steps:
    1. On the File menu, point to New, point to Web Diagram, and then click Web Site Map.
    2. In the Generate Site Map dialog box, type an address for a Web site that you want to map.

      This can be an address to an HTTP server or the path to a network server or local computer.
    3. Click OK to generate the Web site map.
    4. If required, repeat steps a through c to create a second Web site map.
  3. On the Window menu, click Tile to arrange the windows so that you can see and work in both windows.
  4. In the first Web site map, open the List or Filter window, click the plus sign (+) to expand the tree of discovered links, and then locate the shape that you want.
  5. Right-click the shape, and then click Configure Hyperlinks.
  6. In the Address box, select the Web address, right-click the selection, click Copy, and then click Cancel.
  7. Drag the shape from the List or Filter window to an empty area of the drawing page of the second Web site map.
  8. Right-click the shape in the second Web site map, and then click Configure Hyperlinks.
  9. In the Address box, select the Web address, right-click the selection, click Paste, and then click OK. The link is added to the memory model and is displayed in the List and Filter windows.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

The Web site map memory model contains a list of every link discovered, properties of the elements that the links connect (such as file type), and information about how the links are organized. The Web site map template uses this memory model to lay out the Web site map. Changes to the map don't change the memory model, but changes to the memory model automatically change the map.

The List and Filter windows display all the discovered links contained in the entire memory model, whether or not those links are represented by shapes in the Web site map. The List window displays the links sorted according to the hierarchical structure of the Web site, and the Filter window displays the links sorted by their extension group or protocol group.

REFERENCES

For more information about the Web site map memory model, click Microsoft Visio 2002 Help on the Help menu, type memory model in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topics returned.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:7/27/2006
Keywords:kbbug kbpending KB294123
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