Visio2002: "Save as Web Page" Command Truncates File Name That Contains an Underscore (

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Visio 2002, when you save a Visio diagram (*.vsd) as an HTML Web page, the HTML folder name and the file name may be truncated if the name of the drawing contains an underscore (_) character.

CAUSE

This problem may occur when the following conditions are true:

The file name contains underscore characters similar to "Drawing_One.vsd" or "Building_7_Floorplan.vsd".
You selected the Save As command and selected "Web Page (.htm; html)" as the file type.

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You selected the Save as Web Page command on the File menu.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service release for Microsoft Visio 2002. For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

310474 Visio2002: How to Obtain and Install Visio 2002 Service Release 1

Temporary Workaround

To temporarily work around this problem, add an additional underscore character to the end of the file name (before the file extension), or remove the underscore characters altogether. For example, if you save or rename the file "Drawing_One.vsd" to "Drawing_One_.vsd" or "Drawing One.vsd", the HTML export filter does not truncate the resulting HTML folder or files.

STATUS

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

This problem was first corrected in Microsoft Visio 2002 Service Release 1 (SR-1).

MORE INFORMATION

For more information about how to save a Visio drawing to HTML, type save as Web page in the Ask a question box or the Answer Wizard, and then press ENTER to view the topics.