You receive a "Requested Operation Is Presently Disabled" error message when you use a command button in a custom window in Visio 2003 (831070)

SYMPTOMS

In Microsoft Office Visio 2003, when you use a command button in a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) custom window (user form) to show the Save As dialog box, you may receive the following error message:

Requested operation is presently disabled.

CAUSE

This problem may occur if the command button in your custom window becomes the active item, instead of the Visio Drawing Control. This problem may occur if both of the following conditions are true:

You use the DoCmd method to show the Save As dialog box in a custom window (user form).
The user form contains a Visio Drawing Control.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, use the SetFocus method to make your Visio Drawing Control active before the DoCmd method in your VBA macro.

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