Microsoft KB Archive/830243

= Description of Visio 2000 Service Pack 2 =

Article ID: 830243

Article Last Modified on 9/8/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visio 2000 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Visio 2000 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Visio 2000 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Visio 2000 Service Pack 1

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SUMMARY
''Microsoft has released an update to Microsoft Visio 2000 Service Release 1 (SR1). Microsoft Visio 2000 Service Pack 2 (SP2) provides the latest updates to Microsoft Visio 2000. This update contains security enhancements and stability improvements. This update applies only to Visio 2000 SR1. This update also contains updates that were released after Visio 2000 SR1.''



INTRODUCTION
This article describes how to download and install Visio 2000 Service Pack 2 (SP2). Additionally, this article describes the issues that are fixed by Visio 2000 SP2.



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:  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

 Click Open to start the download and installation of Visio 2000 SP2. If you are prompted to install the update, click Yes. Click Yes to accept the license agreement. When you receive a message that indicates that the installation was successful, click OK.</li></ol>

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. <ol> In Microsoft Windows Explorer, create a folder on drive C, and then name the folder kb830243.</li> 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

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

Visio2000-kb830243-fullfile- .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.</li> In the extracted files folder (C:\kb830243), rename the following files:

</li> Manually replace the following Visio 2000 SR1 files in your administrative installation point with the newly extracted files as indicated in the following table:

</li> 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 \  /qb REINSTALL=  REINSTALLMODE=emu

In this command,  is the path of your administrative installation point for Visio 2000,   is the MSI database package for Visio 2000 (for example, Vis2000.msi), and   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:

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How to determine whether the update is installed
The update contains updated versions of the following files: <pre class="fixed_text">  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:

<pre class="fixed_text">  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:

This update has already been applied or is included in an update that has already been applied.

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:

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/update/bulletins/default.mspx

The Visio 2000 SP2 fixes the issues that are described in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base articles:

278390 Visio 2000: Generated Access database does not contain cascade update and delete rules

281301 Visio2000: Error when you quit Visio or close drawing with many custom menu or toolbar items

281890 Visio2000: UML associations and stereotypes lost when saved to repository

282590 Visio2000: Hotspot is missing when you save as HTML with VML graphic format

287464 Visio2000: Update for display, conversion, import, and export of Kanji characters in DWG/DXF files

286026 Visio2000: Database design features update for SQL Server 2000

288537 Visio2000: Inconsistent results with drag and drop in the Directory Navigator

289815 Visio2000: Cross-Functional flowchart shapes incorrectly aligned when you open drawing

300402 Visio2000: Errors importing AF3 files from ABC Flowcharter

286424 Visio2000: Visio stops responding when you update a reverse-engineered Oracle DB schema

305279 Visio2000: Error 1430 when you try to save in Visio 5.0 drawing file format

815422 Visio 2000: Your changes are not saved to the current document

264660 Visio2000: Error 100 when you open a saved Visio drawing

822715 MS03-037: Flaw in Visual Basic for Applications could allow arbitrary code execution

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.

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