Microsoft KB Archive/931280

= Description of the security update for Visio 2002: June 12, 2007 =

Article ID: 931280

Article Last Modified on 9/11/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visio 2002 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Visio 2002 Standard Edition

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INTRODUCTION
Microsoft has released security bulletin MS07-030. The security bulletin contains all the relevant information about the security update for Microsoft Visio 2002. This information includes file manifest information and deployment options. To view the complete security bulletin, visit one of the following Microsoft Web sites, depending on whether you are a home user or an IT professional:  Home users

http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/updates/bulletins/200706.mspx

 IT professionals

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms07-030.mspx





Known issues
You may experience one of the following known issues when you try to work with an AutoCAD 2000 .dwg file or an AutoCAD 2000 .dxf file in Visio 2002:  You have an AutoCAD 2000 .dwg file that was saved in AutoCAD 2007 or in AutoCAD 2008. When you try to open or to insert the .dwg file in Visio 2002, you may receive one of the following error messages:

Error message 1

Runtime Error!

Program: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Visio10\Visio.exe

abnormal program termination

Error message 2

Microsoft Visio has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

To work around this problem, save the AutoCAD .dwg file in AutoCAD 14 .dwg format instead of in AutoCAD 2000 .dwg format. You have an AutoCAD 2000 .dxf file that was saved in AutoCAD 2007 or in AutoCAD 2008. When you try to open or to insert the .dxf file in Visio 2002, Visio may stop responding (hang). Or, you may receive the following error message:

Microsoft Visio has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

To work around this problem, save the AutoCAD .dxf file in AutoCAD 12 .dxf format instead of in AutoCAD 2000 .dxf format.

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