Microsoft KB Archive/909912

= Description of the Visio 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: March 24, 2006 =

Article ID: 909912

Article Last Modified on 11/15/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office Visio Professional 2003
 * Microsoft Office Visio Standard 2003

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SUMMARY
This article describes the Microsoft Office Visio 2003 issues that are fixed in the Visio 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package that is dated March 24, 2006.

This article describes the following items about the hotfix package:


 * The issues that the hotfix package fixes.
 * The prerequisites for installing the hotfix package.
 * Whether you must restart your computer after you install the hotfix package.
 * Whether the hotfix package is replaced by any other hotfix package.
 * Whether you must make any registry changes.
 * The files that the hotfix package contains.



Issues that the hotfix package fixes
This hotfix package fixes the following issues that were not previously documented in a Microsoft Knowledge Base article:
 * The angle and the length of a Wall shape or of an Exterior Wall shape change when you connect two shapes together.

In your drawing, you connect two Wall shapes or two Exterior Wall shapes to each other. Or, you connect a Wall shape to an Exterior Wall shape. However, after you connect the shapes, the angle and the length of one of the shapes unexpectedly change. When you view the properties of the shape, you see that the angle of the shape is 0 degrees. And, the length of the shape is 0 inches.

This problem occurs if the length of the shape is less than 10 inches.
 * A blank page is printed, or only a small part of your drawing is printed when you print a large drawing to a plotter

When you print a large drawing to a plotter, the drawing is not printed as expected. Either a blank page is printed, or only a small part of your drawing is printed.

This problem occurs if the width of your drawing is more than 129 inches.



Service pack information
This problem was first corrected in Visio 2003 Service Pack 3. To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Visio 2003. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

873460 How to obtain the latest service pack for Visio 2003

Hotfix information
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix might receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next service pack that contains this hotfix.

To resolve this problem, submit a request to Microsoft Online Customer Services to obtain the hotfix. To submit an online request to obtain the hotfix, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6294451

Note If additional issues occur or any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. To create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

Prerequisites
This hotfix is a Visio 2003 Service Pack 2 hotfix. To install the hotfix, you must have Visio 2003 Service Pack 2 installed. For more information about Visio 2003 Service Pack 2, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

887622 Description of Visio 2003 Service Pack 2

Restart information
You do not have to restart your computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix replacement information
This hotfix is not replaced by any later hotfix.

Registry information
You do not have to create any registry keys or modify any registry keys to use any hotfixes that this package contains.

File information
This hotfix may not contain all the files that you must have to fully update a product to the latest build. This hotfix contains only the files that you must have to correct the issues that this article lists.

Download information

The global version of this hotfix uses a Microsoft Windows Installer package to install the hotfix. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) in the following table. When you view the file information, the date is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time item in Control Panel.

Download information

Microsoft Windows Installer .msp file information

After the hotfix is installed, the global version of this hotfix has the file attributes, or later file attributes, that are listed in the following table.

Additional notes


 * For more information about how to install this hotfix, see the Readme.txt file that is included in the hotfix package.

For more information about the terminology that Microsoft uses for software that is corrected after it is released, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

Additional query words: prj Visio2003

Keywords: kbfix kbprint kbqfe kbhotfixrollup kbexpertisebeginner kbhotfixserver kbvisio2003presp3fix kbvisio2003sp3fix KB909912

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