Microsoft KB Archive/921209

= Description of the Visio 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package: August 1, 2006 =

Article ID: 921209

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
Microsoft has released the Visio Professional 2003 post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package for Microsoft Office Visio Professional 2003.

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.



INTRODUCTION
This article describes the Visio Professional 2003 issues that are fixed in the post-Service Pack 2 hotfix package that is dated August 1, 2006.

Issues that the hotfix package fixes
This hotfix package fixes the following issues that were not previously documented in a Microsoft Knowledge Base article:
 * You add a Table Entity shape to a drawing file in Microsoft Office Visio for Enterprise Architects 2005. You then click to select the Req'd check box for a column. When you do this, the Physical Name for that column does not appear bold in the table shape.
 * You open a Visio 2003 drawing file that resides on a network share or on a Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services document library. When you do this, a temporary file is created in the temporary folder on the computer. This temporary file is not deleted when you save or close the Visio 2003 drawing file.



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 package is a post Visio 2003 Service Pack 2 hotfix package. To install the hotfix package, 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:

873460 How to obtain the latest service pack for Visio 2003

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.

Hotfix 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.

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 package is installed, the global version of this hotfix package 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

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