Microsoft KB Archive/825368

= You receive a &quot;The page cannot be displayed&quot; error message when you open a Visio XML drawing in a Web browser =

PSS ID Number: 825368

Article Last Modified on 9/2/2004

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Office Visio Professional 2003
 * Microsoft Office Visio Standard 2003, when used with:
 * Microsoft Internet Information Services version 6.0

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SYMPTOMS
In Visio 2003, you may not be able to use the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) protocol to open and view a Visio XML drawing file (.vdx) that is stored on a server that is running Internet Information Services (IIS). When you click a link on a Web page in Microsoft Internet Explorer to open and view a .vdx file, you may receive the following error message in your Web browser window:

The page cannot be displayed

HTTP 404 - File or directory not found



CAUSE
This behavior may occur if the MIME mapping for the .vdx extension is not defined on the Web server.



WORKAROUND
To work around this behavior, add the MIME mapping for the .vdx extension in IIS. To add the MIME mapping for the .vdx extension to a Web site in IIS, follow these steps:
 * 1) Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.
 * 2) Expand  , and then expand Web Sites.
 * 3) Right-click the appropriate Web site, (for example, right-click Default Web Site), and then click Properties.
 * 4) Click the HTTP Headers tab, and then click MIME Types under MIME types.
 * 5) Click New.
 * 6) In the Extension box, type vdx, type application/ms-visio in the MIME type box, and then click OK.
 * 7) Click OK, and then click OK.



MORE INFORMATION
MIME mappings specify the file types that IIS returns to Web browsers. You can define the MIME type globally for the server, and you can also specify additional MIME types at the Web site, Web site folder, and Web site virtual directory levels. For more information about MIME mappings in IIS 6.0, see the &quot;Working with MIME Types&quot; topic in the &quot;Web Site Administration&quot; section of the Server Administration Guide of the IIS 6.0 documentation. To view the IIS 6.0 documentation, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/iis/6/all/proddocs/en-us/iiswelcome.mspx

Keywords: kbprb kberrmsg KB825368

Technology: kbiis600 kbiisSearch kbVisio2003Pro kbVisio2003Search kbVisio2003St kbVisioSearch

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