Article ID: 298579
Article Last Modified on 9/12/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Visio 2000 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Visio 2000 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Visio 2000 Technical Edition
- Microsoft Visio 2000 Enterprise Edition
This article was previously published under Q298579
For a Microsoft Visio 2002 version of this article, see 293923.
SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to insert a bitmap (.bmp) file into Microsoft Visio, you may receive the following error message:
CAUSE
This behavior can occur if the file name of the file that you want to insert contains Chinese characters.
NOTE: These characters may appear as empty square boxes.
RESOLUTION
To work around this issue, rename the file before you insert it into Visio.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
Additional query words: prb bitmap unable complete importing filter
Keywords: kbbug kberrmsg kbpending KB298579
