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files going corrupt
I have had 3 different Visio files that seem to be going corrupt. This has
happened on 4 different computers with Visio 2003 and 2007. All files were cross functional flow charts. Symptoms: working with existing file, editing, everything works fine. Close the file, everything seems normal. On attempting to reopen the file, Visio crashes. There isn't a specific error message and I can't get a number with ctrl+shift+I, just the "Viso has encountered a problem and needs to close" message. Two of the files were very large flowcharts (about 60-80 inches) with 2-4 pages in the files. The third was a small file that won't reopen after linking data from Excel (either v. 2003 or 2007, on 2 different computers). The other files were linked to Excel data but the links/data weren't modified before the file rendered itself unusable. Anyone else seen this? Any ideas on how to prevent? (Recovering the files isn't an issue, the rework has already been done.) |
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So everything seems fine with the file until you attempt to open it the
first time after the initial save, sounds like something in the drawing is causing corruption. You say it seems to travel around with the drawing to other computers, are all computers running the same operating system? Is the file being saved locally or up to a share or site? Does the drawing have any specialized add-ons or code? What happens if you disable automated events in Visio before attempting to open the drawing? You may want to test saving the drawing in the XML format to see if this makes a difference, save it in the vdx format then open it. James W. -------------------- Thread-Topic: files going corrupt thread-index: Acn47pnA70f7+M4qRLyMfl4klJFb2g== X-WBNR-Posting-Host: 143.85.192.241 From: =?Utf-8?B?TWFyZ2FyZXQ=?= Subject: files going corrupt Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:20:02 -0700 Lines: 16 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: Microsoft CDO for Windows 2000 Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message Importance: normal Priority: normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.3790.3168 Newsgroups: microsoft.public.visio.general Path: TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl Xref: TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl microsoft.public.visio.general:13010 NNTP-Posting-Host: tk2msftibfm01.phx.gbl 10.40.244.149 X-Tomcat-NG: microsoft.public.visio.general I have had 3 different Visio files that seem to be going corrupt. This has happened on 4 different computers with Visio 2003 and 2007. All files were cross functional flow charts. Symptoms: working with existing file, editing, everything works fine. Close the file, everything seems normal. On attempting to reopen the file, Visio crashes. There isn't a specific error message and I can't get a number with ctrl+shift+I, just the "Viso has encountered a problem and needs to close" message. Two of the files were very large flowcharts (about 60-80 inches) with 2-4 pages in the files. The third was a small file that won't reopen after linking data from Excel (either v. 2003 or 2007, on 2 different computers). The other files were linked to Excel data but the links/data weren't modified before the file rendered itself unusable. Anyone else seen this? Any ideas on how to prevent? (Recovering the files isn't an issue, the rework has already been done.) |
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files going corrupt
Actually, it's not the first time after the initial save. All the files in
question have been saved several times and successfully reopened before becoming corrupt. The computers are all running Windows XP. The files are being saved locally or on a network drive. The files are cross-functional flowcharts. The only special attribute is that they are linked to data in Excel files---but other cross-functional flowcharts using that function are doing fine. I tried disabling macros and automated events before opening the drawing and it made no difference. Just tried saving as an XML drawing---wasn't really aware of that option---and it reopens fine. Does that help diagnose what might be causing the document to become corrupt in the first place/help me prevent that with other documents? What functionality (if any) do I lose by saving the file as an XML drawing? "James Wittrell" wrote: So everything seems fine with the file until you attempt to open it the first time after the initial save, sounds like something in the drawing is causing corruption. You say it seems to travel around with the drawing to other computers, are all computers running the same operating system? Is the file being saved locally or up to a share or site? Does the drawing have any specialized add-ons or code? What happens if you disable automated events in Visio before attempting to open the drawing? You may want to test saving the drawing in the XML format to see if this makes a difference, save it in the vdx format then open it. James W. -------------------- Thread-Topic: files going corrupt thread-index: Acn47pnA70f7+M4qRLyMfl4klJFb2g== X-WBNR-Posting-Host: 143.85.192.241 From: =?Utf-8?B?TWFyZ2FyZXQ=?= Subject: files going corrupt Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:20:02 -0700 Lines: 16 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: Microsoft CDO for Windows 2000 Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message Importance: normal Priority: normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.3790.3168 Newsgroups: microsoft.public.visio.general Path: TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl Xref: TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl microsoft.public.visio.general:13010 NNTP-Posting-Host: tk2msftibfm01.phx.gbl 10.40.244.149 X-Tomcat-NG: microsoft.public.visio.general I have had 3 different Visio files that seem to be going corrupt. This has happened on 4 different computers with Visio 2003 and 2007. All files were cross functional flow charts. Symptoms: working with existing file, editing, everything works fine. Close the file, everything seems normal. On attempting to reopen the file, Visio crashes. There isn't a specific error message and I can't get a number with ctrl+shift+I, just the "Viso has encountered a problem and needs to close" message. Two of the files were very large flowcharts (about 60-80 inches) with 2-4 pages in the files. The third was a small file that won't reopen after linking data from Excel (either v. 2003 or 2007, on 2 different computers). The other files were linked to Excel data but the links/data weren't modified before the file rendered itself unusable. Anyone else seen this? Any ideas on how to prevent? (Recovering the files isn't an issue, the rework has already been done |
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Actually you are not losing any functionality by saving in the xml format
however the files are larger. So the xml format has basically cleaned up any corruption you have acquired in the drawing. At this point I cannot say what is causing the issue, it could be as simple as an object contained in the drawing. Have you noticed any patterns such the file goes bad after a period of time or after a certain computer has worked with the file? You may also want to check that everyone is using the same version of Visio and Excel that would include the service pack level. James W. -------------------- Thread-Topic: files going corrupt thread-index: Acn4/UQ6kLe7m3X6T4iUGgTfpVopvQ== X-WBNR-Posting-Host: 143.85.192.241 From: =?Utf-8?B?TWFyZ2FyZXQ=?= References: Subject: files going corrupt Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:05:01 -0700 Lines: 77 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: Microsoft CDO for Windows 2000 Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message Importance: normal Priority: normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.3790.3168 Newsgroups: microsoft.public.visio.general Path: TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl Xref: TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl microsoft.public.visio.general:13013 NNTP-Posting-Host: tk2msftibfm01.phx.gbl 10.40.244.149 X-Tomcat-NG: microsoft.public.visio.general Actually, it's not the first time after the initial save. All the files in question have been saved several times and successfully reopened before becoming corrupt. The computers are all running Windows XP. The files are being saved locally or on a network drive. The files are cross-functional flowcharts. The only special attribute is that they are linked to data in Excel files---but other cross-functional flowcharts using that function are doing fine. I tried disabling macros and automated events before opening the drawing and it made no difference. Just tried saving as an XML drawing---wasn't really aware of that option---and it reopens fine. Does that help diagnose what might be causing the document to become corrupt in the first place/help me prevent that with other documents? What functionality (if any) do I lose by saving the file as an XML drawing? "James Wittrell" wrote: So everything seems fine with the file until you attempt to open it the first time after the initial save, sounds like something in the drawing is causing corruption. You say it seems to travel around with the drawing to other computers, are all computers running the same operating system? Is the file being saved locally or up to a share or site? Does the drawing have any specialized add-ons or code? What happens if you disable automated events in Visio before attempting to open the drawing? You may want to test saving the drawing in the XML format to see if this makes a difference, save it in the vdx format then open it. James W. -------------------- Thread-Topic: files going corrupt thread-index: Acn47pnA70f7+M4qRLyMfl4klJFb2g== X-WBNR-Posting-Host: 143.85.192.241 From: =?Utf-8?B?TWFyZ2FyZXQ=?= Subject: files going corrupt Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:20:02 -0700 Lines: 16 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: Microsoft CDO for Windows 2000 Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message Importance: normal Priority: normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.3790.3168 Newsgroups: microsoft.public.visio.general Path: TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl Xref: TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl microsoft.public.visio.general:13010 NNTP-Posting-Host: tk2msftibfm01.phx.gbl 10.40.244.149 X-Tomcat-NG: microsoft.public.visio.general I have had 3 different Visio files that seem to be going corrupt. This has happened on 4 different computers with Visio 2003 and 2007. All files were cross functional flow charts. Symptoms: working with existing file, editing, everything works fine. Close the file, everything seems normal. On attempting to reopen the file, Visio crashes. There isn't a specific error message and I can't get a number with ctrl+shift+I, just the "Viso has encountered a problem and needs to close" message. Two of the files were very large flowcharts (about 60-80 inches) with 2-4 pages in the files. The third was a small file that won't reopen after linking data from Excel (either v. 2003 or 2007, on 2 different computers). The other files were linked to Excel data but the links/data weren't modified before the file rendered itself unusable. Anyone else seen this? Any ideas on how to prevent? (Recovering the files isn't an issue, the rework has already been done |
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