Relative hyperlink to file in Visio 2003 HTML not work in IE7

Here is another twist on a known problem area. This time, the failure is when
using GIF output format.

In Visio 2003:
1) Insert into a drawing object, a relative hyperlink to an office file
located in the same folder as the drawing file.
2) Ensure the hyperlink will open the selected file (ie, right-click and
select link).
3) Save the drawing as a web page using GIF output format and "Organize
supporting files in a folder" selected.
4) Open the HTML file using Internet Explorer 7 and try the link (actually,
the default is to launch a browser automatically).
5) Unless I am doing something wrong, it will not work. The HTML is looking
for the file in the subfolder, not the same folder as the drawing.

If the link works for you, please let me know so I can duplicate what you
are doing.

Thanks

Ray

Oh, BTW Microsoft, please fix it.

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Well I think this is a known issue as mentioned in the following article:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/913756

James W.

"Laserray" wrote:

Here is another twist on a known problem area. This time, the failure is when
using GIF output format.

In Visio 2003:
1) Insert into a drawing object, a relative hyperlink to an office file
located in the same folder as the drawing file.
2) Ensure the hyperlink will open the selected file (ie, right-click and
select link).
3) Save the drawing as a web page using GIF output format and "Organize
supporting files in a folder" selected.
4) Open the HTML file using Internet Explorer 7 and try the link (actually,
the default is to launch a browser automatically).
5) Unless I am doing something wrong, it will not work. The HTML is looking
for the file in the subfolder, not the same folder as the drawing.

If the link works for you, please let me know so I can duplicate what you
are doing.

Thanks

Ray

Oh, BTW Microsoft, please fix it.

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Thanks for looking that up, and you are correct that it is known. However,
that KB article skirts the issue by suggesting it can be "resolved" by not
using relative paths.

The issue is that they SHOULD ALWAYS work when source and target are in the
same folder. There are cases where a relative path is needed to link from a
Visio object to a file and the output needs to be a webpage.

I just want MS to know this issue is still a problem to its customers.

"James W." wrote:

Well I think this is a known issue as mentioned in the following article:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/913756

James W.

"Laserray" wrote:

Here is another twist on a known problem area. This time, the failure is when
using GIF output format.

In Visio 2003:
1) Insert into a drawing object, a relative hyperlink to an office file
located in the same folder as the drawing file.
2) Ensure the hyperlink will open the selected file (ie, right-click and
select link).
3) Save the drawing as a web page using GIF output format and "Organize
supporting files in a folder" selected.
4) Open the HTML file using Internet Explorer 7 and try the link (actually,
the default is to launch a browser automatically).
5) Unless I am doing something wrong, it will not work. The HTML is looking
for the file in the subfolder, not the same folder as the drawing.

If the link works for you, please let me know so I can duplicate what you
are doing.

Thanks

Ray

Oh, BTW Microsoft, please fix it.

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Hey Ray I feel your pain - I got the same problem.

I think it can be fixed by editing output files manually (PITA I know but I
am doing the same thing for ANOTHER visio bug
(http://www.microsoft.com/communities...sloc=en-us&p=1) so I guess I am just going to suck it up.

Try editing the data.xml file to remove the unwanted path from the file
names. I just tried a couple of links and it seemed to work OK... now gotta
do it for the other zillion.

Ah Visio, so close to giving me what I want and yet....


"Laserray" wrote:

Here is another twist on a known problem area. This time, the failure is when
using GIF output format.

In Visio 2003:
1) Insert into a drawing object, a relative hyperlink to an office file
located in the same folder as the drawing file.
2) Ensure the hyperlink will open the selected file (ie, right-click and
select link).
3) Save the drawing as a web page using GIF output format and "Organize
supporting files in a folder" selected.
4) Open the HTML file using Internet Explorer 7 and try the link (actually,
the default is to launch a browser automatically).
5) Unless I am doing something wrong, it will not work. The HTML is looking
for the file in the subfolder, not the same folder as the drawing.

If the link works for you, please let me know so I can duplicate what you
are doing.

Thanks

Ray

Oh, BTW Microsoft, please fix it.

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Yep, thats what I have been having to do.....

"capt.vegetable" wrote:

Hey Ray I feel your pain - I got the same problem.

I think it can be fixed by editing output files manually (PITA I know but I
am doing the same thing for ANOTHER visio bug
(http://www.microsoft.com/communities...sloc=en-us&p=1) so I guess I am just going to suck it up.

Try editing the data.xml file to remove the unwanted path from the file
names. I just tried a couple of links and it seemed to work OK... now gotta
do it for the other zillion.

Ah Visio, so close to giving me what I want and yet....


"Laserray" wrote:

Here is another twist on a known problem area. This time, the failure is when
using GIF output format.

In Visio 2003:
1) Insert into a drawing object, a relative hyperlink to an office file
located in the same folder as the drawing file.
2) Ensure the hyperlink will open the selected file (ie, right-click and
select link).
3) Save the drawing as a web page using GIF output format and "Organize
supporting files in a folder" selected.
4) Open the HTML file using Internet Explorer 7 and try the link (actually,
the default is to launch a browser automatically).
5) Unless I am doing something wrong, it will not work. The HTML is looking
for the file in the subfolder, not the same folder as the drawing.

If the link works for you, please let me know so I can duplicate what you
are doing.

Thanks

Ray

Oh, BTW Microsoft, please fix it.

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