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Discussions on Hyperlinks

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* * * How can I link to page inside Visio file saved as web page?

> >> I'm haveing troubles makeing a hyperlink to a specific
> >> page in a multi-page Visio 2002 document saved as web
> >> page. To clarify this:
> >>
> >> I have a 8 page Visio document. I'm useing it to make a
> >> web page with multiple diagrams. I save it as a webpage
> >> and it has buttons to the rest of the pages in the bottom
> >> frame. Now I want to make a hyperlink to page 5 in the
> >> webpage from a complete different web page. And that where
> >> i can't do anything else...
> >>
> >> Is it possible by any means???
> >> I would be very grateful if anyone could help me...:)

Well, there are 2 pieces to this. The first is setting up your hyperlinks
correctly in Visio so they'll export the way you want. You found the KB
article I was going to mention. Have you performed one of the workarounds
mentioned in that article? If not, just put a space into the Base Hyperlink
field in the File >> Properties dialog.

The 2nd thing is that the html pages created by Visio do not pay any
attention to the parameters you pass in. You'll have to write some script to
put inside the main html file that you create when you do a Save as Web Page
from Visio.

A.H. MS Support

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* * * HELP !!! - Translation from Visio to HTML

> When I am using hyperlinks from VISIO objects with relative path, VISIO
> inserts backslahes instead of slashes, e.g., "..\up\pointer.htm",
> instead of "../up/pointer.htm".
> Then Netscape (all versions) does not recognize this link. In some way,
> Microsoft Explorer does recognize this and jumps to the right location.
> Can anyone help me in resolving this problem?
> Thanks,
> Arvin
>

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* * * Converting links to html

> > When you create a Visio document with links to other Visio
> > documents and save it as html, Visio automatically creates
> > html documents also from the linked documents.
> > The problem is, that the links still refer to the original
> > Visio documents. Say you have document X.vsd that includes
> > links to documents a.vsd and b.vsd. When you save X.vsd as
> > a html page, the documents a.vsd and b.vsd also will be
> > saved as a.html and b.html, but the links still refer to
> > a.vsb and b.vsb.
> >
> > When the page once is in html, you should go and make
> > changes in the code, which requires deeper knowledge of the
> > code.
> > Is this a bug in the program or is there any way to work
> > around it?

Pirjo,

For the linked documents issue, one way to handle it is to give each shape
that you want linked to another document 2 hyperlinks. One for the vsd file
(like you currently are using), and another with the relative path to the
exported html file for the document.

Hope this helps.

--
A.H. MS Support

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1. Creating 2 links is time-consuming, error-prone (because you can test one of them only), and confusing for your users (because one of them is broken).

2. With Easy Publish, you simply choose "Link to Visio Drawings as Web Pages" on this tab and all the links will be automatically converted.

* * * Showing Custom Properties

> I export a .vsd to
> a .html along with custom properties. However, in order
> for the custom properties to appear, I must move the
> mouse cursor over the room number and then it stays up.
> Is there a way to just have the custom properties appear
> when you click on that link?

Unfortunately, no, you can't specify that you'd like to use a click to show
the properties rather than the mouse over. You can modify the files so that
it acts the way you want, but there's no way to specify that within Visio.

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* * * Problems viewing/linking after saving as web page (Visio 2002)

> I just got upgraded Friday to Visio 2002, after having
> numerous problems trying to save a large, multi-page Visio
> diagram for use on the web. The previous (heavily
> documented on newsgroups) problems are gone, but I now
> have new problems:
>
> After using "save as web page" and when it goes into view
> on IE, upon clicking some links to other pages in the
> diagrams, I get message box:
> "File Download
> You are downloading the file:
> Would you like to open the file or save it to your
> computer?"
> with 4 buttons below, "Open, Save, Cancel, More Info"
>
> Clicking Open puts you into the actual Visio app, not on
> the web, following through with Save just keeps bringing
> the same message box up over and over and over."
>
> What am I doing wrong, or what is amiss?
>
> I am actually trying to eventually get this set of
> diagrams into our Intranet, for which I still use
> FrontPage, if that helps any.
>
> Thanks for any help, I'm getting very frustrated.
>
> Barbara R.

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Discussions on Menus

* * * menu error using hyperlinks on html pages

> I saved my visio pages to html, which creates [99]_gif.htm
> and [99]_vml.htm files. I have set up hyperlinks in
> objects
> on the pages that call other pages. When I go to the web
> pages, the black menu bar displays across the bottom of
> the first page. When I click an object to move to another
> page, I get an error "parent.frmPageView.menu1 is null or
> not an object".
>
> So, any idea what the problem is? Any help greatly
> appreciated...
>
> --David

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Discussions on Display

* * * Saving Visio as HTML

> Saving a flowchart as an HTML document, to be used on an
> intranet. Can anyone explain how to save the flowchart as
> a web page so that the flowchart appears at a 100% zoom?
>
> Saving it with default settings makes the flowchart tiny
> on the screen and I want people to be able to read it
> without having to play around with zoom settings.
>
> Also, any idea how the HTML page can be set up, so that
> if people want to print out the flowchart, it simply
> prints the flowchart at 100%, rather than whatever is on
> the screen?
>
> Thanks a lot
>

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Discussions on Printing

* * * Printing Visio Document exported to HTML

>
> Hello,
>
> I publishing some floor diagrams of our companies network printers on our
> intranet. Visio's neat export to HTML looks really good. Except when I go to
> print it out.
>
> The problem is, the html document centers the gif on the page, when I go to
> print it, the document mainly prints the white space on the left and the
> fits the map in the center.
>
> I tried going in and aligning the gif to the left but that didn't work.
>
> Do you have any tips for printing this out properly?
>
> Mark

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Discussions on Customization / Integration

* * * style of HTML pages

"angela"
> I would like to decide the style of the new pages when I
> save a diagram as an HTML page.
> Surely I can change the .css created by Visio, but I would
> like to choose the style BEFORE that Visio creates the
> pages.
> Thanks

--

Hi Angela,

To set the style in Visio 2002 you can go to the \program files\microsoft
office\visio10\1033\solutions\visio extras\ (default) directory and edit the
default.css file. Please keep in mind that this change will affect all
drawings saved to HTML by Visio, i.e. it has global effect.

The other option, as you referred to, is to make copies of the default.css
file for your custom styles and then overwrite the output css with hers.
Since you would have to do this for each export, it may not be useful over
the long run.

The ability to choose a custom stylesheet from the UI is a feature which is
under consideration for a future version of Visio. thanks.

--
D.H. MS Support

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* * * Visio into HTML

HELLLLLLLLLLLLP

I'm converting visio 2000 (clickable) flowcharts into HTML (by "file, save as,
HTML). It is automatically adding the image into the upper part of a frame. It
adds a navigation bar to the lower part of the frame.

I need to convert to HTML without any frames. How can I stop this from happening
automatically?

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* * * Using Visio HTML output within frames

Does anyone know how to take the output from the Visio html export
filter, and use it within a frame of another document?

Essentially, I want to put the frame based html from Visio into a frame
of another document.

The links only seems to work properly if the links open up a new
window. If they open up in the current window, nothing happens when
clicking the link.

I can take the image map document (drawing_raster.htm), and modify it
so it is stand alone html, but I will be doing this on a regular basis,
and it is not practical in the long run.

I have tried adding a <base target> tag to drawing_raster.htm, but it
makes no difference.

It seems the javascript that Visio generates prevents this from working
the way I would like it to.

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* * * Changing Template

Read this discussion carefully to avoid losing your Windows when publishing your Visio drawing.

Discussions on Multiple Browser Support

*** Problem with Visio 2002 HTML Export

Message One:

>> Hi all,
>> I have created a web page using Visio 2002 with
>> hyperlinks and all hyperlinks work fine in IE 4.0 and
>> higher.
>>
>> But the hyperlinks do not work in Netscape 4.x and higher.
>> For example in the visio document one of my links looks
>> like this
>> ..\test.htm
>>
>> when I look at the link in IE it looks like this
>> http://www.mypage.com/vis/test.htm
>>
>> but in Netscape it looks like this
>> http://www.mypage.com/vis/..\test.htm
>>
>> this then fails to load as this is not a valid directory.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Jeff
---

Message Two:

> Hi - I need some help with Visio 2002 HTML Export!
>
> I have exported a VISIO diagram to HTML. I tested the generated HTML pages
> locally with IE6 and Netscape - without any problems. Loading up to a unix
> web server I first had the problem with the known visio bug (.EMZ instead of
> .emz). Now it works, but only with Netscape (i have Netscape 7.0 installed).
> When I open the website with IE6, I only get empty frames, reloading the
> page or switching tabfolders causes IE6 to open a debug windows.
>
> I hope, somebody can help me!

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Discussions on Unix Support

* * * Visio html upload to different hosting!

I created a visio web page (save as webpage) but when i
upload to different hosting, one worked and the other
don't...the image failed to show in a unix-hosting and
works well in windows-hosting.

For confirmation, I've tried on two unix-based server..
but it still didn't work.. but when i try on one of the
free hosting which is windows-based hosting... it works
well.

I suspect that this could be due to the platform or
hosting services that i'm using...

Any idea anyone?

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