Adding Custom Property, applying Custom Property settings limited?

[sandert]

Hello people,

Facts :
Windows XP SP2
Visio 2002

Some of my colleques have the following problem.
The add a custom property. They apply the custom property to a picture 7
times succesfull.

When they reach number 8 they can add another custom property set, but when
they apply it(to a picture) all 7 previous custom property sets are gone.

Thanks in advance for your respons.

Sandert

 

[Paul Herber]

Hello people,

Facts :
Windows XP SP2
Visio 2002

Some of my colleques have the following problem.
The add a custom property. They apply the custom property to a picture 7
times succesfull.

When they reach number 8 they can add another custom property set, but when
they apply it(to a picture) all 7 previous custom property sets are gone.

I'm not 100% sure I understand what you are doing. Custom properties
aren't something that can be "applied" to shapes within the meaning of
the word "apply".
Can you give a step by step account of what is being done?

 

[sandert]

Hello Paul,

Thank you for your response.

I have asked my colleque for some more information.

Situation: 7 Custom Property Sets have sucessfully been defined and I want
to add another one (more that one in fact).

Step-by-step procedure:
1. I select a shape which has custom properties based on an already defined
custom property set, because I want to create a new custom property set,
based on an existing one.

2. I select Tools, Add-Ons, Visio Extras, Edit Custom Property Sets, and in
the window, I select Add.

3. I select "Create a new set from the shape selected in Visio" and click on
OK.

4. Normally, I would then click on Define to alter the custom properties of
this newly created Custom Property Set, but the problem arises further on and
also happens when I don't alter the custom properties of the newly created
Custom Property Set, so I click on OK to leave the window "Edit Custom
Property Sets".

5. Then I select the shape which I want to give the custom properties from
the newly created Custom Property Set and I select Tools, Add-Ons, Visio
Extras, Apply Custom Property Sets. And now, in the selection box for the
Custom Property set, only 1 of the original 7 Custom Property Sets is
available and the other defined Custom Property Sets have disappeared. The
one that is available is the first one that was originally created. Also,
when I go back to the window to Edit Custom Property Sets, only this one is
available and the other 6 are gone.

When I execute a similar procedure, but don't first select a shape on which
the new Custom Property Set should be based (i.e. create a blank Custom
Property Set and then manually fill it with custom properties), everything
works fine, I can add as many as I like and apply them to shapes as I like.

Any help is much appreciated as I don't want to manually add custom
properties again ;-)