'Ask on Drop' doesn't hold properties info

[Patrick]

I link a master on a stencil to a table in an access database, prompting to
select the databse record on drop, which work fine. However, when i edit the
master, asking it to ask on drop for information for the custom proerties i
have tied to the database, it loses thew information entered without
displaying it in the dropped shape's properties , or stick it into my access
database. i have v.2003 prof' ed. of all office apps.

Any help would be...helpful!?

 

[Mark Nelson [MS]]

How are you editing the master? Here is some information from another post:


Working with Masters programmatically is quite similar to working with them
in the UI. You open the master for editing, make your changes and then
close the edit session to save changes and update shape instances. A full
explanation and example can be found in the help topic for Master.Open.

Here are the key statements:

Dim MasterCopy as Visio.Master
Set MasterCopy = YourMaster.Open
....
'Make all changes to MasterCopy object
....
MasterCopy.Close

 

[Patrick]

Apologies for lack of detail - please see my other cry for help here:

http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...oper&mid=ddcaeafc-fbcd-46a7-bbd9-d8aa12ad1878

for a list of the changes i have been making - I have done them all through
the UI. Apologies for not picking the issue up you quoted; there's loads to
wade through...