import or convert older stencils to Visio 2007

[John D Leonard -- Sage]

I have a lot of older Visio stencils. Is there a way to import or convert
them to Visio 2007?

thx

 

[John Marshall, MVP]

When opened, Visio will convert the stencil no matter how old it is. This
will happen each time until you update the format. So, open the stencil in
2007 and do a Save as and specify the file type as Visio 2007 stencil.

John... Visio MVP

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[John D Leonard -- Sage]

I keep getting a message that Visio is not working?

I go to File>Shapes and select the Stencil -- Visio closes?

 

[John D Leonard -- Sage]

Should the stencils be put into another folder?

I have put them into My Shapes.

 

[Paul Herber]

I keep getting a message that Visio is not working?

I go to File>Shapes and select the Stencil -- Visio closes?

check your security settings:
on the Tools menu
ensure that it is set to high, there could be VBA code within the
stencil that is telling Visio to close.
Actually if you set it to Very high (or disable VBA entirely) then the
VBA won't run.
Long shot.

 

[John D Leonard -- Sage]

Think I found part of my answer

I put all the old stencils in another folder i.e. old vision - instead of My
Styles.

Now I can open and save the old drawings and save them as a new drawing. -
this works?


The only thing is that I have to run in Safe mode

Now how do I clean up the problem causing me to run in Safe mode??

 

[Paddy]

I have some old pre-MS Visio 4 Technical stencils that I have in My Shapes.
Not a problem.

Pemo

 

[John D Leonard -- Sage]

can not get out of safe mode.

a - The first thing that happens - Visio Is Not Working - then closes
b - Then - restarting goes into Safe mode??

How do I get rip of this???

 

[John D Leonard -- Sage]

Solved my problem as follows:
1- removed Visio
2 - deleted all references in registry
3- removed PDMaker for visio
4- re-installed Visio - all is good now!

thx

 

[John Marshall, MVP]

The stencils can be put in any folder, but for safety make sure you keep the
originals safe and just work on copies.

John... Visio MVP

Need stencils or ideas? http://visio.mvps.org/3rdparty.htm
Need VBA examples? http://visio.mvps.org/VBA.htm
Visio Wishlist http://visio.mvps.org/wish_list.htm

 

[Paddy]

Solved my problem as follows:
1- removed Visio
2 - deleted all references in registry
3- removed PDMaker for visio
4- re-installed Visio - all is good now!

Interesting coincidence!!! A friend had trouble with Acrobat (full - not
the Reader). It turned out to be PDFMaker. He emailed joyously just
yesterday that he had removed PDF Maker, reinstalled Acrobat and voilà!

Paddy

 

[John D Leonard -- Sage]

thx for your help

I have Acrobat 8.01 Professional.

Apparently the Add Ins caused the problem, so now I just downloaded the PDF
XPS capability from Microsoft.

 

[John D Leonard -- Sage]

Thx John

I will

The stencils can be put in any folder, but for safety make sure you keep
the originals safe and just work on copies.

John... Visio MVP

Need stencils or ideas? http://visio.mvps.org/3rdparty.htm
Need VBA examples? http://visio.mvps.org/VBA.htm
Visio Wishlist http://visio.mvps.org/wish_list.htm