Naming control of GIF/JPEG assets on HTML export

[David Hatch]

When I save as a web page Visio just names the diagrams gif_1.gif, gif_2.gif, gif_3.gif, etc

This is a problem, because if I ever change the order of the tabs in visio and output again it effects the naming

Is there a way to have Visio name the gifs using the name of the tab? So if I have a tab called "landing_page" it generates a gif named "landing_page.gif"

Thanks
-David Hatch

 

[Andy [MS]]

What are you trying to do with the gif files exported by save as web? Are
you linking to them from a shape or something?

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When I save as a web page Visio just names the diagrams gif_1.gif, gif_2.gif, gif_3.gif, etc.

This is a problem, because if I ever change the order of the tabs in visio

and output again it effects the naming.

Is there a way to have Visio name the gifs using the name of the tab? So

if I have a tab called "landing_page" it generates a gif named
"landing_page.gif" ?

 

[David Hatch]

I am linking to them from an HTML document.

 

[Andy [MS]]

The files in the save as web folder aren't really designed to be linked to.
You certainly can do it, but if you just want a series of GIFs, you might
just want to export them yourself via Page.Export, then you have total
control over the naming convention.

 

[Andy [MS]]

Sorry, save as web just wasn't designed to solve that particular problem.

If you're familiar with VBA, it would be pretty trivial to write a routine
that would export all of these images for you on demand.

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Regarding

"The files in the save as web folder aren't really designed to be linked to."

That's what I figured. But it would seem simple enough to be able to

generate the GIF names from the tab names. I wonder if anyone has written
something like that.