only one association in brainstorm possible

[Rob Weemhoff]

My Visio 2003 Professional is just updated to SP2 and now in the
Brainstorming Diagram there is only one association possible.
Create Main topic
Create Topic
Associate Main topic to Topic
Create another Main topic
Associate Main topic 2 to Topic
In stead over creating a new association the association swaps from the 1st
to the 2nd Main topic

 

[Rob Weemhoff]

I have new info:

The problem is only with the two brainstorming templates, not with any other
template using the brainstorming shapes.

The problem is only with topic to main topic associations, not with main
topic to main topic or topic to topic.

The problem is in fact not: only one association possible, but really: can
not add more then 1 association from a topic to a main topic. Each new
association swaps the previous.
If the drawing is saved, closed and reopened, you can add again 1 association.

 

[Rob Weemhoff]

Again a correction, the problem is also with main topic to main topic, but
not with topic to topic.

The problem is in bstorm.dll as distributed with SP2 and disappears when I
replace this dll with the original one.

Because reporting a defect via email support will not be debited to my
creditcard I decided to report this defect to Microsoft. (SRZ060124002168)

 

[Mark Nelson [MS]]

Thanks for reporting this information, Rob. I'm not aware of this type of
issue with Brainstorming but will try to investigate.

--
Mark Nelson
Office Graphics - Visio
Microsoft Corporation

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

 

[Mark Nelson [MS]]

Hi Rob,

I experimented with Visio 2003 SP1 and Visio 2003 SP2 and did not see a
difference in behavior. Here is what I tried:

- Drop a Main Topic shape on the page
- Right click on the Main Topic shape to add a sub-topic
- Drag and drop a second Main Topic shape on the page
- Using the Connector tool, draw a connector between the second Main Topic
and the unconnected end of the sub-topic

In each version of Visio the connection between the sub-topic and original
Main Topic is removed as soon as the connection between the sub-topic and
second Main Topic is created. I believe this behavior is intentional, but I
need to check with the developers to be sure.

I did discover an inconsistency though. Instead of drawing a connector to
link the sub-topic and second Main Topic, go to the window with the tree
control and drag the second Main Topic node on top of the sub-topic node.
This creates a new association without removing the previous one.

--
Mark Nelson
Office Graphics - Visio
Microsoft Corporation

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

Thanks for reporting this information, Rob. I'm not aware of this type of
issue with Brainstorming but will try to investigate.

--
Mark Nelson
Office Graphics - Visio
Microsoft Corporation

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.