Save my Visio setup?

[Steve Thackery]

I've arranged my Visio toolbars just as I like them (which is nothing like
the way they were when I installed Visio).

Is there a way to save this setup?

At the moment, each time I install Visio I have to mess about customising
all the toolbars, which seems a real waste of time.

Thanks,

SteveT

 

[WapperDude]

Which version of Visio?

For V2007(Std/Pro), confirm that under File>properties, Save Workspace is
checked.

Otherwise, I've not tried this myself, but you might want to investigate:
Tools > options > advanced: check save settings to registry. Don't know if
that will preserve your custom settings or not.

HTH
Wapperdude

 

[Steve Thackery]

Which version of Visio?

Ah, sorry, I should have said: Visio 2003.

Otherwise, I've not tried this myself, but you might want to investigate:
Tools > options > advanced: check save settings to registry. Don't know
if
that will preserve your custom settings or not.

Thank you, I'll have a play with that. Also, maybe I'll see if I can watch
my system for changed files when I make changes to the toolbars. Might be
the only way to pin it down.

Thanks again,

SteveT

 

[WapperDude]

Doh! I searched this forum for "custom toolbars" and found this topic. I
think it addresses your issues:

Subject: RE: Toolbar Changes and Custom Toolbars do not persist between
session

Wapperdude.

 

[Steve Thackery]

Doh! I searched this forum for "custom toolbars" and found this topic. I

think it addresses your issues:

Subject: RE: Toolbar Changes and Custom Toolbars do not persist between
session

Thanks, WapperDude. In fact, this is a different issue. I have no problem
with my custom toolbars persisting between sessions. My real question is,
how can I permanently back up my toolbar customisations so I can quickly
restore them next time I reformat my disk and reinstall everything.

For example, in Paint Shop Pro there is a Save Workspace command, which lets
you export all the workspace settings to a file, which can be backed up and
reloaded at any time in the future. But I can't find anything similar in
Visio 2003.

My thought was to find out where the toolbar customisation information is
held, and back that up ready for my next reinstallation. I don't know if
it's held in a .ini file somewhere, or in the registry.

HOWEVER, that thread you pointed me to seems to offer a workaround, so I'll
look carefully into it.

And thanks again for continuing to be so helpful.

Regards,

SteveT

 

[JuneTheSecond]

UiObject has SaveToFile method and CustomToolbarsFile method.
Thought I have not ever seen how they work.

 

[David J Parker]

John G suggests you review the following:

http://visualsignals.typepad.co.uk/vislog/2008/05/taming-your-too.html

http://blogs.msdn.com/chhopkin/archive/2009/02/26/reset-the-menu-and-toolbars.aspx

 

[John Goldsmith]

Another test post....

Best regards

John


John Goldsmith (Visio MVP)
www.visualSignals.typepad.co.uk
www.visualSignals.co.uk

 

[JuneTheSecond]

I believe John Goldsmith's suggestion is great,
but people might wish more safe or automatic way in future.

 

[Steve Thackery]

My newsreader seems to have missed John Goldsmith's original post, as I only
saw the one from David J Parker.

However, THANK YOU JOHN! This link to John's visLog explains exactly how to
back up your Visio toolbars ready for the next time you install it:

http://visualsignals.typepad.co.uk/vislog/2008/05/taming-your-too.html

Thank you again - I'm delighted to have sorted this out.

SteveT

 

[John Goldsmith_Visio_MVP]

Hello Steve,

Thanks for the reply. Problem was my end not being able to post. I tried
three times before enlisting David's help (Thanks David).

Glad to hear it helped.

Best regards

John


John Goldsmith (Visio MVP)
www.visualSignals.typepad.co.uk
www.visualSignals.co.uk