Stopping User Defined Cells from Duplicating to Drawing Page

[Mark]

Hi:

I've got 2 masters, triangle and square, both of which have a user
defined cell, "riskCount" created in their master pages ShapeSheet
(i.e., not the ShapeSheet associated with the actual shape, but with
the page) - this is used to hold the current count of triangles and
squares on the page.

When I drop one of the shapes to the drawing page, the "riskCount" row
gets copied to the drawing page, as expected.

However, when I drop the other shape down, "riskCount_2" gets created.

According to the docs, Visio should only bring along items from the
master shapesheets that it doesn't already have on the drawing page.
I don't understand why the second instance of riskCount is being
created, when one already exists.

How do I prevent this? I just want a single "riskCount" on the active
drawing page, in order to keep a total count of all triangles and
squares shapes.

Thanks,
Mark

 

[Al Edlund]

do you check the page shapesheet before adding the riskcount field to it ?
al