Visio 2003 Question: limitation on connections

[AWare]

In Visio 2003 is there a limitation on how many connections you can have
going to a given Superior or Subordinate?
In an Org chart a user is working on, when you go to add a connection line,
a different connection line you have already added disappears.
If there is a default limitation on connections, can it be changed?

Thanks for any help you can provide.

 

[Paul Herber]

In Visio 2003 is there a limitation on how many connections you can have
going to a given Superior or Subordinate?
In an Org chart a user is working on, when you go to add a connection line,
a different connection line you have already added disappears.
If there is a default limitation on connections, can it be changed?

Thanks for any help you can provide.

How many connections do you have before it appears to go wrong?
Give us a target we can test.
Also, which particular superior? Executive, manager etc?

 

[AWare]

Thanks for the response, I found these in other postings that seem to address
the same issue I am having.

The Org Chart is hard coded to only allow 1 direct parent. That's why the
previous parent disconnects when you add a new one. The way around this is
to use the dotted connector. You can make the line style solid if you wish,
but do so with caution. It becomes easy to lose track of the regular and
dotted connectors. If you use the Wizard to export the drawing, the dotted
line connectivity does not get reported.

The orgchart is an example of an embedded application that is designed to
show a hierarchial organization, not meshed. You're attempting to make an
orange out of an apple. Choose a standard drawing and start dropping shapes,
you can connect them whatever way you want.

 

[Paul Herber]

Thanks for the response, I found these in other postings that seem to address
the same issue I am having.

The Org Chart is hard coded to only allow 1 direct parent. That's why the
previous parent disconnects when you add a new one. The way around this is
to use the dotted connector. You can make the line style solid if you wish,
but do so with caution. It becomes easy to lose track of the regular and
dotted connectors. If you use the Wizard to export the drawing, the dotted
line connectivity does not get reported.

Ah, your original question implied the other way round, "how many
connections you can have going to a given Superior or Subordinate?"

I think you mean how many superiors can any particular shape have. In
general it's only one but you can use the "Dotted line report" shape.

 

[AWare]

Thanks Paul, You are correct and very helpful. Thanks again for you responses.