Visio5: Summary of Changes Provided in Service Release B for U.S. English Visio 5.0 (254536)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Visio Standard 5.0
  • Microsoft Visio Professional 5.0
  • Microsoft Visio Technical 5.0
  • Microsoft Visio Enterprise 5.0
This article was previously published under Q254536

SUMMARY

Service Release B for Visio 5.0 products became available in early April, 1998. This service release improves some Visio 5.0 features, such as dynamic-connector routing and DWG support, and resolves problems such as poor results when using certain graphics filters.

Service Release B updates all Visio 5.0 and 5.0a editions to Visio 5.0b. This article lists the updates for each Visio edition when you install Service Release B over Visio 5.0a or over Visio 5.0. It also refers you to the file that contains a list of the Visio files Service Release B modifies or adds.

UPDATE October 1998
Service Release C is now the most up-to-date for U.S. English Visio 5.0 products. Please refer to this article only to read about additional updates Service Release C provides if you have not already installed Service Release B. For a list of new features and improvements in Service Release C and for delivery options, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base

254526 Visio: What's New in Service Release C and the Business Bonus Pack for Visio 5.0

MORE INFORMATION

Visio Standard Improvements from Version 5.0a to 5.0b

Visio Standard 5.0b includes the following improvements and problem fixes:
  • The IGS, JPG, BMP, EPS, AI, DSF, GIF, and DWF filters give better results.
  • The header and footer option "Page # of #" prints correctly.
  • Dynamic connectors maintain manual routing in many more instances; for example, when you group or move a selection of shapes.
  • Page numbering on Visio drawings in Microsoft Binder 97 binders function correctly.
  • The appropriate Help topic opens when you select a ShapeSheet cell and press F1.
  • Control points appear on a dynamic connector when you select it with the pointer tool or connector tool.
  • When you make one-dimensional (1-D) shapes routable through Visual Basic for Applications and Automation, you can glue their endpoints to two-dimensional (2-D) shapes.
  • Colored text and lines print as black (instead of white) on a black and white printer.
  • The DWG Display Component supports Autodesk AutoCAD R14 and in-place editing if IntelliCAD 98 by Visio is installed on your computer.

    Most entities are supported. Entities the Display Component does not support include Fill, Hatch, Shape, Proxy/Zombie, and TrueType fonts.

More About DWG Display Component Updates

  • If a three-dimensional (3-D) drawing appears cut off around the edges, you can use the Crop tool to resize the DWG boundaries to view the entire drawing.
  • If you have IntelliCAD 98 installed and you are having trouble opening or inserting DWG drawings in your Visio program, perform the following to correct the IntelliCAD and Visio entries in the registry:

    1) To re-register IntelliCAD 98, start and then close the program.

    2) To re-register Visio, click Start, click Run, and then type visio32.exe /r in the Open box (be sure to include a space between the "Visio32.exe" and the "/").

Visio Professional Improvements from Version 5.0a to 5.0b

Visio Professional 5.0b includes the following updates and problem fixes:
  • The IGS, JPG, BMP, EPS, AI, DSF, GIF, and DWF filters give better results.
  • The header and footer option "Page # of #" prints correctly.
  • Dynamic connectors maintain manual routing in many more instances; for example, when you group or move a selection of shapes.
  • Page numbering on Visio drawings in Microsoft Binder 97 binders function correctly.
  • The appropriate Help topic opens when you select a ShapeSheet cell and press F1.
  • Control points appear on a dynamic connector when you select it with the pointer tool or connector tool.
  • When you make one-dimensional (1-D) shapes routable through Visual Basic for Applications and Automation, you can glue their endpoints to two-dimensional (2-D) shapes.
  • Colored text and lines print as black (instead of white) on a black and white printer.
  • Improved Network Diagram Wizard.
  • The DWG Display Component supports Autodesk AutoCAD R14 and in-place editing if IntelliCAD 98 by Visio is installed on your computer.

    Most entities are supported. Entities that the Display Component does not support include Fill, Hatch, Shape, Proxy/Zombie, and TrueType fonts.

More About DWG Display Component Updates

  • If a three-dimensional (3-D) drawing appears cut off around the edges, you can use the Crop tool to resize the DWG boundaries to view the entire drawing.
  • If you have IntelliCAD 98 installed and you are having trouble opening or inserting DWG drawings in your Visio program, perform the following to correct the IntelliCAD and Visio entries in the registry:

    1) To re-register IntelliCAD 98, start and then close the program.

    2) To re-register Visio, click Start, click Run, and then type visio32.exe /r in the Open box (be sure to include a space between the "Visio32.exe" and the "/").

Visio Technical Improvements from Version 5.0a to 5.0b

Visio Technical 5.0b includes the following updates and problem fixes:
  • The IGS, JPG, BMP, EPS, AI, DSF, GIF, and DWF filters give better results.
  • The header and footer option "Page # of #" prints correctly.
  • Dynamic connectors maintain manual routing in many more instances; for example, when you group or move a selection of shapes.
  • Page numbering on Visio drawings in Microsoft Binder 97 binders function correctly.
  • The appropriate Help topic opens when you select a ShapeSheet cell and press F1.
  • Control points appear on a dynamic connector when you select it with the pointer tool or connector tool.
  • When you make one-dimensional (1-D) shapes routable through Visual Basic for Applications and Automation, you can glue their endpoints to two-dimensional (2-D) shapes.
  • Colored text and lines print as black (instead of white) on a black and white printer.
  • Shapes on the stencil EE - Analog and Digital Logic.VSS (an Electrical and Electronic stencil), snap and align to the drawing-page grid the way you expect.
  • The DWG converter and Help files support AutoCAD R14 entities and data. Data types and entities the converter does not support include:

    Image Leader LWPloyline
    Mline OLEObject Spline (R13 only)
    Tolerance Xrefs Group
    Fill Hatch Shape
    Proxy/Zombie TrueType fonts TrueType fonts
  • The DWG Display Component supports Autodesk AutoCAD R14 and in-place editing if IntelliCAD 98 by Visio is installed on your computer.

    Most entities are supported. Entities the Display Component does not support include Fill, Hatch, Shape, Proxy/Zombie, and TrueType fonts.

More about DWG Display Component updates

  • If a three-dimensional (3-D) drawing appears cut off around the edges, you can use the Crop tool to resize the DWG boundaries to view the entire drawing.
  • If you have IntelliCAD 98 installed and you are having trouble opening or inserting DWG drawings in your Visio program, perform the following to correct the IntelliCAD and Visio entries in the registry:

    1) To re-register IntelliCAD 98, start and then close the program.

    2) To re-register Visio, click Start, click Run, and then type visio32.exe /r in the Open box (be sure to include a space between the "Visio32.exe" and the "/").

Visio Standard Improvements from Version 5.0 to 5.0b

When you install Visio Standard 5.0b over Visio 5.0, you get all of the updates listed in the "Visio Standard Improvements from Version 5.0a to 5.0b" section, plus the following:
  • New flowchart data template files.
  • Right-clicking a control inserted in a Visio drawing gives expected results when the Visio drawing is closed.
  • When you edit a Microsoft Excel 97 object in place in a Visio drawing, Excel does not shut down unexpectedly when you click the New toolbar button.
  • Custom patterns display correctly on a scaled drawing page.
  • Dropping 1-D shapes works correctly on a scaled drawing page with a ruler origin other than the lower-left corner of the page.
  • Higher fidelity for drawings you save in GIF, JPEG, or WMF file formats.
  • Double-byte and export problems are addressed in the Database Wizard.
  • Minor problems are addressed in Visio Help, Project Timeline Help, and the Visio Automation Reference.
  • C/C++ support libraries in the DVS folder include minor enhancements.
  • Visio Network Equipment sample files are installed in the Samples folder.

Visio Professional improvements from version 5.0 to 5.0b

When you install Visio Professional 5.0b over Visio 5.0, you get all of the updates listed in the "Visio Professional Improvements from version 5.0a to 5.0b" section, plus the following:
  • New flowchart data template files.
  • Right-clicking a control inserted in a Visio drawing gives expected results when the Visio drawing is closed.
  • When you edit a Microsoft Excel 97 object in place in a Visio drawing, Excel does not shut down unexpectedly when you click the New toolbar button.
  • Custom patterns display correctly on a scaled drawing page.
  • Dropping 1-D shapes works correctly on a scaled drawing page with a ruler origin other than the lower-left corner of the page.
  • Higher fidelity for drawings you save in GIF, JPEG, or WMF file formats.
  • Double-byte and export problems are addressed in the Database Wizard.
  • Minor problems are addressed in Visio Help, Project Timeline Help, and the Visio Automation Reference.
  • C/C++ support libraries in the DVS folder include minor enhancements.
  • Visio Network Equipment sample files are installed in the Samples folder.
  • The Network Database Wizard links shapes properly when the database is not sorted by the segment field.
  • Several problems are addressed in the Unified Modeling Language (UML) solution.

Visio Technical improvements from version 5.0 to 5.0b

When you install Visio Technical 5.0b over Visio 5.0, you get all of the updates listed in the "Visio Technical Improvements from Version 5.0a to 5.0b" section, plus the following:
  • New flowchart data template files.
  • Right-clicking a control inserted in a Visio drawing gives expected results when the Visio drawing is closed.
  • When you edit a Microsoft Excel 97 object in place in a Visio drawing, Excel does not shut down unexpectedly when you click the New toolbar button.
  • Custom patterns display correctly on a scaled drawing page.
  • Dropping 1-D shapes works correctly on a scaled drawing page with a ruler origin other than the lower-left corner of the page.
  • Higher fidelity for drawings you save in GIF, JPEG, or WMF file formats.
  • Double-byte and export problems are addressed in the Database Wizard.
  • Minor problems are addressed in Visio Help, Project Timeline Help, and the Visio Automation Reference.
  • C/C++ support libraries in the DVS folder include minor enhancements.
  • Visio Network Equipment sample files are installed in the Samples folder.
  • The Mechanical Parts Library works correctly when you open a shape that doesn't have a view inherited from a previously-selected shape.
  • The DWG Converter interprets AutoCAD coordinates and ruler unit changes better.
  • Minor problems are fixed in the General Dimensioning stencils.
  • The Blocklib.dwg sample file displays correctly.

Files Modified for Service Releases A and B

For a complete list of files Service Releases A and B change, please see Readme.txt, included with the service release.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:11/25/2003
Keywords:KB254536
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