2002 EA vs. 2003 Pro

[cpnet]

After much confusion, I finally figured out that VS.NET 2003 ships with
Visio EA 2002. While I can install Visio 2003 Pro from my MSDN
subscription, I won't have UML functionality if I do this.

A while ago I had problems with Visio, so I did some installing/reinstalling
(I can't remember what versions). Apparently I ended up installing Visio
2002 EA. I've gone to the Office website, and updated to service pack 2.

Here's the problem: When I open some UML diagrams I did in Visio (I don't
remember which version) a while ago, Visio 2002 EA tells me the diagrams
were created in a newer version of Visio, and the shapes may not be
compatible with my version of Visio. A few of my shapes are highlighted in
bold red. If Visio 2002 EA is telling me the diagrams were created in a
newer version of Visio, then I must have created them in Visio 2003 Pro, but
these are UML diagrams, and I thought Visio 2003 didn't support UML. So
what's going on here?

 

[JT]

From what I've been reading in several different areas, Visio Pro 2003 does support UML. It sounds like, to me, that you are in fact trying to open 2003 diagrams in your 2002 version.

 

[JT]

From what I've been reading in several areas, Visio Pro 2003 does support UML. You may in fact be trying to open 2003 diagrams with your 2002 version.

 

[cpnet]

I installed Visio 2003 Pro on a virtual pc virtual machine (accidentally
activated it - damn), and I don't get the warning when opening the diagrams
in Visio 2003 - and the UML diagrams I have are available in 2003 Pro. The
funny thing is, the install asked me for a product key. When I checked my
MSDN keys, I had not yet asked for a Visio 2003 key. I did today, and the
install ran. But, this implies that I wasn't running Visio 2003 previously,
unless I had been running a beta version that didn't require a key. Or,
possibly I had been running a beta of Visio EA 2002 previously when I
created the diagrams, and that's what was making 2002 EA think the diagrams
were created in a newer Visio version.

Anyway, I can use my diagrams - I just hope I haven't wasted my Visio Pro
activation since I installed it on a test virtual machine that I won't be
keeping.