Connecting lines to shapes

[Kylie B]

Hi,

I am new to Visio 2003 and am trying to draw a line between two shapes which
will move whenever the two shapes move. If I draw my line using the default
connection points that come with my shape the line sticks, but when I add my
own connections points to the shapes and draw a line between the two new
connection points, the line only glues to the first connection point.

I have both snap and glue turned on and glue to guides and connection points
and snap is set to the default settings.

Am I missing something?

Thanks for any help.

Kylie

 

[Mark Nelson [MS]]

On common problem is that when adding your own connection points to shapes,
the connection points get placed on the wrong shape. You might verify that
this did not happen to you.

When adding connection points, go to the Connection Point tool. Then click
on a shape to select it. Hold down Ctrl and click on the location where you
want to add a point. To add a similar point on another shape, you must
first select it and then add the point. If you forget to select the other
shape and simply Ctrl+click on it to add the connection point, this point is
actually added to the first shape. This is one explanation for what you are
seeing.