Connection Points Bug in Visio 2003

[Scott Metzger]

Hi,

I just found a minor Connection Point Bug in Visio 2003.

If you have a Shape that was imported from Visio 2002 and that shape had
a non-default Connection Type, one is unable to change the Connection
Type in Visio 2003 via right clicking on the Connection point. The drop
down dialog never appears.

Thank You,
Scott Metzger

 

[Mark Nelson [MS]]

That functionality was intentionally removed from the product. We are sorry
for the inconvenience. The type may still be changed in the Shapesheet
Window.

 

[Scott Metzger]

That functionality was intentionally removed from the product. We are sorry
for the inconvenience. The type may still be changed in the Shapesheet
Window.

Ok, I am confused. It was removed for shapes created in Visio 2002 and
imported into Visio 2003. But if you create your shape from scratch in
Visio 2003 the functionality is there. And this behavior is intentional?

 

[Mark Nelson [MS]]

My mistake. I gave the wrong information. Visio used to allow you to
change the angle of the vector for outward connection points. That is no
longer available in the UI. Visio still lets you change the type of
connection point by right clicking on the point.

Now, back to square one. I saved a flowchart shape in Visio 2002 with an
outward connection point on it. I then opened it in Visio 2003 and was able
to get a right-click menu with the Connection Point Tool. Is this the
scenario? Please attach a single-shape drawing if you can.

 

[Mark Nelson [MS]]

I checked with our Shapesheet expert on this one:

There are two types of connection point rows - A/B/C/D and In/Out. A/B/C/D
has A, B, C and D cells. In/Out has DirX, DirY, and InOut cells. So, yes,
you can't change the In/Out for the connection point if it has a D cell
because the existence of the D cell implies that the InOut cell does not
exist.