Re: Hyperlinks won't work in Web Page, using Visio 2003

[Andy Howe [MS]]

What exactly do you have for the hyperlink? Is the "use relative path"
checkbox checked?

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"Frank" <frank...@netsystemsinc.net> wrote in message
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> I am terribly sorry to disturb you but I have question and I need an
answer very fast.
> My question is pertaining to MS Visio and what I wanted to know is how do
I keep the hyperlinks active when saving my .vsd file as a web page. It
seems to me as soon as I save my .vsd file as a web page my hyperlinks quit
working, why is this happening and how do I fix the problem.
>
> I will take you through step by step on how I setup hyperlinks and save my
.vsd file as a web page.
>
> 1. I select the shape that I want to add a hyperlink
> 2. Go to insert and hyperlinks and hit the browse tab in addresses and
chose local files and choose the .htm file that is to be linked.
> 3. Go to File, Save as web page, and click publish or save.
>
> This is where things get fuzzy to me because when I click the hyperlink on
the web page it does not work I get a Microsoft error saying Internet
Explorer can not open the internet file c:\documents and settings\fivey\my
documents\my projects\swrh\swrh web format\swrh_city.htm
>

[ryanjsmith]

Andy,

Are relative links not permitted, when hyperlinking from a drawing saved
as a web page? I've searched various forums on this and cannot determine
a resolution, only this incomplete thread.

What I have found is that removing the relative path setting solves some
problems, but not all. I still cannot link to other office documents
(word and excel) although links to Powerpoint presentations now function
properly (after removing the relative path setting).

Is there some other adjustment I need to make to permit linking to .doc
and .xls files? I'm using Visio 2003 on Windows 2000. Please help!
Thanks,

Ryan

[Dick Hamilton [MSFT]]

Hi Ryan,

I'm not seeing any earlier messages in this discussion, only your reply
here, however I suggest the following steps to get this behavior with
hyperlinks in the Save as Webpage feature:

1. New drawing, save
2. Add a hyperlink to shape, set it to relative, and browse to the local
file
3. File > Save as Web Page
4. Copy the file you linked to into the thicket/Save as Webpage sub-folder
for the output.

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Microsoft Corporation

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