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Error message when you try to open a Visio drawing: "This file cannot be opened because it was created with a newer or unrecognized version of Visio"
In Microsoft Visio 2002 or in Microsoft Visual Studio .NET Enterprise Architect
Edition, when you try to open a drawing that you created in Microsoft
Office Visio 2003, you may receive the following error message:
<path>\filename.vsd
This file cannot be opened because it was created with a
newer or unrecognized version of Visio. For Visio upgrade information, visit
http://www.microsoft.com/office/visio.
In Microsoft Visio 2000, when you try to open a Visio drawing that was created in Visio 2003, you may receive the following error message:
<path>\filename.vsd
This file cannot be opened because it was created with a
newer or unrecognized version of Visio. For Visio upgrade information, contact Visio Customer Service at 1-800-24-Visio (1-800-248-4746).
Visual Studio .NET Enterprise Architect Edition uses
Visio 2002. The file format that Visio 2003 uses for drawings is different from the file format that Visio 2002 or Visio 2000 uses for drawings. You cannot use Visio 2002 or Visio 2000 to open a drawing that you
created in Visio 2003.
To work around this problem, you must save the drawing in Visio 2003 by using the Visio 2002 Drawing file format. Then, you can open the drawing in Visio 2000, in Visio 2002, or in Visual Studio .NET Enterprise Architect Edition. To do this, follow these steps:
- Open the drawing in Office Visio 2003.
- On the File menu, click Save
As.
- In the Save as type box, select
Visio 2002 Drawing (*.vsd).
- Type a file name in the File name box, and then click
Save.
- Quit Visio 2003.
- In Visio 2000, in Visio 2002, or in Visual Studio .NET Enterprise Architect Edition, try to
open the drawing that you saved in step 4.
This
behavior is by design.
Steps to reproduce the behavior
- Create a blank drawing in Visio 2003.
- On the File menu, click
Save.
- Type Drawing1 in the File name box, and then click Save.
- Quit Visio 2003.
- In Visio 2000, in Visio 2002, or in Visual Studio .NET Enterprise Architect Edition, try to
open the Drawing1.vsd Visio drawing that you created in step 3. The behavior
that is mentioned in the "Symptoms" section occurs.
For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
826416Â
(http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=826416/
)
You receive a "This file cannot be opened because it was created with a newer or unrecognized version of Visio" error message when you try to open a Visio drawing
For more information about Visio, visit the
following Microsoft Web site:
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Enterprise Architect
- Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2002 Enterprise Architect
- Microsoft Visio 2002 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Visio 2002 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Visio 2000 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Visio 2000 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Visio 2000 Technical Edition
- Microsoft Visio 2000 Enterprise Edition
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