The OLE linking of Visio files has worked well for me. I have tried PDF-ing the Visio and EPS-ing that in Acrobat. It sometimes works and sometimes crashes FM, like a couple of days since. I then saved the Visio as AutoCad and opened that in Illustrator, made some changes and EPS-ed that. No crash now on this graphic.
The downside of the OLE linking is that FM will pause paging when it hits the link and while loading the graphic, which can be a bit annoying. Bodvar On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 8:05 PM, Combs, Richard <richard.combs at polycom.com> wrote: > Art Campbell wrote: > >> The accepted way to do this was to import Visio files as OLE objects, >> however OLE didn't always work reliably, especially if you were doing >> several files. Just lately, after installing XP SP3, even that limited >> method quit working for me and several others who have reported >> problems. >> >> If I were you, I'd print to a PDF from Visio or SaveAs a graphic >> format from Visio and import the resulting file as a referenced file. > > I think if you check the archives, you'll find as much or more criticism > of using OLE as acceptance. > > As for saving Visio drawings in a graphic format, the problem in the > past has been that most of Visio's export filters (including WMF and > EPS) weren't very good (I don't know if that's changed in Visio 2007). > Also, many people unwisely save those nice scalable vector graphics in a > raster (bitmap) format like PNG. > > I've been using a Visio > PDF > FM process for some time and strongly > recommend it. If you have a recent full version of Acrobat (6-8, I > believe) and it was installed after Visio (2000-2007, I believe), you'll > have PDFMaker available in Visio, just like in Word, and making PDFs is > a one-click procedure. Multi-page Visio files turn into multi-page PDFs. > > > In FM, import the PDF by reference (select the page you want, if > necessary). When you edit the Visio file, just click the PDF button, and > let the path/name default to the one you used the last time you did > this. The next time you open the FM doc, you'll see the new version. > > HTH! > Richard > > > Richard G. Combs > Senior Technical Writer > Polycom, Inc. > richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom > 303-223-5111 > ------ > rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom > 303-777-0436 > ------ > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > You are currently subscribed to Framers as bodvar at gmail.com. > > Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com > or visit > http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/bodvar%40gmail.com > > Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit > http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. > -- "It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious." -- Edsel Murphy, dec.
