Visio2000: "Visio Internal Error: #-1" Error Message When You Try to Resize a Wall Shape, and Resizing Action Is Not Carried Out

Retired KB Content Disclaimer

View products that this article applies to.

This article was previously published under Q264445

SYMPTOMS

In Visio 2000 Technical Edition, when you try to resize a wall shape, you may receive the following error message two times:

Visio Internal error: #-1
Action 1188 Size object
First try closing and reopening the file. Next try restarting Visio.

Back to the top

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain Microsoft Visio 2000 Service Release 1 (SR-1).

To obtain SR-1, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

263721 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/263721/EN-US/ ) Visio: How to Obtain Microsoft Visio 2000 Service Release 1 (SR-1)

Back to the top

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Microsoft Visio 2000 SR-1.

Back to the top

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce the Behavior

Start Visio 2000 Technical Edition.
Open any drawing.
Place two wall shapes that intersect each other on the page.
Try to resize the horizontal wall by aligning it with the vertical one.

Note that you receive the error message mentioned in the "Symptoms" section two times, and that the action is not carried out.

Back to the top

APPLIES TO

Microsoft Visio 2000 Technical Edition

Back to the top

kberrmsg KB264445

Back to the top

Retired KB Content Disclaimer

This article was written about products for which Microsoft no longer offers support. Therefore, this article is offered "as is" and will no longer be updated.

Back to the top