Visio 2003 Solution Center

Templates

How to create a custom template for Visio
Describes how to create a custom template in Visio. You can create a template to base all the drawings on when you want to create multiple drawing files that need a consistent look.
Description of the Windows Installer PublishComponent table for Visio 2007 and for Visio 2003
Describes the features of the Windows Installer PublishComponent table for Visio 2007 and Visio 2003. Explains how third-party developers can use this feature to add their own content to Visio.
How to use the Visio 2003 and Visio 2007 Resource Kit Tools to disable Visio menu items on a client computer
Describes how to use the Visio 2003 and Visio 2007 Resource Kit Tools to disable Visio menu items on a client computer.

Description of the Visio 2003 post-Service Pack 1 hotfix package: May 9, 2005
Description of the issue that is fixed by the Visio 2003 post-Service Pack 1 Hotfix Package, released on May 9, 2005.
Description of Visio 2003 Service Pack 1
Describes the issues that are fixed in Visio 2003 SP1.
Considerations for server-side Automation of Office
Developers can use Automation in Microsoft Office to build custom solutions that use the capabilities and the features that are built into the Office product. Although such programmatic development can be implemented on a client system with relative...

You receive a “The document could not be created” error message when you add a Visio 2003 template to a Windows SharePoint Services document library
Describes how you receive an error message when you add a Visio 2003 template to the SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Document Library. To work around this problem, you can post the template to the Document Library as a typical document.
You receive a "Visio could not find this template" error message when you use the Visio 2003 SDK to publish certain custom components in Visio 2003
Describes a solution for an issue in which you receive a "Visio could not find this template" error message when you use the Microsoft Office Visio 2003 SDK to publish certain custom components in Visio 2003.
The gradient fill feature does not behave correctly in flowchart template shapes in Visio 2003
Describes how when you add a shape to a flowchart template page, the shape contains a light blue fill and not the expected gradient fill in Visio 2003. A workaround requires that you update the Style definitions.