Org Chart layout problems

I am having difficulty getting the automatic org chart layout working
correctly. I have a chart with about 25 employees, both managers and
positions in teams uder a single manager. On the Organization Chart menu, I
click Re-layout and the chart becomes a jumble, including boxes overlapping
and lines routing through boxes. If I click on the highest level manager and
click Arrange subordinates I get similar results. I am using Vision 2003 SP1.
Is this expected behavior? How can I lay out shapes automatically without
having this occur?

Thanks, Michael

I have discovered that during the layout process,
positions will get disconnected from the original manager
and reconnected to another.

-----Original Message-----
I am having difficulty getting the automatic org chart
layout working
correctly. I have a chart with about 25 employees, both
managers and
positions in teams uder a single manager. On the
Organization Chart menu, I
click Re-layout and the chart becomes a jumble, including
boxes overlapping
and lines routing through boxes. If I click on the
highest level manager and
click Arrange subordinates I get similar results. I am
using Vision 2003 SP1.
Is this expected behavior? How can I lay out shapes
automatically without
having this occur?

Thanks, Michael
.

It sounds like the internal model maintained by the Organization Chart
solution is out of sync with the drawing. The layout functionality uses this
data.

Is there any possibility that this drawing was modified in a different
version of Visio or with automation events disabled?

--
Mike Mueller
WinFX SDK Team

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

"Michael J. O'Connell" wrote in
message ...
I have discovered that during the layout process,
positions will get disconnected from the original manager
and reconnected to another.

-----Original Message-----
I am having difficulty getting the automatic org chart
layout working
correctly. I have a chart with about 25 employees, both
managers and
positions in teams uder a single manager. On the
Organization Chart menu, I
click Re-layout and the chart becomes a jumble, including
boxes overlapping
and lines routing through boxes. If I click on the
highest level manager and
click Arrange subordinates I get similar results. I am
using Vision 2003 SP1.
Is this expected behavior? How can I lay out shapes
automatically without
having this occur?

Thanks, Michael
.

I only use one version of Visio and I'm not sure about Automation Events. I
couldn't find a menu item or dialog box refering to this.

Michael

"Mike Mueller [MSFT]" wrote:

It sounds like the internal model maintained by the Organization Chart
solution is out of sync with the drawing. The layout functionality uses this
data.

Is there any possibility that this drawing was modified in a different
version of Visio or with automation events disabled?

--
Mike Mueller
WinFX SDK Team

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

"Michael J. O'Connell" wrote in
message ...
I have discovered that during the layout process,
positions will get disconnected from the original manager
and reconnected to another.

-----Original Message-----
I am having difficulty getting the automatic org chart
layout working
correctly. I have a chart with about 25 employees, both
managers and
positions in teams uder a single manager. On the
Organization Chart menu, I
click Re-layout and the chart becomes a jumble, including
boxes overlapping
and lines routing through boxes. If I click on the
highest level manager and
click Arrange subordinates I get similar results. I am
using Vision 2003 SP1.
Is this expected behavior? How can I lay out shapes
automatically without
having this occur?

Thanks, Michael
.