Run macro at startup & related issues

Using Visio 2003 and Windows XP.

Creeping through the help files and some texts, I've figured out that
Visio has a Startup folder, sort of like Word and Excel, where you can
place a file containing code to run when Visio opens.

I figured out how to set the startup path. How do I name the macro that
should run at startup? I've tried the predictable titles from Word &
Excel but they're ignored.

Alternatively, since at this moment the only code I want to run at
startup is a one-line macro that automatically displays the Favorites
stencil when Visio starts, is there an easier way to make that happen?
(I'm a little surprised there's no option to enable that by default, or
even a one-click toolbar button.)

Finally, during my last short attempt at this sort of thing, I did
something that causes Visio to look for an add-in I wrote at startup.
Since my schedule forces me to learn Visio in fits & starts with months
in between, I don't remember what I did to cause this. And now, Visio
chokes at startup unless it finds that file. I realize I can just give
it a dummy empty file with that name, but there must be less embarassing
solution, eh? How did I cause this and how can I stop it?

Thanks very much for any clues on these issues.

--
Mark Tangard, Microsoft Word MVP
"Life is nothing if you're not obsessed." --John Waters

Figured out the 3rd issue. I'd changed the shortcut to load the mystery
template directly when Visio opened, intending to make it a kind of
sneaky Visio-ized Normal.dot.

Still looking for help on how to run code whenever Visio starts.

--
Mark Tangard, Microsoft Word MVP
"Life is nothing if you're not obsessed." --John Waters

Mark Tangard wrote:
Using Visio 2003 and Windows XP.

Creeping through the help files and some texts, I've figured out that
Visio has a Startup folder, sort of like Word and Excel, where you can
place a file containing code to run when Visio opens.

I figured out how to set the startup path. How do I name the macro that
should run at startup? I've tried the predictable titles from Word &
Excel but they're ignored.

Alternatively, since at this moment the only code I want to run at
startup is a one-line macro that automatically displays the Favorites
stencil when Visio starts, is there an easier way to make that happen?
(I'm a little surprised there's no option to enable that by default, or
even a one-click toolbar button.)

Finally, during my last short attempt at this sort of thing, I did
something that causes Visio to look for an add-in I wrote at startup.
Since my schedule forces me to learn Visio in fits & starts with months
in between, I don't remember what I did to cause this. And now, Visio
chokes at startup unless it finds that file. I realize I can just give
it a dummy empty file with that name, but there must be less embarassing
solution, eh? How did I cause this and how can I stop it?

Thanks very much for any clues on these issues.

--
Mark Tangard, Microsoft Word MVP
"Life is nothing if you're not obsessed." --John Waters