Swim Lane Separator Problem!!

[ccurryman]

am trying to make a cross functional flow chart.  I have added fill to the swim lanes.  I also have added separators to the flow.  The dotted lines associated with the separators appear BEHIND the fill of the swim lanes.  When working in visio I can send the swim lanes to back and see the separators lines again, but when I save and re-open the lines fall back behind the swim lane fill.  I have been messing around with shape data and I can not figure out how to resolve this issue.  Can anyone please offer up some help?


Thanks,
Chris

[Paul Herber]

Adding fill to the swim lanes will cause problems for the swimlane addon.
Try this for an easier solution.
Create a new background page, then set this as the background page for your main page.
On the main page remove the fill from the swim lane.
On the background page add a rectangle with the fill you need and place this such that it is in the right place for the main page. Now the shape drop will still work correctly.

[Paul Herber]

like this ...

[Michael]

OK - apologies for hijacking this thread but I think my problem is related.

How do I prevent Visio from presenting the swim-lane option whenever I open a file (that's "my" file - all 4,189 pages...) :-)