Error while making connection: AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'getroot'

[LionelCrowl]

I kindly ask for help in finding a workaround for the following error. Thank you.

File to use:

test8_simple_connector.vsdx

Error:

Traceback (most recent call last): c2 = Connect.create(page=new_page, from_shape=new_shape2, to_shape=new_shape3) # ERROR rels = page.rels_xml.getroot() ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'getroot'

Code to recreate an error:

import shutil
from vsdx import VisioFile, Connect

src_file = 'test8_simple_connector.vsdx'
copy_src = shutil.copy(src_file, 'tmp_src.vsdx')

with VisioFile(copy_src) as vis:
    src_page = vis.pages[0]
    block_shape = src_page.child_shapes[0]
    new_page = vis.add_page('new page')
    # 1
    # adding new_shape1, new_shape2 and connecting them
    new_shape1 = block_shape.copy(new_page)
    new_shape1.text = 'new shape 1'
    new_shape2 = block_shape.copy(new_page)
    new_shape2.text = 'new shape 2'
    c1 = Connect.create(page=new_page, from_shape=new_shape1, to_shape=new_shape2)
    vis.save_vsdx('after 1.vsdx')
    # 2
    # adding new_shape3 and connecting it to new_shape2
    new_shape3 = block_shape.copy(new_page)
    new_shape3.text = 'new shape 3'
    c2 = Connect.create(page=new_page, from_shape=new_shape2, to_shape=new_shape3) # ERROR
    vis.save_vsdx('test.vsdx')

[dave-howard]

Hi @LionelCrowl - thanks for the info. I have resolved in v0.5.17 and added a new test based on your code included above