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(Please see release notes at bottom of page.)
This page provides a gateway to all tools and samples available for use with Visio 2003 Developer's Survival Pack.
This page organizes the available tools and samples according to the chapter of the book to which they are most pertinent. As an alternative to using this page, you can simply use Windows Explorer to browse the V2003DSP directories and view the index.htm files in each one.
| Chapter | Chapter Title | Tools (see table below) |
Page | Sample or additional material | Link to Detail Page |
| Part 1 | Overview Of The Visio Development Environment | ||||
| 1 | Introduction | ||||
| 2 | Overview of Visio Territory | ||||
| 3 | A Plan For Coping | ||||
| Part 2 | Visio Structural Breakdowns | ||||
| 4 | Visio Object Model | ||||
| 5 | ShapeSheet Structure and Functions Introduction | ||||
| Part 3 | Visio Functional Areas In Depth | ||||
| 6 | Visio Files: Drawings, Stencils, Templates | XML Browser VisioToXML |
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| 7 | Shapes | 84 | HelloWorld.vsd | ch07_HelloWorld | |
| 8 | Shape Geometry | GeoHelper | 100 | ArcTo, Ellipse | ch08_ShapeGeometry |
| 106 | NURBS | ch08_ShapeGeometry | |||
| 115 | Ink | ch08_ShapeGeometry | |||
| 9 | Masters and Shapes | Inheritance Browser | |||
| 10 | ShapeSheet Mastery | 127... | ShapeSheet dependency samples | ch10_ShapeSheetMastery | |
| 134... | SetAtRef samples | ch10_ShapeSheetMastery | |||
| 11 | All Things Text | 147 | Fig11-1, using Characters | ch11_Text | |
| 150 | Making Text Fit | ch11_Text | |||
| 151 | Text Clipping | ch11_Text | |||
| 155 | Comments | ch11_Text | |||
| 12 | Composite Shapes Using Groups | 165... | ch12_CompositeShapes | ||
| 13 | Connectors, Routing and Layout | 191 | ch13_ConnectorsRoutingLayout | ||
| 14 | Glue and Connects | ConnPtScrewDriver | 205 | ||
| 211 | Connector-sensitive conn pts | ch14_GlueAndConnects | |||
| 15 | Formatting Via Masters and Styles | Inheritance Browser | |||
| 16 | Line and Fill Patterns and Line Ends | ||||
| 17 | Documents, Pages, Layers and Markup | 235 | Page list | ch17_DocsPagesLayers | |
| 238 | Markup sample | ch17_DocsPagesLayers | |||
| Part 4 | Building Visio Solutions | ||||
| 18 | Building Solutions: Introduction | ||||
| 19 | Menus, Toolbars, Accelerators | UIObject Browser CommandBars Browser |
279 | Adding UI Elements Minimal UI UI.vdx |
ch19_UserInterface |
| 20 | Events and Other Notifications | Events Browser | 292 | QueueMarkerEvent examples | ch20_EventsAndNotifications |
| 296 | Simple WithEvents | ch20_EventsAndNotifications | |||
| 298 | WithEvent class | ch20_EventsAndNotifications | |||
| 305 | Simple Event Sink | ch20_EventsAndNotifications | |||
| 305 | Event Sink, VSL version | ch20_VBVSL_EventSink | |||
| 306 | Event Sink with Forwarding | ch20_EventsAndNotifications | |||
| 309 | Event Sink with filters | ch20_EventsAndNotifications | |||
| 21 | VBA-Based Solutions | General | ch21_VBAGeneral | ||
| 323 | Accessing lines of code | ch21_VBAGeneral | |||
| 22 | Visio Solution Library Solutions: VSLs and Addons | VBVSL Adapter Component VisBin Browser VisioBin Delete |
All | General VBVSL installation instuctions. |
VBVSLNotes |
| 331 | VBVSL_Min | ch22_VBVSL_Minimal | |||
| Supplemental | VBVSL Two Addons | ch22_VBVSL_TwoAddons | |||
| 341 | .NET version | (in progress, check website) | |||
| 23 | Exe and Out-of-Process Solutions | 346 | ReflectArgs | VB/ch23_Exes | |
| 347 | .NET version | CSharp/ch23_Exes | |||
| 24 | COM Addin Solutions | ||||
| 25 | Solution Window Management | 355 | ch25_WindowAlts | ||
| 26 | Visio ActiveX Drawing Control | 369 | C# example | CShape/ch26_VisioDrawingControl | |
| 369 | VB example | VB/ch26_VisioDrawingControl | |||
| 27 | ShapeSheet Service Addons | 379 |
ch27_DemoShapeServices
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| 28 | Visio and XML | XML Browser VisioToXML |
397 | ch28_XML | |
| 29 | IDataObject and Shape Drag-and-Drop | Drag-and-Drop Spy, ShapeSheet Developer Helper |
413 | ReplaceStencil01.vsd | ch29_IDataObjectDragDrop |
| 414, 416 | C# version | ch29_IDataObjectDragDrop | |||
| DAVBDragDropSupport.dll | 417 | VB version | ch29_DragNDrop | ||
| 30 | Visio and ActiveX | 424 | ActiveX control on drawing fires VBA | ch30_ActiveX | |
| 425 | Foreign docs embedded in Visio | ch30_ActiveX | |||
| 426 | ActiveX shape in Visio | ch30_ActiveXShape | |||
| 31 | Animation | 430 | Manual | ch31_Animation | |
| 431 | Accident Scene | ch31_Animation | |||
| 433 | Following a path | ch31_Animation | |||
| 32 | Export and Bitmap Topics | 440 | Swappable bitmap | ch32_BitmapAndExport | |
| 441 | Bitmap export | ch32_BitmapAndExport, also VBCommon | |||
| 442 | Preview picture, C# | CSharp/ch32_DocPreview | |||
| 442 | Preview picture, VB6 | VB/ch32_DocPreview | |||
| 33 | Some Utilitarian Odds and Ends | 446 | VisXData | ch33_UtilityTechniques | |
| 448 | Undo | ch33_UtilityTechniques | |||
| 450 | Version info | ch33_UtilityTechniques | |||
| 34 | Some Deployment Notes | 455 | Article on Code Signing | (In process, awaiting info from MS) | |
| 35 | Internationalization Features | ||||
| Part 5 | Browsable Reference to Visio Structure | ||||
| 36 | ShapeSheet Section-Row-Cell Structure | See Reference Material below | |||
| 37 | ShapeSheet Functions | See Reference Material below | |||
| 38 | Visio Objects, Properties and Methods | See Reference Material below | |||
| 39 | Events Table | See Reference Material below | |||
| Tool/Link | Description | For Visio Version [1] | Link or Status |
| Browsers for Visio Internal State | |||
| CommandBar Browser | Shows snapshot of Visio's Application.CommandBar data. | 2002+ | CommandBarBrowser |
| UIObject Browser | Shows snapshot of Visio's UIObject-based user-interface data. | 2000+ | UIObjectBrowser |
| Cell Inheritance Browser | Shows the master and style cells from which a shape's cells inherit their formulas and values. | 2002+ | VisioInhBrowser |
| Event Browser | Snapshot of Events in EventList collections of Visio's objects | 2002+ | VisioEventBrowser |
| ShapeSheet Browser | Alternative view of ShapeSheet, suited to copy, paste, reformat and print | 2002+ | ShapeSheet |
| Doc, Page, Window overview | Quick display of top-level Document, Page and Window objects | 2002+ | DocPgWin |
| Other Browsers and Tools | |||
| XML Browser | Convenient browser for "XML for Visio" files | 2002+ | XMLBrowse |
| Drag-and-Drop Spy | Shows the kind of data that an application can provide to the drag-and-drop mechanism, and also the interaction when dragging data into an application. | Any | GWDragDropSpy
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| Connection-point Screwdriver | Shape which functions as a tool for adjusting angle and in/out-ness of gendered connection points. | 2003 | DirnConnScrewdriver |
| Geometry Helper | Browser exposes PolyLine and NURBS geometry | 2000+ | GeoHelper
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| ShapeSheet Developer Helper | Two separate developer-oriented helpers: 1) Allows reading, writing and editing shape data in VDX (XML) format 2) Allows re-ordering ShapeSheet rows in sections having nameable rows. |
2003 | SSDevHelper |
| Visio-to-XML Mass Converter | Automates Visio to convert entire directories-full of Visio files to XML format. | 2002+ | VisioToXML |
| Visio.bin Viewer | Allows viewing contents of visio.bin file | up to 2002 | VisBinBrowser |
| Visio.bin (and contents.dat) deleter | Convenient way to delete visio.bin when you or installer needs to force Visio to resurvey VSLs | 2000+ | VisBinDel
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| Typelib registration aid | Substitute for Windows RegSvr -- can register VSL files. | n/a | TypeLibReg |
| Typelib lister and unregistration aid | Lists type libraries currently registered, allows easy unregistration. | n/a | TypeLibUnreg
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| Components | |||
| VBVSL components | Components for creating VSLs using VB6 | 2000+ | VBVSL |
| NETVSL Component | Components for creating a VSL using VS.NET | 2002+ | (in progress) |
| DAVSL_Anim.vsl | Animation Component | 2000+ | DAVSL_Anim |
| DAKbdEventLib | ActiveX component provides a way to queue keyboard events (similar to SendKeys but avoids some issues). Particularly useful for controlling VIsio's SaveAs bitmap process. | DAKbdEventLib | |
| DAVBDragDropSupport.dll | ActiveX component makes drag and drop easier for VB/VBA | 2000+ | VBCommon |
| Notes | |||
| [1] | Visio Version: Some tools require at least a specific version of Visio to function. In some case the tool will work with a lower version but I haven't tested it and haven't thought through whether it should work. | ||
| Item | Description | Link or Status |
| Additional Documentation | ||
| Reference Chapters in PDF form | PDF version of Chapters 36 through 39, including a complete version of "Visio Objects, Properties and Methods" | Available separately |
| Article on Code Signing | Supplement for Chapter 34 "Some Deployment Notes" describing code signing and detailing how to apply it. | In process. |
See separate page of Notes and Errata at this book's support site: Visio 2003 Developer's Survival Pack Home
| Version | Date | Summary | Comments |
| 3.0.1 | 2005-02-28 | Updated codesign cert | The main update in this release is that all tools, and the
VBVSL Adapter vsl (and copies used for VBVSL projects) have now been signed
with a newer codesigning certificate, using codesign's -t option to avoid
expiry of the certification.
If you are running Visio security at medium, when Visio prompts you with security dialog, it should offer the option to "always trust code from Diagramantics".. . after accepting this you should not see more such dialogs from the tools supplied in this release. If you are running Visio at low security, you probably aren't aware of this issue. If you are running Visoi at high security, then Visio will probably not present you with the dialog with the option to "always trust", but instead fails silently. Not sure what to do at that point... "exercise for reader" I guess!. Note On Other Website Content: |
| 3.0.0 | 2003-10-29 | Initial Release | A few items as noted in the tables above are either available separately, or will be in the near future. Please check this books support site for details: Visio 2003 Developer's Survival Pack Home |
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If you have comments or criticisms, please email them to v11dsp@diagramantics.com. While I can't promise a personal reply to all email, I will watch for problem reports, attempt to track down solutions and incorporate the answers into this book's support pages.
Article Created: 2003-09-01 Last edit: Last edit:
05-02-28 Graham
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