Visio 2003 Developer's Survival Pack Tools and Samples

Chapter 23: Exe Solutions (VB)
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Files

Filename Description Installation
ReflectArgs.exe Simple Exe Addon described in book. Displays arguments passed to it by Visio, and also shows how to write to the drawing page. Place ReflectArgs.exe in a directory where Visio will look for Addons:

Visio 2002 and before: in a subdirectory of the Solutions in the Visio installation directory.
Visio 2003: Same as V2002, or below My Documents\My Shapes.

Coordinate with Tools > Options > Advanced > File Paths > Addons

ReflectArgs.vsd Sample document to demo calling the ReflectArgs Addon.  
Remaining ReflectArgs.* Visual Basic project to build ReflectArgs.exe  

Installation

Please see also the Notes on Visual Basic 6 Samples.

Operation

Suggestions on how to operate are found on the drawing..

Notes

An executable built with VB6 requires the VB6 runtime to also be installed. This may be fine on a development machine, but bear this in mind if deploying to a machine that does not have the VB6 runtime.


Article Created: 2003-09-01  Last edit: Last edit: 03-10-28 Graham Wideman
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