Comments on: Path Analysis in Visio

By: Luis Contreras

Luis Contreras — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 02:51:18 +0000

Hi!

I am an end Visio 2007 user.

I have this need: In a very large diagram with lots of connected shapes, when double clicking a certain shape, I need a zoom view window that shows that specific shape in the middle of the window; the shapes that located at left of the whole drawing that are connected to it, in the left side of the zoom window; and the shapes that located at right of the whole drawing that are connected to it, in the right side of the zoom window. Is there a tool to do that? Is there a way to do that or a person who can do it?

Thanks.

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 01:45:30 +0000

Hello Al and Visio Guy,
I enjoyed your article http://www.visguy.com/2009/04/08/path-analysis-in-visio/.
Is there a way to use the VB macros to analyse an existing Visio GUI drawing? To show the connectivity like Simo asks.

I read the Visio file Path_Analysis.vsd sample VBA code.
Presumably I need to populate the data in module modDrawData with the data from the actual visio GUI objects.
Are you aware of any code that can do this already?

Have a good New Year
Thanks for your help

Paul
System analyst
ps. I’m not a programmer.

By: Visio Guy

Visio Guy — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 12:46:38 +0000

Hi Simo, Have you downloaded the zip file and looked at the code? In Visio 2010, it is much easier because of the new ConnectedShapes and GluedShapes API methods. In older versions of Visio, you can look at the FromConnects collection on a shape, get the connectors that are connected to it, then look at the Connects collection of each connector to see which shape is on the other end. It's kind of a pain in the butt, but it isn't rocket science! The Visio SDK contains developer reference help on using the methods, as well as sample code.

By: simo

simo — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 11:55:28 +0000

Hi!
I am currently developing an application in VISIO.
Please, I want to walk the path between two objects and save the path in a list, that contains the objects traversed

so, from an object I want to achieve another object and save the path (objects) in a list

thank you for helping me

best regards
Simo

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By: Al Edlund

Al Edlund — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 21:25:53 +0000

tools=>macros=>visual basic editor
should look like the screen capture above, there’s also code in the form ….
al

By: John Distai

John Distai — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:02:31 +0000

Um, I have a dumb question. How do I actually open the code to view all the code pieces? I was able to open one piece of code, but it looked far too short for the functionality displayed. How do I view all those modules and classes?

Thanks!

By: Visio Guy

Visio Guy — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:59:11 +0000

Hi Philippe,

I guess the best thing to do is develop some libraries that make connecting a matter of one call to one method.

Visio 2007 has the new AutoConnect method, which makes coding somewhat easier than before.

But I’ll agree with you. The raw Visio connection API is too elemental and I too forget some details that I always have to look up again!

By: philippe c

philippe c — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 07:25:26 +0000

I have tried to understand connections, but after two days I forget. That’s why I’ll wait for Visio Next Version.
The same thing for a language as Python. It may be very powerful, but what is the use if you forget it after one week ?