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customizing and programming visio
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Tailoring Visio 2002 is the first of our line of e-books for Visio. Written by Ralph Grabowski and Frank Zander. The 378-page e-book provides complete coverage of customizing and programming Visio 2002. Fifteen chapters and two appendices cover customizing the user interface, shapes, shapesheets, databases and VBA programming. The book is in PDF format for each searching, in 8.5"x11" size for easy printing, with margins design for three-hole punching. Topics include:
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2002" I welcome your feedback for correcting and improving the text. Send your email to grabowski @ telus.net table of contents introduction PART I: CUSTOMIZATION chapter 1 - introducing shapes Why Customize Visio? Visio Customization Toolbox; Selecting
Shapes. chapter 2 - creating masters and shapes Grouping Shapes; Controlling the Resize Behavior; Add
Shapes to Groups by Dropping Them on a Group; Determine Selection
Order; Determine Display Order chapter 3 - creating stencils and templates Creating Stencils; Opening Stencil Files for Editing;
Visio File Types chapter 4 - tailoring toolbars and menus Toggling Toolbars and Buttons; Displaying Toolbars; Stacking
Toolbars; Displaying Buttons; Customizing Toolbars; Changing Toolbar
and Menu Options
PART II: SHAPESEHEETS chapter 5 - introducing shapesheets The ShapeSheet is a Spreadsheet; The Section Title Bar;
Section Cells; Title Cells; Data Cells; The Layout of Sections;
ShapeSheet Sections; ShapeSheet Pros and Cons chapter 6 - controlling shapesheets Controlling the ShapeSheet; Shortcuts to the ShapeSheet;
Developer Toolbar; Right-clicking; Double-click Behavior; Opening
and Closing Sections; Closing the ShapeSheet chapter 7 - customizing and programming shapesheets Introduction to Custom Properties; Adding Custom Properties;
Editing Custom Property Values; Exporting Custom Property Data chapter 8 - the complete shapesheet reference ShapeSheet Jargon; ShapeSheet Sections; History of Changes
to the ShapeSheet chapter 9 - using formulae in shapesheet cells Formula Tips; How to Hide Shapes; How to Prevent Shapes
From Rotating and Flipping; How to Access Other Cells; How
to Keep Shapes in Place; Cell References; How to Make Shapes Tag
Along; How to Resize Shapes with Control Handles; How to Resize
Text with the Shape; How to Resize Shapes to Fit Text; How to Resize
Shapes Based on Text; How to Rotate Shapes Independently of Text
PART III: DATABASES chapter 10 - introducing databases What are Databases? Reasons for Making the Connection;
Diagram or Database? Visio and ODBC; Which Database Program? chapter 11 - exporting diagrams to databases Visio Database Wizards and Commands; Tutorial Exporting a Diagram for the First Time; ShapeID; Guid; Tutorial 2 Exporting an Updated Diagram chapter 12 - linking databases with diagrams Using the Database Wizard; Tutorial - Exporting Visio
to Excel; Database Wizard Limitations; Tutorial Updating Visio
with Excel; Tutorial - Creating Masters from Databases chapter 13 - creating diagrams from text files The Format of Text Files; The Text File Format; Record
Names; The Format of Records; Tutorial Creating Diagrams from
Text Files
PART IV: VISUAL BASIC FOR APPLICATIONS chapter 14 - learning to write vba programs What is VBA? Starting the Visual Basic Editor; A Tour of the Visual Basic Editor; Tutorial Writing Your First VBA Program; A Closer Look at the Code; Tutorial Creating Forms to Collect Information; Tutorial Initializing the UserForm with Default Data; BeforeDocumentSave Event Revisited; Creating Modules chapter 15 - advanced vba programming Tutorial 1 Saving Layer Information to Files; Looking at the Code; Reference VB/VBA Web Sites; Tutorial 2: Exporting VBA Code; Exporting Forms; Exporting Code Modules; Tutorial 3 Importing VBA Code; Tutorial 4 Importing Text into Visio; Looking Closer at the Code; Code for Sub Main; Code for Sub ImportTextFile; Tutorial 5: Formatting Text in Shapes; Looking Closer at the Code; Importing VBA Forms and Code Modules to VB; Tutorial 6 Creating a VB EXE as a Startup EXE; CheckDocumentInfo; Sub Main; Looking at the Code for Sub Main:; Automatic Loading of EXEs; Making EXE Applications Easy to Access PART V: APPENDICES appendix a - mouse & keyboard shortcuts Shortcuts by Task; General Tasks; Pan & Zoom; Diagram
Tools; Menu Commands; Text Formatting; Special Text Characters;
Text Fields; Full-screen Navigation; Windows Navigation appendix b - xml in visio About XML; Exporting and Importing XML Files; XML for Visio Schema; Section A
Ralph Grabowski has authored and co-authored 50+ books on Visio, CAD management, ArchiCAD, AutoCAD, Generic CADD, IntelliCAD, MicroStation, TurboCAD, VDraft, HTML, and VRML. He is the editor of two e-newsletters, upFront.eZine and IMAGINiT.eZine . He was Editor of the now-defunct Visions.eZine e-newsletter, and the Launch Editor to the Technical Design Solutions magazine for Visio users. Mr Grabowski received his B.A.Sc ('80) degree in civil engineering from the University of British Columbia. He currently works and lives in the beautiful Central Fraser Valley region of British Columbia, Canada. You can visit his Web site at www.upfrontezine.com . - - - Frank Zander is the owner of Contract CADD Group, a consulting company focused on custom corporate and personal CAD training. Frank also supplies CAD technical expertise and programming in AutoLISP, Visual Basic, and VBA to create custom solutions in large networked environments. Recent programming contracts include CAD/robotics/motion control, and drawing database integration. Frank is the past president of the Vancouver AutoCAD Users Society. You can contact him by emailing frank.zander @ contractcaddgroup.com or visiting his Web site at www.contractcaddgroup.com |
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