If you add a column to your SharePoint list and set the type to Hyperlink or Picture… you can create list items that contain hyperlinks that can be navigated by simply clicking on the column in the list view. The nice thing about this column type is that if you data link a Visio shape…
New shapes for Office 2013
Today we released a set of shapes for Visio that will help you diagram your deployments for Office 2013, Office 365, SQL, Azure, SharePoint 2013, Exchange 2013, etc. Click here to find out more about these shapes http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35772
Working with Visio 2013 files in SharePoint 2010
If you are in a situation where you have updated your version of Visio to Visio 2013, but IT has not yet updated your SharePoint farm to SharePoint 2013, you will be in a situation where SharePoint does not understand Visio 2013 files saved in a document library. You will see the generic icon and…
Supporting VB based COM add-ins in Office 2013
If you are building or maintaining COM add-ins that are based on Visual Basic 6 then this change to Office 2013 will most likely affect your add-in deployment The Add-In Designer Object Library (msaddndr.dll) is no longer shipped with Office 2013. Read this article for details http://blogs.msdn.com/b/vsod/archive/2012/11/21/vb6-based-add-ins-may-fail-to-work-on-office-2013.aspx
Upgrading VSTO project to Visual Studio 2010
In some cases I ( and my customers ) have run into build errors after upgrading VSTO based solutions ( for Visio or other Office applications ) from Visual Studio 2008 to Visual Studio 2010. For example: The build errors noted above seem to indicate that our ThisAddin class is no longer part of the…
Creating Custom Validation Rules in Visio 2013
Visio Professional 2013 contains a powerful diagram validation feature which allows users to check their diagrams for common errors and allows companies to ensure that employees are creating consistent diagrams that meet criteria set by notation standards or standards imposed by the enterprise. This validation engine uses a defined set of rules in each diagram…
Using Custom Context Menus with VSTO
Context Menu, Right Mouse Action, call them what you want. When you right click on a Visio shape you are given options that will specifically target that shape. From a developers point of view, yes you can customize this menu…in a number of different ways. For this article I want to focus on Defining Actions…
Get the most out of Visio – Web Cast Series
A series of webcasts on using Visio 2013 are now available. Visit this link to sign up https://aka.ms/k5xiah Here are some additional videos demonstrating the new capabilities and features of Visio 2013 – http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/support/make-the-switch-to-visio-2013-RZ102925050.aspx?CTT=1
Retrieving refreshed page images from Visio Services 2013
Why would you want to retrieve page images from your Visio diagrams via Visio Services? Visio Services will provide you with an image that you can incorporate into any application; WPF, Windows Phone, Windows 8, Apps for Office, etc. using two simple http requests… First we need to request a specific diagram and page… http://spdev15escrow/_layouts/15/VisioWebAccess/VisioWebAccess.ashx?V=15&T=0&D=&P=-1&F=http%3A%2F%2Fspdev15escrow%2FShared%20Documents%2FPageSamples.vsdx…
Visio 2013 developer documentation released
Today the Visio product team released the developer documentation for Visio 2013. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/fp161226(v=office.15).aspx Under the API section in the above article you will find these five important resources: · Visio 2013 Automation reference · Visio 2013 ShapeSheet reference · Visio 2013 Save As Web reference · Visio 2013 Viewer reference · Visio 2013 File Format…