I found an issue ( problems connecting to External Lists on sub sites ) while testing my BDC Connector for Visio and have since released a new version of the add-in and the data module that resolves the issue. Please refer to the original article for the latest version of the download. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/chhopkin/archive/2011/01/24/extending-data-linking-to-external-lists-in-visio-2010-and-visio-services.aspx
Year: 2011
Extending Data Linking to External Lists in Visio 2010 and Visio Services
When I speak to SharePoint developers about the dashboard and API capabilities of Visio Services the first question I get asked is, “Can I link shapes in Visio 2010 to an External List and have Visio Services refresh the data in the published diagrams from the External List?”. The short answer is no, Visio 2010…
Avoid Data Type changes during refresh from Excel Services
The Data Linking wizard in Visio 2010 Professional and Visio 2010 Premium allows you to link data directly to the shapes in your diagram from a number of different data sources. For a review and tutorial on this functionality take a look at this article: Import data from Excel, SQL Server, SharePoint sites, and other…
Navigating hyperlinks in the Visio Web Part with Web Part Connections
Published Visio diagrams can include hyperlinks which allow users to navigate to: other pages in the same diagram, other pages in other published diagrams, even other sites using standard URLs, when the diagram is published to Visio Services as a Visio Web Drawing (VDW) file. These hyperlinks are available whether you view the published diagram…
My published diagram is not refreshing from my data source
When you connect data to your Visio diagram using the Data Linking wizard, there is one option to be aware of which is easily overlooked that may cause the data in your shapes to never update when your external data set is refreshed. If you look in the Configure Refresh dialog there is an option…
VWA.Shape.addHighlight method supports color names as well
The MSDN article that describes the use of the addHighlight method for the VWA.Shape object (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff394531.aspx) states that the color parameter must specify a color using the “#RRGGBB” hexidecimal color format, for example… nextShape.addHighlight(4, "#FF0000"); I wanted to point out that the color parameter will also accept Color Names as described in the HTML and…