I have to say, I love the Visio ActiveX control. I think it is so cool to be able to make Visio functionality work in the context of your application user interface, rather than have your application conform to the context of the Visio user interface. Especially considering how much heavy lifting goes into the layout…
Visio 2003 SP 1
SP1 for Visio 2003 is available for download at: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=AFCA0578-E1FB-4540-B0CC-FF83DEF61CC6&displaylang=en. Install it. Among other things, it fixes printer problems that you might not know you have until right before the meeting that requires handouts. For example, if you plan to print in Landscape orientation to a Hewlett Packard CP 1700 printer, your document is only going…
Dev Luv: Visio Development Top Five Performance Tips
Here are my favorite five recommendations for improving Visio performance in an app: Get a Cell by its location rather than its name: Retrieve a cell by its Section, Row, and Cell location in the ShapeSheet using CellsSRC, rather than by Cell name. It also means that you’re more globalization-friendly (unless you’re using CellsU) since cell names…
Visual Effects — Soft Fade
If you’re willing to put a little more time into it, you can play around with transparencies and fills to create fades or bevels or soft shadows. Visio rendering is based on GDI+, which provides a rich foundation for visual effects. The easiest “advanced” effect is a soft fade, which adds a gradual transparency to…
Visual Effects — Color Schemes
Visio is a great application that gets used at about 15% capacity by most users. (It’s a testament to the functionality in Visio that the 15% still makes Visio interesting for millions of users.) I’ve seen a lot of information-packed diagrams that convey complex concepts. What I’d like to see more of is truly beautiful…
Welcome to the Visio blog!
Thanks for visiting! I’ll be covering cool things that users can do with Visio, ranging from making it faster and easier to create a drawing to making your Visio drawing look great. I’ll also be talking about Visio developer issues. I’m really interested in hearing your comments and suggestions, so please feel free to provide any…