Add Last Edited Field to Document

[rongleclair]

Hi,

I would like to know if there is a way for a non-developer to add a
field for "last edited by" to a visio document. I need something that
would update automatically every time a document was updated.

I found insert Creator, but what I really need is to insert UserName,
but apparently UserName can only be used through VBA scripting.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Ron

 

[Al Edlund]

Unfortunately that feature is not available and must be coded.
Al

 

[rongleclair]

Thanks for the quick reply Al. I've seen the question posted before,
but never saw it answered.

How complicated would such a project be? If trivial, could you or
anyone else with a free minute, post what such a macro would look
like?

Thanks,
Ron

 

[Al Edlund]

Well, first of all I'm not familiar with a shapesheet field that the data
could be stored in. So you would probably have to create one (either a user
or custom property). Your next challange would be to understand what
operating system you are on and then query the user data from the operating
system so that you could post the data to your document. Finally the code
would have to be in each document, so it sounds like you will have to create
a custom template with embedded code or possibly an add-on. In any case it
doesn't feel like a trivial piece of work.
Sorry,
Al

 

[John Marshall, MVP]

There is a "Last Edited" field that can be added to the document using
Insert Field, but it shows the last time the document was edited rather than
when the page was edited.

John... Visio MVP

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