Drill down - in place detail expansion

[rtjoseph]

I don't know what to call this, but when I have a basic block diagram
of a model, I would like to click on a box and expand the details of
this sub-diagram in place or at least on the same page.

I would like to do this to help clarify when necessary and to
disconnect the impact of editing; If I have serveral levels of this
type of expansion, it would be beneficial to be able to edit just one
page. And I would like to be able to expand more than one such box.

Is there only one way to do this or many? How can I find out more?

Ray

 

[RA]

Try the hyperlink function (Insert \ Hyperlink)
Hyperlink can jump to another shape or page.

If you mean that clicking on the shape "unhides" several shapes like in
Windows Explorer, then it would be a lot more difficult to do and you have
to write some VBA code for it.

My suggestion is to create sub-diagrams on separate pages and use the shape
hyperlink to navigate to those diagrams.

 

[rtjoseph]

ronnie,

Thank you for the ideas. It looks like hyperlinks would be the
easiest, but I would like to explore the "unhides" method. Do you
have any suggestion on where I might find some example code or some
other way to learn about this method?

Ray

Try the hyperlink function (Insert \ Hyperlink)
Hyperlink can jump to another shape or page.

If you mean that clicking on the shape "unhides" several shapes like in
Windows Explorer, then it would be a lot more difficult to do and you have
to write some VBA code for it.

My suggestion is to create sub-diagrams on separate pages and use the shape
hyperlink to navigate to those diagrams.

--
-ronnie
[MS]
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

I don't know what to call this, but when I have a basic block diagram
of a model, I would like to click on a box and expand the details of
this sub-diagram in place or at least on the same page.

I would like to do this to help clarify when necessary and to
disconnect the impact of editing; If I have serveral levels of this
type of expansion, it would be beneficial to be able to edit just one
page. And I would like to be able to expand more than one such box.

Is there only one way to do this or many? How can I find out more?

Ray

 

[RA]

Check out the Visio developer reference that comes with Visio.
Also, MSDN has a bunch of Visio development related topics.
There are also some Visio development books that you can purchase.

An example of the "unhide" function is in the Org chart solution.
The code isnt available though but you can try it out and see how it works.

--
-ronnie
[MS]
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

ronnie,

Thank you for the ideas. It looks like hyperlinks would be the
easiest, but I would like to explore the "unhides" method. Do you
have any suggestion on where I might find some example code or some
other way to learn about this method?

Ray

Try the hyperlink function (Insert \ Hyperlink)
Hyperlink can jump to another shape or page.

If you mean that clicking on the shape "unhides" several shapes like in
Windows Explorer, then it would be a lot more difficult to do and you have
to write some VBA code for it.

My suggestion is to create sub-diagrams on separate pages and use the shape
hyperlink to navigate to those diagrams.

--
-ronnie
[MS]
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

I don't know what to call this, but when I have a basic block diagram
of a model, I would like to click on a box and expand the details of
this sub-diagram in place or at least on the same page.

I would like to do this to help clarify when necessary and to
disconnect the impact of editing; If I have serveral levels of this
type of expansion, it would be beneficial to be able to edit just one
page. And I would like to be able to expand more than one such box.

Is there only one way to do this or many? How can I find out more?

Ray