Import data file

[Darius Blaszyk]

I would like to import data into Visio which is structured in two lists:

the main blocks:

- Shape
- Name
- PosX
- PosY

and the connectors

- From shape connector name
- To shape connector name

I'm sure this should be possible, but I just don't have enough expertise
in visio to know how to handle this.
I have looked at creating a .vdx file, but it seems that this is just
too complex in respect of what I want to achieve.
Can anyone give me some pointers here, or perhaps help me with a simple
example?

Regards, Darius Blaszyk

 

[Mark Nelson [MS]]

You can accomplish this through code to automatically generate a connected
diagram. Here is one article explaining how to do this:
http://www.visguy.com/2006/09/13/create-visio-flowcharts-programmatically/

If you want to do without code, you can at least get the main blocks
positioned without code using Visio 2007 Professional. Here is an article
explaining this:
http://blogs.msdn.com/visio/archive/2007/02/06/introducing-the-bubble-chart.aspx

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Mark Nelson
Office Graphics - Visio
Microsoft Corporation

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