Layout method

[dani]

Hi

is it possible to control the Layout-method in a way that the Shapes
with smaller IDs appear more left and the shapes with bigger IDs appear
more right (in e.g. a flowchart-layout).

The problem is I want to draw several hundred shapes all of the same
master and with text inside it. Then I make sure that the shapes are
dropped sorted by their text and because of this, they have ascending IDs.

But obviously, Visio does not consider IDs when laying out shapes.

Daniel

 

[Al Edlund]

Daniel,
You might consider looking at John Marshall's site (www.mvps.org/visio). The
problem you describe is similar to building a table of contents chart (i.e.
lot's of shapes that you want dropped in an orderly manner). He has a demo
of that in his vba section.
Al