name of connected objects

[Flavelle Ballem]

Given two shapes with a connector between them, I am looking for a way to
identify the name of the two connected shapes in the connector.

In a perfect world, I'd like to use Custom Properties/Shape Data within the
connector to contain the names of the shapes in the Connector.

Any thoughts?

Thanks,
Flavelle Ballem

 

[Al Edlund]

I'd use the already written functions in the visio sdk to capture the
connection data.
al

 

[Flavelle Ballem]

I was hoping that there was a way to do this through the Shapesheet for the
connector. It seems odd (to me, at least) that there doesn't seem to be a
property for a connector that can identify the shape that is connected to a
connector.

 

[David Parker]

It's on the wishlist

I was hoping that there was a way to do this through the Shapesheet for the
connector. It seems odd (to me, at least) that there doesn't seem to be a
property for a connector that can identify the shape that is connected to
a
connector.

 

[vojo]

seee visio guys forum

This entry contains the nut to crack this problem....not perfect but what
can be done in a shapesheet for this

http://visguy.com/vgforum/index.php?topic=9.0

 

[vojo]

see visio guys forum

this entry contains the nut to crack this problem...not perfect but can be
done in shapesheet if you want

http://visguy.com/vgforum/index.php?topic=9.0

 

[sbmack7]

see visio guys forum

this entry contains the nut to crack this problem...not perfect but can be
done in shapesheet if you want

http://visguy.com/vgforum/index.php?topic=9.0

I suppose an elegant workaround could be to just group the shapes and
then examine its members in VB.

SteveM

 

[David Parker]

Not really a ShapeSheet only solution that responds to connentions /
disconnections, as it requires manual input or non-ShapeSheet code to enter
shape names

 

[vojo]

parsing a formula to see if there is a connections reference is not that tough.
If somebody is in this far trying to do a shape sheet method for
this...whats a little more pain.

 

[John Marshall, MVP]

The Visio OM has collections for all the connections on a page, a collection
of all shapes a given shape is connected and one of the shapes connected
from.

As David P mentioned access to this information from the shapesheet is on
the wishlist. A workaround would be to add a custom property to a shape and
then populate it with information from the collection. Determining when this
routine fires will be the trick.

John... Visio MVP

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