VB Script in Visio?

[Anthony May]

I saw someone give a presentation in Visio where you can right click on a node on the Visio diagram and it would initiate a remote desktop connection to that computer. I'm guessing this was accomplished using a VB Script. Has anyone done this before?

Any help would be appreciated

 

[Randall Arnold]

Visio, like other Office apps, includes a VBA engine to process VB macros.
It's very powerful and I'm sure someone has done something along the lines
of what you're asking. Check John Marshall's Visio page at www.mvps.org for
starters; a search for pertinent terms on Google will turn up other
resources. "Developing Microsoft Visio Solutions" is also an excellent book
on the subject.

Randall Arnold

I saw someone give a presentation in Visio where you can right click on a

node on the Visio diagram and it would initiate a remote desktop connection
to that computer. I'm guessing this was accomplished using a VB Script. Has
anyone done this before?

 

[Al Edlund]

I guess my question is "what do you mean be a remote desktop connection"?
Accessing devices via WMI is easily accomplished from within a visio drawing
and can be used for a number of administrative tasks. Other techniques such
as pings and traceroutes can also be done.
Al

I saw someone give a presentation in Visio where you can right click on a

node on the Visio diagram and it would initiate a remote desktop connection
to that computer. I'm guessing this was accomplished using a VB Script. Has
anyone done this before?