Chapter 8. Publishing Validation Rules and Diagrams

In the last chapter, we learned how to write validation rules for structured diagrams. In particular, we looked at the quasi-ShapeSheet formulae that are used to define Filter Expressions and Test Expressions. You should now know how to write validation rules for most implementations.

In this chapter, we will go through methods for publishing Visio validation rules for others to use.

Overview of the Visio categories and templates

The normal Visio user selects a Visio template from a category, in the Backstage Getting Started view, of the Visio user interface, as opened by the File | New option,

Overview of the Visio categories and templates

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