Chapter 1. Solutions Development Theory

IN THIS CHAPTER

  • Concepts: Design Versus Drafting

  • ShapeSheet Development

  • Automation Development

  • The Contents of a Typical Visio Solution

One of the advantages of Visio development is that it is eminently scalable. By scalable, I mean that solutions can be built and delivered incrementally using any of the various developmental tools found within Visio, the Visio ShapeSheet environment, or an Automation interface such as C, C++, Visual Basic (VB), and Visio's own internal Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) environment.

You can start by working with the SmartShape symbols supplied by Visio. You can then begin to make small levels of customization by adding custom properties. With custom properties added, you ...

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