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Visio is a diagramming tool included as part of the Microsoft Office suite. This tag is only for questions on programming against Visio objects or files—also tag with VBA.

Visio is a diagramming tool included as part of the Microsoft Office suite, though it is usually acquired separately. It is used to create documents such as flowcharts, organizational charts, network topologies, and software architecture diagrams. Visio includes a development environment known as the ShapeSheet and an API which can be used to develop diagraming and data visualization applications.

Ask programming-related questions about Microsoft Visio (ShapeSheet, API, UML, flow charts, database diagrams, etc.) here on Stack Overflow. For non-programming applications of Visio and for general Visio support, consider if your question might be a better fit on Super User.

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Visio connector labels at the start of a connector line rather than the middle

Can I configure a Visio diagram so that the labels on connectors, by default, appear at the beginning of the line rather than the middle. I know that text labels can be moved by the "text block" tool (accessed using Shift-Ctrl-4); I'm talking about…
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XSD for parsing Visio 2013

I am looking for XSD file for Microsoft Visio 2013. The XSDs for Visio 2003, 2007 and 2010 are available here. The XSD for Visio 213 is available here. The 2013 Visio XSD fails while parsing schema. Please provide an XSD that can be successfully…
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Toad ERX to Visio ER diagram convertion

How to convert an ERX file that is generated from Oracle Toad that need to open via MS Visio for editing purpose?
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Visio 2013: Where are the signal shapes?

I am creating UML activity diagrams, I need to use send and accept signals but I can't seem to find it. I've tried to google for it but I can't seem to find anything. Does anyone know where I can find them or they dont exist in Visio?
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How to create Visual Studio style class diagram in Visio?

I need to plan out a Class, Method, Attribute style diagram, I have looked at the Class Designer in Visual Studio, but it seems to not do what I want. I want to be able to have a diagram show the classes just like in Visual Studio - except I want to…
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MS Visio how to create custom shape

I need to create a custom shape like that one on figure How can I do that? Thank you.
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Designing SQL database in visio

I want to design a schema of my SQL database in Visio But the default database is Microsoft Access, and some datatypes do not exist there (such as tinyint). How can i change the database type to SQL ? I'm using visio 2007 Thanks!
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Visio 2010/2013 page re-layout doesn't work if the page has a container shape with at least one child shape

I'm recursively traversing a directed object graph to build a flow chart using the Visio 2010 Automation (SDK). I successfully drop the shapes on the page and create their connectors, but when I layout the flowchart Visio misplaces to the bottom of…
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Issues with partially formatting text in Visio using Powershell

I've seen in VBA examples, that partially formatting a Visio shape-text makes use of the characters.begin and characters.end properties to select the part of the text to format. Now I'm having issues in adapting this to my Powershell script - the…
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Create C++ Code from Visio UML diagram

Visio 2010 Beta can generate static UML diagram from Native C++ project, and it's great. How is it possible to solve reverse problem: given a static UML diagram from Visio, generate header files? Or, maybe, there are free tools for architecture…
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Visio Indentation of Sub-Bullet Point

I have a bulleted list in Visio 2010 in which I'm trying to indent a second-level bullet. For example: I want the "Sub-Bullet" item to be indented to the right so it's clear that it is a child element. I thought the "Increase Indent" option on the…
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How do I write a Visio macro to to move a shape from one layer to another?

I'm using Visio 2003 and I would like to write a macro that will move the selected items to a hidden layer called "Deleted Items". I tried recording a macro and all I got was this, which doesn't even show me how to interact with layers. :( Sub…
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Must I abandon legacy ERD diagrams in Visio 2013?

I have several ERD diagrams that I have been maintaining in Visio for several versions. They are not real big but would represent more effort than I want to invest if I had to recreate them from scratch. The potential of making typos is pretty…
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Visio Component Diagram - Required Interface

How can I create required interface connector with Visio 2010/2013? I mean: http://www.uml-diagrams.org/component-diagrams.html I have added: http://softwarestencils.com/uml/index.html But I cannot find the required interface connector ( a connector…
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How to add padding to symbol text in Visio 2013?

In Visio 2013, I have a connector that is in a container that has a gray background color. I successfully changed the background color of the text block by following these steps: Double-click the connector Expand the font options by clicking on the…
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