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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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How to compare two visio files and report difference between them?

Now there are 2 visio files, a new one and an old one. Some changes are made in the new one. I need to compare the two files to find out differences between them. how to make it done? Is there any tools to do this work? Thank you all!
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VBA socket connection in Office 2010

Short Question Is there a library that is supposed to replace mswinsoc.osx used to create and maintain socket connections within VBA applications? Background I am trying to create socket connection(s) within a Visio 2010 Professional document. I…
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Is there a way to take a C# class or library and automatically convert it to Visio?

I have a C# class library that I need to document. Is there a way I can convert the project or class to a Visio Uml. I am using Visual Studios 2008 Professional.
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How to use alternative combined fragments in Visio 2007?

I have been spending looking for how to use alternative combined fragments in Visio 2007 for UML sequence diagram, but it seems like there is no notation to create this if-then-else statement. (like the following in visual-paradigm:…
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Import and export BPMN 2.0 XML into / from MS Visio 2010

I want to export my BPMN diagrams from Visio 2010 Premium to BPMN 2.0 XML format, which is not default supported by Microsoft, this is their…
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What is the best way to use UML 2.0 in Visio 2003?

Visio 2003 uses UML 1.4, which means that some stereotypes from UML 2.0 simply don't exist, and they need to be modeled by freehand drawing (I may as well be using Photoshop). Does anyone know of an update from Microsoft or an addon to include UML…
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Visio 2010 DataSources not showing in reverse engineer wizard

Hi I am trying to do a database diagram in visio 2010 to existing database. I am using the reverse engineer wizard. When I push new button on datasource field. I follow the steps to add new datasource. It looks like everything worked no errors,…
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Whats the best tools for drawing a "system overview" diagram?

What tools is best for drawing an overview of a system for a new starter. I want to show the components and if possible the technologies they use. Current options include: Visio, Word, EA?, Paint! Visual Studio isn't an option (too exprensive).
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Refreshing external data (from SQL Server) in org chart in Visio

I have linked SQL Server employee data to create an org chart in Visio, but I can't figure out how to refresh the data in the org chart - for example if a new employee is added for this to automatically appear in the org chart, or if there is a…
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"cloud architecture" concepts in a system architecture diagrams

If you design a distributed application for easy scale-out, or you just want to make use of any of the new “cloud computing” offerings by Amazon, Google or Microsoft, there are some typical concepts or components you usually end up…
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Reverse Engineering a C# Solution

I know Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate has some abilities, and I would normally do this by instinct, but I am on a very tight schedule. I also have Visio 2010 installed and integrated into VS, but its reverse engineer function doesn't seem to do much,…
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Convert Microsoft Visio Drawing (vsd) to PDF automatically

An open-source project I am working on uses Visio drawings for documentation, which are checked into source control. For those working on the project who don't own Visio, we have been converting the vsd files to PDFs so that they can still view…
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Free tools similar in functionality to MS VISIO

Are there any free tools or software packages that offer functionality similar to MS Visio? I am looking for something that can create database, most UML and application flow diagrams.
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visio 2007 database properties window doesn't show

I know this is probably not the right place to ask this question, but I don't know where else to turn. I tried google, but it hasn't helped me this time. I have Visio 2007 Professional. I am trying to create a database model, complete with primary…
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How to change Visio font name and color using Python?

I am using Python 2.7 with the win32com.client and trying to figure out how to change the font name and color for a Microsoft Visio 2013 shape. The code below creates a rectangle shape on a Visio document that is already open. This code is working…
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