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Microsoft Visio 2013 Business Process Diagramming and Validation - Second Edition

You're reading from  Microsoft Visio 2013 Business Process Diagramming and Validation - Second Edition

Product type Book
Published in Nov 2013
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781782178002
Pages 416 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
Languages
Author (1):
David Parker David Parker
Profile icon David Parker

Table of Contents (14) Chapters

Preface 1. Overview of Process Management in Microsoft Visio 2013 2. Understanding the Microsoft Visio Object Model 3. Understanding the ShapeSheet™ 4. Understanding the Validation API 5. Developing a Validation API Interface 6. Reviewing Validation Rules and Issues 7. Creating Validation Rules 8. Publishing Validation Rules and Diagrams 9. A Worked Example for Data Flow Model Diagrams – Part 1 10. A Worked Example for Data Flow Model Diagrams – Part 2 11. A Worked Example for Data Flow Model Diagrams – Part 3 12. Integrating Validated Diagrams with SharePoint 2013 and Office365 Index

Validation functions

The syntax for the FilterExpression and TestExpression formulae are the same as for the ShapeSheet formulae. However, Visio 2013 includes some extra validation functions such as the ShapeSheet functions, but these functions cannot be used in the ShapeSheet formulae, with the exception of those marked with an asterisk.

The following table is an extract from The Diagram Validation API blog:

http://blogs.msdn.com/visio/archive/2010/01/07/the-diagram-validation-api.aspx

It lists the special quasi-ShapeSheet functions that can be used in the FilterExpression and TestExpression formulae, and has been extended to include the new functions added in Visio 2013 (marked with *).

Function

Description

HasCategory(categoryName)*

Returns a Boolean indicating whether the shape has the specified category.

Is1D()*

Returns a Boolean indicating whether the shape is 1D or not.

Role()

Returns an integer indicating the shape role: {Element = 0, Connector = 1, Container = 2, Callout...

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