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Mastering Data Visualization with Microsoft Visio Professional 2016

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Product type Book
Published in May 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785882661
Pages 334 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Authors (2):
John Marshall John Marshall
David Parker David Parker
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Mastering Data Visualization with Microsoft Visio Professional 2016
Credits
About the Author
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. Data within Visio Essentials 2. Understanding How Data Is Stored within Visio 3. Linking Data to Shapes 4. Using the Built-In Data Graphics 5. Using the Pivot Diagram Add-On 6. Creating Custom Master Shapes 7. Creating Custom Data Graphics 8. Validating and Extracting Information 9. Automating Structured Diagrams 10. Sharing Data Diagrams 11. Choosing a Deployment Methodology Index

Understanding the Visio object model


An object model defines how the various objects and collections relate to each other, and their properties, methods, and events. Knowing how to navigate around it is essential for writing quick code in VBA, or more capable code for an add-in or add-on.

Starting with the Application object

The top-level object is the Visio Application object itself. This object contains a collection of documents that are currently open.

Note

Actually, there is also the InvisibleApp object, which a developer can use to interact with a diagram without the Visio application interface appearing on the screen.

Templates, drawings, and stencils are all types of Visio documents, although the user only sees stencils on the panels of shapes on the left of the drawing page. A drawing is usually created from a template document. However, a drawing can also be created from any existing drawing.

A drawing document consists of a collection of pages, each of which can contain a collection...

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