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Microsoft Visio 2013 Business Process Diagramming and Validation - Second Edition

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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

Modifying the Visio Fluent UI

The Fluent UI was new in Visio 2010, bringing it in line with the big three in Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint). This means that there are a lot more relevant resources available on the Web for developers to refer to. Before Microsoft bought Visio in 1999, the Visio application had its own UIObject API that provided a programming model for menus, toolbars, the status bar, and accelerator keys. One of the first changes to be made, after the Microsoft acquisition, was the adoption of the Microsoft Office CommandBars API in Visio. This meant that developers could start using the same UI objects as other Office developers. But then the big three Office applications got the new Ribbon in the 2007 version. This is now improved and commonly called the Fluent UI; thus, even though the legacy UI objects may still be available in the Visio type library, it is recommended that developers get to grips with the Ribbon object.

One of the good things about the Fluent UI...

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