What's new in Microsoft Visio 2002 for developers
What's new in Microsoft Visio 2002 for developers
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Microsoft® Visio® 2002 provides a powerful single platform for your custom drawing solutions. New ShapeSheet® cells and Automation objects, properties, methods, and events give you more options for defining the behavior of the elements in your solutions.
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New features in Visio 2002
Native XML file format
Improved scalability
Enhanced ShapeSheet spreadsheet
Access to the command bar object model shared by all Microsoft Office applications
GDI+, which allows better graphic rendering and handling of file formats
Document- and cell-level SolutionXML data storage
COM (Component Object Model) add-ins
Digital signatures
Improved in-place behavior
Ability for solutions to intercept Microsoft Windows keystroke messages
Object model changes that support new and improved Visio features
Enhanced glue control
Ability to host add-ons inside of Visio windows
Event filters
Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications version 6.3
The following topics provide lists of ShapeSheet and Automation elements that are new in Visio 2002.
New properties (alphabetic list)
Note To help increase security in Visio 2002, the RUNADDON function and the AddonName property were changed to prevent the execution of inline VBA code. For details, see the reference topics included in this SDK.