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Where can I find decent visio templates/diagrams for software architecture?

Anyone have any good urls for templates or diagram examples in Visio 2007 to be used in software architecture? ...

Visio and Forward-Engineering

Do you know if I can use Visio to forward-engineer a sequence diagram into code (c#)? Can it be done with Visio alone or do I need a plugin? What about other diagrams? ...

Open 2 Visio diagrams in different windows

Hi people, I would like to know if I can open 2 different diagrams using MS Visio and each diagram have its own window. I've tried in several ways, but I always end up with 1 Visio window ... I'm using a triple monitor setup and I'd like to put one diagram to each side of my main monitor. []'s André Casteliano PS: I'm using Visio 20...

Create DB in Sql Server based on Visio Data Model

I have created a database model in Visio Professional (2003). I know that the Enterprise version has the ability to create a DB in Sql Server based on the data in Visio. I do not have the option to install Enterprise. Aside from going through the entire thing one table and relationship at a time and creating the whole database from scrat...

How do you show events in UML Class Diagrams?

This one has me stumped regularly while creating top level class diagrams for documentation. Methods and attributes/fields are easy to model. I usually end up adding a method named EvChanged to indicate a .Net event Changed. What is the right way to show that a type publishes a specific event? ...

Reverse Engineering for Database Diagramming in Visio with SQL Server 2008

I need to reverse engineer a Microsoft SQL Server 2008 in order to create a Microsoft Visio 2007 Database Model Diagram. So I choose Reverse Engineer from the Database menu to connect to the DB. I configured the Microsoft SQL Server Visio driver so that is uses SQL Server Native Client 10.0 as the ODBC driver. Afterwards I created a Use...

How do I get Firefox to launch Visio when I click on a linked .vsd file?

On our intranet site, we have various MS Office documents linked. When I click on a Word, Excel or PowerPoint file, Firefox gives me the option to Open, Save or Cancel. When I click on Open, the appropriate app is launched and the file is loaded. This is perfect. But for some reason, when I click on a linked Visio file, I only get the op...

How do I add an action to visio (2003)

In a visio shapesheet one can add actions. I want to create an action that updates the value of another cell (the position of a control). How can one do that. Does it need a separate macro, or can it be specified directly? And how? ...

Visio Stencils for MS SQL Server

Does anyone have a good set of Visio Stencils for MS SQL Server? ...

Visio VBA function to see if there's a shape in front of/behind a shape

Is there a way in Visio VBA to see if there is a shape in front of or behind a shape in Visio? I imagine I could write something that checks the bounding box of each shape in a page to see if it occupies the same space as my shape. I'd rather use something built-in since checking each shape could take a long time as a drawing gets more ...

Using Database entries to dynamically create a visio diagram

Is this possible? We have a Configuration Management Database that stores information such as our servers, what datacentre they're stored in, applications that reside on them, as well as interfaces that send data from one application to another. We would like to use Visio to connect to our SQL 2005 database, and automatically generat...

Visio database diagrams, associating columns

Hi there, I'm trying to be a good developer and create some documentation before I start programming my next project. I have created a database schema diagram in Visio and created relationships between columns. However, I am looking for a way to make the relationships between columns more clear. I want the arrow to connect column to ...

What modeling tools are everyone using?

I am trying to get a sense of what tools people are using for system modeling? Right now I use: Data Modeling - Erwin System Architecture - Visio UML - Visio I have been looking for a good freeware data modeling tool that can rival Erwin, but haven't found anything yet. I have always wondered if tools like Popkins System Architect ...

Visio & UML - Showing pointers in attributes and return values

I have the requirement of generating UML Diagrams for one of my C++ assignments. I'm using Visio 2007 and I'm having trouble representing C++ pointers. I've found a way to add a suffix to Datatypes however it's rather time consuming to do this for every pointer used or returned in my program. Basically I'm trying to get -object1 : Obje...

Visio & UML - Showing vectors

I have the requirement of generating UML Diagrams for one of my C++ assignments. I'm using Visio 2007 and I'm having trouble representing C++ vectors. The only way I can see this working is creating a custom C++ datatype or creating a vector class in my project, then for each instance of a vector in the UML, I need to dig into the proper...

Using Visio (Dia) to Map Out Algorithms

I was just wondering how many experienced programers out there actually map out their process or algorithms in a program like MS Visio or Gnome Dia? I am trying to code some complex PHP for my website and just seem to be missing something. Is a diagram program going to help or should I be looking in another area? ...

What is a good Visio Enterprise Architect replacement?

I've been using Visio 2002/2003 Enterprise Architect to do my database schema design visually and then forward-generate the DDL to create the database. I wanted to switch to Visio 2007, but while it does have database diagramming support, it doesn't have the ability to generate DDL. Bummer. I am really disappointed because it seems li...

VBA animation of Visio objects

Hello, I'm trying to animate Visio objects with a loop, such as: For reposition = 2 To 6 xpos = reposition ypos = reposition sh1.SetCenter xpos, ypos Sleep 1000 Next reposition While this DOES move the object from the starting position to the ending, the intermediate steps are not visible. After a delay only the final po...

Passing parameter to VBA Macro

I am trying to run a macro when I double click on Visio shapes. I want to pass the shape object to the VBA macro so that I could do something in the macro depending on the id of the Shape object. Is it possible to pass the parameter to VBA macro. If yes, please let me know how? Thanks. ...

Is it possible to export a WF diagram to visio?

I would like to be able to export my WF diagram from visual studio 2008 into Visio so I can better show it to non-programmers. Dose anyone know if its possible? I haven't come across any mention of it before, and I don't see anything that jumps out at me from VS. [EDIT: WF = Windows Workflow Foundation] ...