2003/Understanding/controlling Shapes Window Behavior

[PaullV]

In Visio 2003 the shapes window has a search for shapes
feature. I would like create a template with this feature
turned off and my stencils opened. I can turn it off by
moving stencils around and then closing that the search
for shapes window and the putting my stencils where I want
them. When I use the template, the search for shapes
window gratuitously comes back on. Does anyone understand
this behavior and know how to control it? This happens
when a drawing is saved with search for shapes off also.
Search for shapes reappears when the drawing is opened.

 

[Matt]

Hi PaulV


This was bascially meant for the new drawing control in visio 2003 but
should also work in Visio itself:
Put this in your "MyDocument"
classWindows(1).ItemFromID(Visio.visWinIDShapeSearch).Visible = False

The whole article you can find here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/odc_vi
s2003_ta/html/odc_VSProgrammingwithVisioActiveXControl.asp

Hope that helps
Matt

 

[PaulV]

Hi Matt,

Thanks for input -- as far as I can tell the code you
posted and the code in the referenced doc is actually not
quite right.

I used (in VBA):

ActiveWindow.Windows.ItemFromID _
(Visio.visWinIDShapeSearch).Visible = False

Successfully.

Thanks for pointing in the right direction.

Paul