add legend

[PKT]

Hei,
I am ussing Visio professional 2003 : I use it to draw some pipelines +
fluid power equipment+pumps +....; Now I wanted to know if it is possible to
add directly a box of legend with all the name of those components (those
which are already prenamed by visio); I don't find anywhere in my drawing
project a legend box to simply drag and drop on my drawing and configure it.
Thanks for you help
PKT

 

[Mark Nelson [MS]]

Go to File > Shapes > Brainstorming > Legend Shapes. There is a Legend in
this stencil.

 

[PKT]

Hi,

I did that : so I got a legend shapes box added to my current list of shapes
.. than if I select and drag and drop the legend box in my drawinf window , I
got in this legend box :"No symbols exist on the page to display"., even if
all my drawung (so with all symbols ) are exactly in the same window. So I
don't know what to do to make the legend box know that symbols are present in
the same page.

Thanks
PKT

 

[John Marshall, MVP]

For the legend to work the shapes need a user defined cell called
"visLegendShape".

So for each shape you would like to include in the legend, open the
shapesheet for the shape (or perferable the master) and add A User section
if one does not exist. Then add a new row and call it "visLegendShape". I am
not sure the meaning of the value, but the examples I have seen are "2".

John... Visio MVP

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[PKT]

Ok thanks,

When I want to do that, and add a section there is already a user section
which is named "User defined cells" in the dialog box (the others are
"hyperlinks", "actions",....): the problem is that it not avalaible : it is
dimmed : maybe my version is not the ggod one : I have visio professional 3.

thanks
PKT

 

[PKT]

Sorry , I made a mistake, it works now ,

Thanks a lot
PKT

 

[PKT]

Ok I have finish to add for all my shapes a user.visLegendShape with a value
equal to 2 . Now it seems that the legend box is not updated, still keep the
same first test shape taht I did : how to update it. even if I delete it and
drag and drop a new one. it still show the same legend for the first shape
that I parametrized : same if I select the first shape and deleted the row
"user.visLegendShape " : this legend box still is the same.

Thanks
PKT

 

[John Marshall, MVP]

Try deleting the legend box and dropping a new one on the page.

The legend box is filled when an appropriate shape is dropped on the page or
when the legend box is dropped on the page and it takes a look around to see
who is there.

John... Visio MVP

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[Mark Nelson [MS]]

You can drop a shape on top of the legend to make the legend start
recognizing that shape. This is easier than manually working in the
Shapesheet.

 

[PKT]

Hi,

Thanks a lot : it is working perfectly, almost for all my shapes : except
for some in the fluid power equipement (metric) like drain or pressure
gauge or flow indicator : I have try a new drawing with only those shapes and
try to get them in a legend box , it is not working (try different location
in the legend box). is it a bug or not ?


thanks
Pascal

 

[John Marshall, MVP]

Thanks Mark.

I created a square using the rectangle tool and then dropped it on the
Legend shape and the square became an entry in the legend.

Though the legend does have a help file, it does not contain a description
of this feature. One thing I miss from the Visio 3 days, is the little books
that explained what stencils were available and how to use them.

John... Visio MVP

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[Mike Mueller [MSFT]]

Make sure that the shapes not appearing in the legend are 2-D shapes. The
legend will ignore 1-D shapes.

 

[PKT]

Hi,

You were right, everything is working now
Thanks,
PKT