Bug of Visio in deleting section of a shape

[Michel LAPLANE]

Can anyone send this bug to Visio developer team.

Launch Visio
Create a new drawing
Create a shape in the drawing (a rectangle for example)
Add a custom property to this shape using the right click menu
ceate a new stencil and drag the shape in the stencil.
Now drag the shape in the drawing
Open the Shapesheet and delete the custom properties section with the right
click menu of the line of the custom property section
Add a custom properties section from the insert section menu.
The custom properties section is created with 2 lines, the first line
corresponding to the old custom property of the section previously deleted.

Very Strange isn'it ?

 

[Mark Nelson [MS]]

Hi Michel,

The Delete Section command in the Shapesheet really does not delete. It's
more like a Hide. Most sections exist in every shape, so the Insert Section
is really just making them visible. Delete makes them invisible again.
Geometry sections are the exception since there can be multiple geometry
sections.

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Office Graphics - Visio
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[Michel LAPLANE]

Many Thanks Mark,
You have enhanced my Visio knowledge.

 

[Michel LAPLANE]

I have a dream tonight.

In my different applications i try to design my shapes with the minimum
section that are needed with two objectives :
- have minimum memory space used by visio,
- have visio file of smaller size thus improving time responses.

Do you mean that it does not make sense as all section already exist for
each shape even if these section are not visible.

 

[Mark Nelson [MS]]

Great questions Michel. I suggest you look at the articles recently posted
on the Visio Insights blog that talk about this exact subject:
http://blogs.msdn.com/visio/archive/2006/10/10/Master-Benefits.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/visio/archive/2006/10/13/more-on-inheritance-and-performance.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/visio/archive/2006/10/24/Flattening-Groups.aspx

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Mark Nelson
Office Graphics - Visio
Microsoft Corporation

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[Michel LAPLANE]

Very, very interesting Mark.

Great questions Michel. I suggest you look at the articles recently
posted on the Visio Insights blog that talk about this exact subject:
http://blogs.msdn.com/visio/archive/2006/10/10/Master-Benefits.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/visio/archive/2006/10/13/more-on-inheritance-and-performance.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/visio/archive/2006/10/24/Flattening-Groups.aspx

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Mark Nelson
Office Graphics - Visio
Microsoft Corporation

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.