editing milestone dates in visio 2003

[Stephanie B]

Is it possible to edit milestone dates in visio2003? I have bracket
intervals that represent 1 month with the dates labeling Jan 07-Jan 07. I
would like to delete one of the dates so that it would read Jan 07.
Any insight would be appreaciated.

 

[Paul Herber]

On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 16:06:01 -0800, Stephanie B <Stephanie

Is it possible to edit milestone dates in visio2003? I have bracket
intervals that represent 1 month with the dates labeling Jan 07-Jan 07. I
would like to delete one of the dates so that it would read Jan 07.
Any insight would be appreaciated.

I can't see any way to edit the shapes to do what you want ...
but this might be worth trying.
Select the text area with the dates, Edit -> Copy, Edit -> Paste
That gives you a new copy of the dates text.
Select the new dates are with the Text Tool and edit it to give just
the text you want.
Now select the original text dates area, menu Format -> Text and set
the transparency to 100%. Now move the new text area over the top of
the old one.
It's a bodge, the dates don't update automatically and the new text
shape doesn't move with the brackets, but this may get you going.

 

[David Parker]

It is, if you are confident with ShapeSheet formulae...
If you drag and drop, say, the "Bracket interval 1" master on to your page,
then delete it, you will find that the "Bracket interval 1" is created under
the Masters branch in the Drawing Explorer.
Select it and open Master Properties... to check Match master by name on
drop
Close the Edit dialog
Double-click the "Bracket interval 1" master to edit it.
Sub select the date label, then F2 (Edit text)
The whole line of text will be selected, but you need to just select the
everyting after the first date (ie the space dash space and second date).
Then select Insert / Filed and enter the following Custom Formula:

=IF(STRSAME(FORMAT(Sheet.5!User.visIntervalBegin,Sheet.5!User.visMask),FORMAT(Sheet.5!User.visIntervalEnd,Sheet.5!User.visMask)),"",FORMAT(Sheet.5!User.visIntervalEnd,Sheet.5!User.visMask))

Close the dialog, and Master edit.
You should then find that the dash and second date will not display if the
display of the second date is the same as the first.

David Parker
Microsoft MVP (Visio)
http://bvisual.spaces.live.com
http://www.visualizinginformation.com

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