How to ? : Dynamic grouping/ungrouping

[Anne Nonyme]

Hello,

I try to have same behaviour as the one visible in "Enterprise Application"
diagrams in Visio 2003:

a) Create a "Boundary" shape

b) Create a "Server" shape

c) Drag the "Server" shape onto the "Boundary" shape

d) As soon the cursor is inside the "Boundary" shape, the "Boundary" shape
gives a visual fitback, then the server is grouped with boundary.

e) Move the "Boundary", the "Server" will follow...

f) Drag the "Server" out of the "Boundary" to ungroup it.

Some one have sample code, pseudo-code or any information about this
behaviour ?

Thanks

Anne

 

[Kari Yli-Kuha]

Hello,

I try to have same behaviour as the one visible in "Enterprise Application"
diagrams in Visio 2003:

a) Create a "Boundary" shape

b) Create a "Server" shape

c) Drag the "Server" shape onto the "Boundary" shape

d) As soon the cursor is inside the "Boundary" shape, the "Boundary" shape
gives a visual fitback, then the server is grouped with boundary.

e) Move the "Boundary", the "Server" will follow...

f) Drag the "Server" out of the "Boundary" to ungroup it.

Some one have sample code, pseudo-code or any information about this
behaviour ?

Nocode is required, it's plain shapesheet behaviour:

select "Boundary" shape (must be a group):
right-click -> Format Behaviour -> Behaviour tab -> tag "Accept dropped shapes"

select "Server" shape:
right-click -> Format Behaviour -> Behaviour tab -> tag "Add shape to group on drop"

Now when you move the "Server" shape over the "Boundary" shape, the boundary shape
"swallows" the server as part of itself, i.e. it becomes a subshape of the "Boundary" group.

/C

 

[Anne Nonyme]

Great!

Thanks

Anne

Nocode is required, it's plain shapesheet behaviour:

select "Boundary" shape (must be a group):
right-click -> Format Behaviour -> Behaviour tab -> tag "Accept dropped
shapes"

select "Server" shape:
right-click -> Format Behaviour -> Behaviour tab -> tag "Add shape to
group on drop"

Now when you move the "Server" shape over the "Boundary" shape, the
boundary shape
"swallows" the server as part of itself, i.e. it becomes a subshape of the
"Boundary" group.

/C