Importing data to be used in a text field

[blogs123]

I'm fairly new to importing data into Visio diagrams, so please bear with me
if my question seems obvious.

I was wondering if it is possible to import data to be used in a text field.
Say for example I have a database that has three fields for the description
of a shape. Is it possible for the three fields to appear as text on the
shape?

Many thanks in advance.

 

[J Kallay]

If you have Visio 2007 Professional then this is very easy. You can link
your shapes to rows in a database, which will place the row's entries into
the shape's Shape Data cells. You can then display the fields either as
Data Graphic callouts or you can double click a shape to edit its text and
then select Insert>Field....

If you're using an earlier version of Visio, you can still use
Insert>Field... to get data in a custom property to be displayed in the
shape's text block. However, getting the data from the database into the
custom property is not as easy. The Database Wizard add-on will work, but
it's not nearly as intutitive as the data linking in Visio 2007.