Portable Data Source

[hintmail]

Hello,
i need help to create a portoble data Source for my Shapes.
I had an excel file which is my data source.
Tried to use Shape Studio from SDK, but doesnt work for me.
Is there a Step-by-Step manual for the Shape Studio?
I want to send the vsd and xls file someone, so he can change values
in the xls file and can use this in the vsd file.
regards hintmail

 

[Fred Diggs]

From your post I can't tell what kind of data is in your Excel file. Is it
data needed to create the shape initially or data that you want to associate
with existing shapes. If it is the latter, then the data linking feature in
Visio 2007 is a great option. You can link the Excel data to the Shape Data
fields in the shapes.

Once linked, you can change the values in Excel and refresh the link. The
values in the Shape Data fields will be automatically updated.