script to extract shapes out of vsd

[dMn]

I downloaded the Nortel Visio icons which contained several individual
documents with one shape per document. I want to convert this to one or
more organized stencils. I'm pretty sure this could be scripted, but
I'm not sure exactly where to start and I don't want to spend a week
trying to get it figured out.

Are there any script wizards out there that can help me flesh out
following logic?

Create a new stencil
For each vsd file specified
get the device name from the filename
open the document
create a new master shape on the stencil from the document.icon
close the document
Close the stencil

It seems simple enough, but any help would be greatly appreciated.

dMn

 

[John Marshall, MVP]

How about cheating? Visio has one basic file format, so to change a drawing
into a stencil change the file extension from *.vsd to *.vss.

To keep the file size down, you could delete the content of the drawing page
before the rename.

John... Visio MVP

Need stencils or ideas? http://visio.mvps.org/3rdparty.htm
Need VBA examples? http://visio.mvps.org/VBA.htm
Visio Wishlist http://visio.mvps.org/wish_list.htm

 

[dMn]

How about cheating? Visio has one basic file format, so to change a drawing
into a stencil change the file extension from *.vsd to *.vss.

To keep the file size down, you could delete the content of the drawing page
before the rename.

John... Visio MVP

Need stencils or ideas? http://visio.mvps.org/3rdparty.htm
Need VBA examples? http://visio.mvps.org/VBA.htm
Visio Wishlist http://visio.mvps.org/wish_list.htm

Great start. Thanks

dMn