Show data graphic only when data exists

[David Perry]

How can I set the data graphic, which I've applied to all shapes on a page,
to only display when there is shape data present?

ex.. I see ___________0 when there is no data in the field I've used for
the graphic. I'd rather it not show at all.

thx

 

[Chris Roth [MVP]]

Hi David,

What do you mean exactly by "0 data" If it's numerical, then 0 is just as
interesting as 86, eh?

If the data is a string, then I'm seeing this:

Label__________

with no data at the end. I guess that's a bit frustrating, but can't think
of an easy way to get this to disappear.

You could create a custom Text item that hides itself when the data is
"nothing", but you'd have to get into ShapeSheet programming. Not sure if
this is your cup of tea...

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Hope this helps,

Chris Roth
Visio MVP

Free Visio shapes:
http://www.visguy.com/category/shapes
Visio programming info:
http://www.visguy.com/category/programming/
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http://www.visguy.com/visio-links/

 

[David Parker]

I think that David needs to have an empty string as the default value,
rather than nothing.
This is easily done by entering a value, then deleting it! ... strange but
true.