Visio Drop-Down Menus

[Zokess]

I need a way to create a drawing, and add multiple drop-down menus. Similar to adding a "Drop-down form field" in MS Word. I was hoping to do this in Visio, but if it is not possible with visio, I am open to other suggestions. Is there a way to add multiple fields, containing drop-down menus in and around a Visio drawing? Also, can that drawing also be added to a MS Word Drop-down form field?

 

[Mark Nelson [MS]]

I'm not exactly sure what you are asking for here. Visio has several
options available for menus.

You can create shapes with custom actions on the right-click menu. You can
add Smart Tags to shapes that pop up menus. You can also add ActiveX
controls to a drawing such as buttons and combo boxes.

Perhaps you can describe what your goal is.

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Mark Nelson
Microsoft Corporation

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I need a way to create a drawing, and add multiple drop-down menus.

Similar to adding a "Drop-down form field" in MS Word. I was hoping to do
this in Visio, but if it is not possible with visio, I am open to other
suggestions. Is there a way to add multiple fields, containing drop-down
menus in and around a Visio drawing? Also, can that drawing also be added
to a MS Word Drop-down form field?

 

[Zokess]

Mark

What I have is a series of drawings (12), illustrating sections of a conveyor line. Each individual drawing has several variables (14 variables each with 3 to 128 possible selections) that change depending on where in the process the section goes. What I want to do is create 12 basic drawings, one for each basic conveyor section. Instead of creating several 1000 different variations of each of the 12 basic conveyor sections each showing one of the possible variable combinations, I want to add some sort of selectable menu. This menu would preferrably make use of a drop down menu similar to what MS Word uses when adding a drop-down form field. In the end, I have 12 drawings to manage instead of several 1000 and my end user will be able to pick one of the 12 basic drawings then from there configure the variables using the selectable menu directly from the drawing

Once I get that figured out and working, I want to be able to import or link the 12 basic drawings to a drop down form field in my MS word based shop traveler. The end result I am looking for, to the end user, is a MS Word document that they can open, select one of 12 basic conveyor sections, then configure the variables in that conveyor section, finish the shop traveler, print it and send it to production.

Hopefully this explains what I am looking for...if not, I can try again or if possible post samples of what I am working with

Than

 

[Mark Nelson [MS]]

It sounds like you want an ActiveX dropdown or combo control right on the
drawing. The Visio drawing surface can act like a VB form and host
controls. You can use VBA or another automation language to program the
control and have it interact with the drawing.

You may find some helpful information in the Visio SDK:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/understanding/visio/

--
Mark Nelson
Microsoft Corporation

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

Mark,

What I have is a series of drawings (12), illustrating sections of a

conveyor line. Each individual drawing has several variables (14 variables
each with 3 to 128 possible selections) that change depending on where in
the process the section goes. What I want to do is create 12 basic
drawings, one for each basic conveyor section. Instead of creating several
1000 different variations of each of the 12 basic conveyor sections each
showing one of the possible variable combinations, I want to add some sort
of selectable menu. This menu would preferrably make use of a drop down
menu similar to what MS Word uses when adding a drop-down form field. In
the end, I have 12 drawings to manage instead of several 1000 and my end
user will be able to pick one of the 12 basic drawings then from there
configure the variables using the selectable menu directly from the drawing.

Once I get that figured out and working, I want to be able to import or

link the 12 basic drawings to a drop down form field in my MS word based
shop traveler. The end result I am looking for, to the end user, is a MS
Word document that they can open, select one of 12 basic conveyor sections,
then configure the variables in that conveyor section, finish the shop
traveler, print it and send it to production.

Hopefully this explains what I am looking for...if not, I can try again or

if possible post samples of what I am working with?