Visually Counting Specfic Shapes as you drag them to the sheet

[SDS]

I was wondering if you are able to Visually Count a specfic selected shapes
as you drag them to the sheet. The outcome is that I want to drag a specific
shape to the sheet and then the number 1 appears on it - then as I drag
another onto the sheet the number 2 appears and so on - but I also want to
have the ability to delete a shape and the shape would recount itself - I
know about the addon but it counts all shapes that are dragged on. Thanks

 

[Paul Herber]

I was wondering if you are able to Visually Count a specfic selected shapes
as you drag them to the sheet. The outcome is that I want to drag a specific
shape to the sheet and then the number 1 appears on it - then as I drag
another onto the sheet the number 2 appears and so on - but I also want to
have the ability to delete a shape and the shape would recount itself - I
know about the addon but it counts all shapes that are dragged on. Thanks

You are going to have to write some code
1. download the Visio SDK for whichever version of Visio you are
using.
2. you will need two document event handlers, one for shape added, one
for shape deleted.

Get stages 1 and 2 above working first.

Then how you then keep track of the numbering is a different matter as
I think you are wanting to renumber them.

 

[WapperDude]

The add-on does allow you to renumber shapes and it does allow you to choose
the shapes you want to renumber. Unfortunately, the shape selection is a
manual process. Probably not an attractive solution if you have a lot of
shapes!

Wapperdude