Whose the wiseguy who hid the source for native VST (templates)?

[Andrew]

I'd like to create some VBA code based off of some of the built-in
Visio templates (using Visio2003 Prof., looking for the Brainstorming
template). I found a VSL file called "BSTORM.VSL" which looks like a
binary. Is this the code that Visio uses to do all of the functions,
etc. with the template? If so, I suppose that there's 1) no other file
with scripted VB langugage and 2) there's no way to "reverse-engineer"
this binary to scripted source. I hope I'm wrong on one of these
statements

Thanks very much!

-Andrew

 

[Al Edlund]

unfortunately, you are correct on both of those observations. However,
if you would like some examples of projects and their underlying code
I'd check out msdn library => office products => visio 2000 => technical
articles. There are several good ones over there.
Al

 

[Mark Nelson [MS]]

Visio does not expose individual interfaces for each drawing type.
Generally, all automation clients work with the primary Visio API.

Are you looking for a way to reuse functionality found in Brainstorming in
your own application? If so, I'd be interested in what you want to do. We
would like to make this type of reuse easier in the future.

 

[Al Edlund]

Based on multiple feedbacks from multiple people, having access to ADAL and
Directory services is a very common request. So if you could make those
interface available (thus bringing them forward to V2003) I suspect a lot of
interest would appear.
al

 

[Mark Nelson [MS]]

Yes, there is no shortage of people who want to see Auto-Discovery return to
Visio. However, my current question pertains to Visio 2003 functionality
and Brainstorming.

--
Mark Nelson
Microsoft Corporation

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