Wolrd Map Stencil

[pwoods1234]

I used the stencil search tool built into visio 2002 to download the world
map shapes for a regional sales map I'm building, the problem is that I can't
locate China, India, Pakistan, or Taiwan anywhere in the search.

Does anyone know if these shapes are simply not available?

 

[Al Edlund]

MS got their wrist slapped by some of the countries that did not agree with
the maps, so they were taken out to avoid future problems with them.
Al

 

[pwoods1234]

Arrg, I figured it was something like that, politics getting in the way of a
pretty cool feature. Thanks for the speedy reply Al.

OK, so now I have to draw my own "renditions" of those countries.

If possible, I'd like to create shapes that behave in the same manner as the
others in the world map stencil (including the "Arrange to Page" and "Arrange
to Shape" auto-size & place features).

I'm pretty good with Visio, but I've never used any advanced features (such
as automation) in the shapes / stencils I've created.

Can someone give me some tips on how I would go about duplicating those
functions? I'm familiar with coding / scripting, I just haven't had the
opportunity to apply it to Visio yet. Any guidance is most appreciated.

Thanks!