xSeries Stencils

[rbergin]

Hi,

I download the IBM xSeries stencils from here:

http://visio.chrisandangelo.com/Visio Stencils/Forms/AllItems.aspx

It's a .VSD file not a .VSS (Solution vs. Stencil??).

Any ideas why it won't work with Visio 2003?

Thanks,

Rob

 

[rbergin]

Interesting, I renamed the file to .vss and I can open it - any ideas
why it doesn't want to work as a .vsd.

Thanks,

Rob

 

[John Marshall, MVP]

The file format for a Visio file is the same for stencils, drawings,
templates and workspaces. The only difference is the file extension. Stencil
do not require a drawing page, so it sounds like you had a stencil that was
renamed to have a VSD extension.

John... Visio MVP

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[Mark Nelson [MS]]

There is more information about this here:
http://blogs.msdn.com/visio/archive/2006/05/30/608089.aspx


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[John Marshall, MVP]

Thanks Mark.

So has Visio Workspaces been officially retired?

John... Visio MVP

Need stencils or ideas? http://www.mvps.org/visio/3rdparty.htm
Need VBA examples? http://www.mvps.org/visio/VBA.htm
Common Visio Questions http://www.mvps.org/visio/common_questions.htm
Visio Wishlist http://www.mvps.org/visio/wish_list.htm

 

[Mark Nelson [MS]]

After a bit of internal discussion, we chose not to talk about the VSW
extension in the posting because that workspace concept is retired. We
still store information about your workspace in every Visio document.

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Mark Nelson
Office Graphics - Visio
Microsoft Corporation

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