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Visio Discussions => Programming & Code => Topic started by: JohnVisioMVP on February 06, 2023, 02:11:25 AM

Title: Visio Visual Section document
Post by: JohnVisioMVP on February 06, 2023, 02:11:25 AM
I have updated my Visio Visual Section document with more sections and more information. It is available on my Download page.  https://johnvisiomvp.ca/downloads/

I also created a Shape Explorer to be able to explore shapes to find information for the Visio Visual Section document. I blogged about the explorer here https://johnvisiomvp.ca/2023/02/05/visio-visual-sections-update/
Title: Re: Visio Visual Section document
Post by: Visisthebest on February 06, 2023, 09:08:06 AM
Great work John!

What I cannot find out about on the Microsoft website, is information on what kind of features of a shape can slow a shape down significantly so it affects user experience dealing with large diagrams (this is for diagrams that have 500+ group shapes and a 1000+ subshapes in those groups).

For instance: in the Basic Shapes stencil, I have used the rounded rectangle shape as a subshape. This one is complicated with quite a few user fields and actions. I wonder if that slows down a large diagram unnecessarily (when Visio rerenders it after a change), or if it doesn't matter.

Again thank you for sharing your insights!