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Visio Discussions => ShapeSheet & Smart Shapes => Topic started by: lucippo on October 19, 2009, 02:24:50 PM

Title: How to create a master shape syncronized with all the shapes on a sheet
Post by: lucippo on October 19, 2009, 02:24:50 PM
Hi,
Usually I create a master shape and then use it many times on a sheet. When I update the master shape I would have an automatic update of all the shapes referring to the master shape I've already created and updated. Is it possible to do that?

Thanks,
Luca
Title: Re: How to create a master shape syncronized with all the shapes on a sheet
Post by: aledlund on October 19, 2009, 02:52:04 PM
The answer is 'kinda'. Before a master shape is put into a drawing it is first copied to the document stencil, and that is copied to the drawing. Assuming nothing has stopped the link between the document stencil image of the master and the shapes, if you alter the master in the document stencil the instantiated shapes should also change. NOTE this is document specific (other documents that may use the same master are not changed).
al
Title: Re: How to create a master shape syncronized with all the shapes on a sheet
Post by: lucippo on October 19, 2009, 03:20:27 PM
I tried but it doesn't work...maybe there is something that stops the link between the master shape in the stencil and the shape on the draw.
Any other suggestion?

Luca
Title: Re: How to create a master shape syncronized with all the shapes on a sheet
Post by: aledlund on October 19, 2009, 03:26:33 PM
are you looking at the document stencil (file menu)? If the link is broken then you would have to write custom code.
al
Title: Re: How to create a master shape syncronized with all the shapes on a sheet
Post by: lucippo on October 19, 2009, 06:56:14 PM
Wow, now it works!....I was not looking at document stencil!!!

Thank you so much, Al.

Bye,
Luca