Visio Guy

I have read that CERTUM provides that, but never tried myself:
https://www.certum.eu/en/code-signing-certificates/
Looks like not for free, but still times cheaper than $250.

BTW, usually prices like $4 per month are promotional prices; I would watch out for the renewal (i.e. for the next year)

Quote from: Paul Herber on Today at 04:55:36 PMI'm so far outside the loop these days that I don't even know what this means.

Not sure if I use the terms correct, but Docker is a virtualization technique that allows to encapsulate server processes. Sounds complicated, but makes things much easier.

Quote from: Nikolay on Today at 07:01:26 PM- a domain name ($15 annually)
- a hosting that supports python, i.e. that "dockerized server in the cloud" ($60 annually)
- a certificate to sign the add-in ($250 annually)

Here we go :
https://www.visio-shapes.com/
Server: 4€ / Month (4GB ARM64)
SSL certificate: Gratis (Let's Encrypt)
Domain: I don't know (part of my hosting package)

I added the first shape.
Lets see if the server is still running next week, and how many shapes were added...

Requires the current AddIn from Github.
For drag & drop the connection is too slow. Sometimes it works, sometimes not.
I think we have to provide an alternative way to paste shapes from the server.

Edit:
Ah, to sign the _add-in_
Damn, that is expensive!
Is there no other option for open source projects?

There's a loop???  I can't even do hula hoop any more.  🤕

I guess to make the whole thing functional, one would need:

- a domain name ($15 annually)
- a hosting that supports python, i.e. that "dockerized server in the cloud" ($60 annually)
- a certificate to sign the add-in ($250 annually)

Quote from: Thomas Winkel on Today at 02:17:48 PMa dockerized server

I'm so far outside the loop these days that I don't even know what this means.

That sounds weird indeed.
 Do you have unique IDs for the shapes?

Quote from: Thomas Winkel on Today at 02:17:48 PMFollow the instructions in the video (1st post) to start the server.

I make all these steps, but not sure that I have local server...

Quote from: Thomas Winkel on Today at 02:17:48 PMAlso I will provide a dockerized server in the cloud for collaborative testing

Oh my God! 

Have a visio diagram using smartshapes which are linked to an excel spreadsheet. The idea is the smartshapes will redraw themselves depending on the data in the spreadsheet.

This is all working fine and the shapes are resizing and moving around the page fine. Can see the data successfully linked to shapes on the page depending on the shape name and a second data field. When doing link data to all shapes on the page this works fine.

Issue is if the data in the spreadsheet is changed and then a refresh data is requested on the visio diagram, all of the links between the shapes and the data are removed.

By carrying out the links data to all shapes on the page this restores the diagram with the new data. However this seems a bit heavy handed to be needed every time the data is refreshed.

Is something being missed in the data refresh process?

@Surrogate:
Follow the instructions in the video (1st post) to start the server.
You also have to upload at least one stencil (using watchUploads.py) before you can add shapes from Visio.
I will change that in the next commit.
Also I will provide a dockerized server in the cloud for collaborative testing.

@Nikolay:
Many thanks for sharing your Extended Visio AddIn and for your help here!
Your publications are almost the only resources for advanced Visio coding in the internet.

IMHO, it has nothing to do with the proxy.
You need to run the server obviously (locally on your machine, i.e. 127.0.0.1 aka localhost)