Smart Callout Re-visited

[wapperdude]

I've re-worked the smart callout previously found on this post:  Rectangular Callout: smart and flexible!; http://visguy.com/vgforum/index.php?topic=1472.msg6242#msg6242

The right click menu drives everything.  There are now 6 selectable shapes.  Three are generic:  rectangle, oval, triangle, and 3 are specific:  square, circle, equilateral triangle.

While this shape was intended to be a callout, if you set the number of connectors to zero, you get some basic, fundamental shapes as well. 

Enjoy!
Wapperdude

[Yacine]

On V2007 very weird things happen with the geometry section. You can try them all until you reach the circle option. It gets drawn as an oval instead of a circle. Then all the other shapes don't work anymore.
Wouldn't a group shape be easier to handle?

Cheers,
Yacine

[wapperdude]

This was developed on V2007.  I did notice some weird things early on, but had them corrected.  Then I tested and re-tested.  Everything worked.  Will take another look.  Shouldn't be anything weird.

Thanks for finding that.

Watch for an update.

Wapperdude

[wapperdude]

Looks like there may have been a bad shape on the document stencil.

Anyway, cleaned out the document stencil.  Re-did the drawing from fresh placements.  Tested each shape.  Duplicated shapes and re-tested.  Tried various combinations and sequences of combinations. 

Thanks again for spotting the problem. 

Hopefully, this version is clean!!!   

Wapperdude.

[Yacine]

Absolutely perfect now. Never seen a better callout

[wapperdude]

   Thanks.   

[Nikolay]

Thanks!

Just an idea:
In Visio 2010, there is a "FlyoutChild" which could allow to make menu more compact (e.g. to make "One", "Two", "Three" into a sub-menu)

[wapperdude]

I don't do V2010.    

Wapperdude   

[Yacine]

Set the group titles to read only as described here: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/1987902a-6cd9-4449-a00d-e8c40b1a8769/action-tags-with-submenus?forum=visiogeneral