How do I hide shape 2 by making a selection on shape 1

[ThirdDimension]

I would like to show / hide shape 2 by changing shape data on shape 1.

I have added a shape definition as a prop.row and set the values to YES;NO.  I am not sure how or where to embed the code.

thanks for all your help and patients I am still learing!!!

3rd D

[Surrogate]

Describe please your shape that you need show or hide, what is it: single shape with one geometry section, ingle shape with few geometry sections, group of shapes, OLE-object or something else ?

simple case is single shape with one geometry section. Open ShapeSheet Window find Geometry section, in field NoShow place formula

Geometry1.NoShow

=sheet.<ID of referenced shape>!prop.row

[Surrogate]

For group shapes and OLE-objects i prefer hide them via layers

[Yacine]

@Surrogate, whenever someone asks for hiding a shape I usually refer to http://www.visguy.com/2006/09/05/the-hidden-world-of-visio-shapes/
This covers most of the available options.

[ThirdDimension]

Thanks for your help everyone.  I read the article and I made a little progress so here is an update.

1)  I configured two layers on the page, layer ONE is set to visible and layer TWO is set to invisible

2)  I set up a "YES" or "NO" shape data option on BOX 1, then configured Box 2 Layer membership with the following equation: =IF(Sheet.1!Prop.Box2="YES",0,1)

Now, when I select the Box ONE "NO" option, Box TWO disappears, however, when I set Box ONE back to "YES", I cannot get Box TWO to reappear.  So the "hide" works once, and then

Does anyone have more recommendations?

Thanks in advance

3rdD

[wapperdude]

If sheet.1 is the controlling shape, and Box1 is setting the visibility, then, your if statement should be Sheet.1!Prop.Box1  not Prop.Box2.

Wapperdude

[Yacine]

The answer is: never ever use if(field = string, ...
That's a logical choice but it does not work in Visio.
Instead, use: if(strsame(field,string), ...

[ThirdDimension]

i tried a slightly different approach.

This did the trick.

Thanks!!!!!