Working with online DataBase using Visio Viewer

[boger]

Hi all,

I have a simple vsd file associated with an html page which opens it using the visio viewer utility.

The vsd file is connected to a data source (MS SQL 2005).

My problem is that i can't refresh it using the viewer to see updated records. How can i achieve it using only the View Viewer?

[Paul Herber]

I think you'll find that that's the point of it being called a Viewer, you can view but not update.

[Visio Guy]

Yes, the Visio file would need to be edited to show the changes in the database. If you have shapes linked to data in one of the many ways, then that happens when you open Visio or click on shapes or menu items.

To update without Visio, you'd have to write directly to a .vsd file. Presumably, Visio is the best application for creating .vsd files, but it isn't the only tool that can create them, especially if you use the xml format.

[aledlund]

In line with Chris' comment about possible vdx implementations, you might check this out. There's a discussion on an application that visimation developed.

https://msevents.microsoft.com/cui/Register.aspx?culture=en-US&EventID=1032271275&CountryCode=US&IsRedirect=false

It should be noted they are not running visio on the server (it's a bad idea), but that has been announced as a future feature.

http://blogs.msdn.com/visio/archive/2008/02/06/visio-vnext.aspx

al