Export selected shapes to xml

[suhaspatil3007]

I want to export selected shapes to xml.

e.g. i am thinking export shapesheet data to xml and recreate shape using that data.

please suggest guidelines on this

[aledlund]

Export to XML is an all or none scenario. Saving the document as a VXD file is the XML export process.
al

[suhaspatil3007]

thanks for quick reply.
yes i got your point but i need to export only selected shapes and use them as reusable in other files.

so for that  i found that shape can be exported to vector graphics  (.svg ) file which is xml file.
So now the question is how can i read this data and create shape using  VBA or c#.

any suggestions..

[Nikolay]

Check out my article:
http://unmanagedvisio.blogspot.com/2010/05/persisting-visio-shapes.html

It refers to binary data but maybe you will be able to persist Visio shape as XML in a similar way.

[suhaspatil3007]

i got my solution as
export -
Shape.Export ("c:\\testShape.svg")
import-
Visio.ActivePage.Import ("c:\\testShape.svg")

[Nikolay]

Yes, looks fine )

[marko999]

Actually, for export, this will export all shapes, not just that shape?
Anyone knows how to do export of just one shape to svg?

Thanks
Marko

[Jumpy]

Only a workarround: Copy shape to a blank page first.

[Nikolay]

Actually, for export, this will export all shapes, not just that shape?

Why? This will export only the shape for which you called the "Export" method.

[marko999]

After some investigation around this issue and why I got confused - yes it exports only that shape, but only for simple shapes...if you export for example CFF Container(Swimlane), you will get all of contained shapes too...

Marko

[aledlund]

And given the changes in v2013 vs. the previous versions, the new XML schemas come into play.
al