Just saw an announcement today that MS is providing a spec for XML
rendition of VISIO 2002. The document was an .exe, apparently a
self-extracting .doc, so I didn't actually look at it. That could be
a good approach to the problem. The blurb said it covered everything
the native .vsd's do (i.e., not crippled).
On Tue, 10 Jul 2001, Philip Rhoades wrote:
> Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 02:05:03 +0100
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> From: Philip Rhoades <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Subject: Any more progress with Visio <=> Dia interchange methods?
>
> Lars,
>
> > > I read the archives about attempts to move files between Visio
> and Dia -
> > > have there been any more developments by anyone?
> >
> >No, but we've determined that the most feasible way is probably to
> use OLE
> >on a machine with Visio to convert. Other programs do that. If
> we get
> >that running, we could even set up a conversion server. Don't
> know of
> >anybody working on it, though (does anyone have a copy of Visio
> installed
> >at all?)
>
> I have a (pre-MS) copy - I was trying to avoid re-installing it on
> my newly
> installed Win4Lin v3.0 (running on RH7.1) because I want to get rid
> of as
> much Windows crap as possible but if it will help the development
> process I
> am happy to of course.
>
> I have never done anything with OLE though - it seems like that
> shouldn't
> be a problem if someone is willing to point me in the right
> direction.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Phil.
>
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