>On Mon, 05 Feb 2001, Emmett Lazich wrote:
>
>> Can anyone offer a suggestion for importing Visio vsd files into dia?
>>
>> I thought I had it licked when I noticed that Visio appeared to be able
>> to export in postscript format(s) and pstoedit can convert such
>> postscript files into dxf format.
>>
>> However vector file format exporting in Visio 5.0 seems to be broken.
>> Besides, it would be more convenient to be able to do this vsd to dia
>> import without requiring Visio at all!
>
>We would add vsd import in an eyeblink except that the format is
>proprietary just like most other Microsoft programs formats.
Not that I want to defend Microsoft, but Visio file format was
completely undocumented even before Microsoft bought the product (and
its company). Even worse, Visio was really hypocrite by creating a
task force to reverse engeenier the AutoCAD binary file format...
And speaking Microsoft, they provide (perhaps incomplete and vague)
documentation of several of their file format, which we can't tell
from some other companies.
Emmett, I would encourage you to look at the archive list this as
already be discussed.
Hub
