On Mon, 5 Feb 2001, Hubert Figuiere wrote:
>>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).
I believe that it true. It's not likely to become any more open now,
though.
> 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.
I tried looking for the Word format. The documentation isn't even
available for subscribers to MSDN.
> Emmett, I would encourage you to look at the archive list this as
> already be discussed.
And I believe there's still a $2000 reward for reverse engineering it.
-Lars
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