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New Post: VisioPS 1.1.8 Released

saveenr — Sun, 19 May 2013 22:33:21 GMT

This version features two new cmdlets: Get-VisioShapeCell and Get-VisioPageCell (that are related to the Set-VisioShapeCell and Set-VisioPageCell cmdlets). These new cmdlets make it easy to examine the ShapeSheet of shapes or the active page.

You can download it here: download it here

New Post: new-visiogroup

moonrox — Mon, 06 May 2013 21:00:03 GMT

Thanks for this. I was still trying to stuff the –shapes into the new-visiogroup. Once I double checked the syntax it works.

I really appreciate your expertise and if you are interested in this project I can send you the full details for a use case.

Think of this as a project to deliver visio automation to someone who knows nothing about visio.

Basically they use a powershell form to fill out the questions and the diagram is created dynamically.

I can shoot you the code if you are interested.

moonrox

New Post: new-visiogroup

moonrox — Mon, 06 May 2013 20:46:23 GMT

I like the second naming convention. Keep up the great work.

New Post: new-visiogroup

saveenr — Mon, 06 May 2013 20:44:58 GMT

That's exactly the error I'm seeing as well. I'm not sure what is causing it and had to resort selecting + New-VisioGroup without any parameters.

Add/Remove Programs - good point. The name is a bit generic. For the next release I'll have it say "VisioPS" or "VisioPS (Visio PowerShell Module)".

New Post: new-visiogroup

moonrox — Mon, 06 May 2013 20:24:53 GMT

I think we are very close. The select part works well. The group step is not working.

I downloaded and installed 1.1.6. I am seeing the following error on grouping. New-VisioGroup :

Requested operation is presently disabled.

At C:\temp\visio\dynamic\visio_automation_v4.ps1:150 char:9

+ $g1 = New-VisioGroup -Shapes $shape1,$shapes4,$shapes5,$shapes6,$shapes7,$shap ...

+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [New-VisioGroup], COMException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException,VisioPS.Commands.New_VisioGroup

Also. I am wondering if you could change the name of the application in Add-remove programs. I know it is your module because of the author tag but I am seeing your module named “Visio Powershell Module”. Not a big deal but could get confusing if there were multiple apps named Visio Powershell Module.

New Post: new-visiogroup

saveenr — Mon, 06 May 2013 20:06:17 GMT

I recently released VisioPS version 1.1.6 which has a change which should help this scenario work. I am still having issues creating a group by passing in the shapes, but by selecting them first it seems to work

Try this

$visio = New-VisioApplication
$doc = New-VisioDocument
$stencil = Open-VisioDocument "basic_u.vss"

$master1 = Get-VisioMaster "Rounded Rectangle" $stencil 

#Drop multiple shapes at the same time
$shape0 = New-VisioShape $master1 -Points 1,5.2
$shape1 = New-VisioShape $master1 -Points 3,7.2

#Ensure that Nothing is Selected - just to demonstrate this feature
Select-VisioShape -Operation None

Select-VisioShape -Shapes $shape0,$shape1
## Group by specifying the shapes (ignore whatever is selected)
$g1 = New-VisioGroup

New Post: new-visiogroup

moonrox — Mon, 06 May 2013 16:31:37 GMT

To clarify. I am dropping objects of different shapes and text will be different for each which is why I am dropping them individually. So I have to be able to drop and group as I go.

New Post: new-visiogroup

moonrox — Mon, 06 May 2013 16:23:48 GMT

This is a great example and when I run it it works. but..... I am struggling with the issue of grouping. Using your example in my code i get the following.
Cannot convert 'Microsoft.Office.Interop.Visio.ShapeClass' to the type 'Microsoft.Office.Interop.Visio.Shape' required by parameter 'Shapes'. Specified method is not supported.

The difference I think has to do with way you are dropping shapes. I decided to not drop the shapes as an array but individually.

Can you take a look at this section of code and tell me what I am not understanding?

    #This section draws the server boxes in the web server column
    $master1 = Get-VisioMaster "ftdr.servers.outer.box" $ftdr_stencil 
    $Shape1 = New-VisioShape $master1 -Points $gridweb,5.2

    $master2 = Get-VisioMaster "ftdr.servers.outer.box" $ftdr_stencil 
    $Shape2 = New-VisioShape $master2 -Points $gridapp,5.2

    $pages = $global:visio.ActiveDocument.Pages

    $envvalueall = $envvalue + " Environment"
    $page = Get-VisioPage -Name  $envvalueall

    $connect = $page.Drop($page.Application.ConnectorToolDataObject,0,0) 
    $start = $connect.CellsU("BeginX").GlueTo($shape1.CellsU("PinX"))
    $end = $connect.CellsU("EndX").GlueTo($shape2.CellsU("PinX"))
    $connect.set_Text("80,443")

    Write-Host "Web Servers Direction: " $Webserversdirection

    if ($Webserversdirection -eq "Bi-Directional"){
        $connect.CellsU("EndArrow").FormulaU = 13
        $connect.CellsU("BeginArrow").FormulaU = 13
    }
    elseif ($Webserversdirection -eq "Right"){
        $connect.CellsU("EndArrow").FormulaU = 13
    }
    elseif($Webserversdirection -eq "Left"){

        $connect.CellsU("BeginArrow").FormulaU = 13
    }


    $master4 = Get-VisioMaster "ftdr.servername.whitebox.red" $ftdr_stencil 
    $Shapes4 = New-VisioShape $master4 -Points $gridweb,5.6
    Set-VisioText -Text "VIP"

    $master5 = Get-VisioMaster "ftdr.servername.whitebox.red" $ftdr_stencil 
    $Shapes5 = New-VisioShape $master5 -Points $gridweb,5.2
    Set-VisioText -Text "<env><site><tenant><number>"

    $master6 = Get-VisioMaster "ftdr.servername.whitebox.red" $ftdr_stencil 
    $Shapes6 = New-VisioShape $master6 -Points $gridweb,5
    Set-VisioText -Text "<env><site><tenant><number>"


    $master7 = Get-VisioMaster "ftdr.servername.whitebox.red" $ftdr_stencil 
    $Shapes7 = New-VisioShape $master7 -Points $gridweb,4.8
    Set-VisioText -Text "<env><site><tenant><number>"


    $master8 = Get-VisioMaster "ftdr.servername.whitebox.red" $ftdr_stencil 
    $Shapes8 = New-VisioShape $master8 -Points $gridweb,4.6
    Set-VisioText -Text "<env><site><tenant><number>"

    #Group the objects together
    $g1 = New-VisioGroup -Shapes $shapes1,$shapes4,$shapes5,$shapes6,$shapes7,$shapes8

New Post: VisioPS 1.1.6 Release

saveenr — Sun, 05 May 2013 15:37:28 GMT

You can find it here: http://visioautomation.codeplex.com/releases

New Post: new-visiogroup

saveenr — Sat, 04 May 2013 17:50:46 GMT

I've updated the documentation to show how to accomplish this. Also, below is an example:

$visio = New-VisioApplication
$doc = New-VisioDocument
$stencil = Open-VisioDocument "basic_u.vss"

$master1 = Get-VisioMaster "Rounded Rectangle" $stencil 

#Drop multiple shapes at the same time
$shapes = New-VisioShape $master1 -Points 1,5.2,3,5.2,5,5.2

#Ensure that Nothing is Selected - just to demonstrate this feature
Select-VisioShape -Operation None

#Select the first and third shapes dropped
Select-VisioShape -Shapes $shapes[0],$shapes[2]

# Group the selected shapes
$g1 = New-VisioGroup

# Ungroup them
Remove-VisioGroup -Shapes $g1

# Group by specifying the shapes (ignore whatever is selected)
$g1 = New-VisioGroup -Shapes $shapes[0],$shapes[1]

New Post: new-visiogroup

moonrox — Fri, 03 May 2013 18:18:36 GMT

I am looking for some good examples of your cmdlet new-visiogroup. the get-help section is a little short on the details. Do you have an example of group multiple selected shapes on the active page? Thanks for your response in advance.

New Post: VisioPS 1.1.4 has been released

saveenr — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:29:26 GMT

The new version VisioPS 1.1.4 is available here: https://visioautomation.codeplex.com/releases?lc=1033

__What improved?

Previously Set-VisioActivePage only offered relative movement between pages, but now you can specify the page by name or even provide a Page object.

Here are the examples

Set-VisioActivePage -Flag FirstPage
Set-VisioActivePage -Flag LastPage
Set-VisioActivePage -Flag NextPage
Set-VisioActivePage -Flag PreviousPage

Set-VisioActivePage -Name "Mypage"

Set-VisioActivePage -Page $p #where $p is a Visio Page object

New Post: set-visioactivepage

moonrox — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:57:23 GMT

Excellent
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New Post: set-visioactivepage

saveenr — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 06:19:09 GMT

Hi John, look like I completely left this feature out.

Wait 24hours - I'll have a new build of VisioPS available that will allow you to set the page by name.

It will probably look something like this

Set-VisioActivePage -PageName "MyPage"

New Post: set-visioactivepage

moonrox — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:57:31 GMT

Hello,

I would like to thank you for putting this together. I am using it to automate some visio workflow and it is working well but I have a question about the set-visioactivepage.

Basically we have about 12 pages in a Visio Template that i have to edit in multiple pages. I am navigating around with the -flags for next and previous page but I would like to be able to set the active page to the name of the page rather than moving around.

Is there a way to set the active page to a named page rather than using stepped navigation?

Thanks for your response.

John

New Post: Multiple connectors?

Justin_Anderson — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 20:31:46 GMT

wow i can't believe i missed that. No more 3am coding night for me. Thank you very much. I am back on track now. Thank you!

New Post: Multiple connectors?

saveenr — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 20:08:16 GMT

I stepped through the code and here is what I discovered.

In fact the VisioAutomation.VDX library does support adding multiple connectors. I've even added his now as a unit test.

The reason it isn't working for you is that your code is essentially re-connecting the same connector (shape4a). You last line should be altered:

FROM:
page.ConnectShapesViaConnector(shape4a, shape2, shape6);

TO:
page.ConnectShapesViaConnector(shape6a, shape2, shape6);

New Post: Multiple connectors?

saveenr — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 07:09:34 GMT

Justin, could you send your entire VS Solution as a ZIP? I'll take a look at it.

I vaguely remember that my code may not handle more than one connector between two objects. If that is the case I should either (1) throw an exception to indicate that it is explicitly disallowed or (2) make it work correctly.

Thanks!
-s

New Post: Multiple connectors?

Justin_Anderson — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 07:03:44 GMT

I am trying to generate a workflow on the fly from code using your VisioAutomation.VXD. First of all it's VERY impressive. I have changed my template to be one that is for the basic workflow. Everything seems to be working so far, except i cannot get it to create two dynamic connectors from the same source shape. All i have been doing at this point is modifying your test case. In page one i put the following code. It does make a valid Visio diagram i can use, but only 1 connector is drawn. Any ideas?

        int startEndId = doc.GetMasterMetaData("Start/End").ID;
        int decisionId = doc.GetMasterMetaData("Decision").ID;
        int processId = doc.GetMasterMetaData("Process").ID;

        var shape1 = new VA.VDX.Elements.Shape(startEndId, 4.25, .5, 1.5, .5);
        page.Shapes.Add(shape1);

        var shape2 = new VA.VDX.Elements.Shape(decisionId, 4.25, 1.5, 1, 1);
        page.Shapes.Add(shape2);

        var shape3 = VA.VDX.Elements.Shape.CreateDynamicConnector(doc);
        page.Shapes.Add(shape3);            
        page.ConnectShapesViaConnector(shape3, shape1, shape2);

        var shape4 = new VA.VDX.Elements.Shape(processId, 2.75, 2.5, 1.5, 1);
        page.Shapes.Add(shape4);
        var shape4a = VA.VDX.Elements.Shape.CreateDynamicConnector(doc);
        page.Shapes.Add(shape4a);
        page.ConnectShapesViaConnector(shape4a, shape2, shape4);

        var shape5 = new VA.VDX.Elements.Shape(processId, 5.5, 2.5, 1.5, 1);
        page.Shapes.Add(shape5);
        var shape5a = VA.VDX.Elements.Shape.CreateDynamicConnector(doc);
        page.Shapes.Add(shape5a);
        page.ConnectShapesViaConnector(shape4a, shape2, shape5);

        var shape6 = new VA.VDX.Elements.Shape(processId, 8.25, 2.5, 1.5, 1);
        page.Shapes.Add(shape6);
        var shape6a = VA.VDX.Elements.Shape.CreateDynamicConnector(doc);
        page.Shapes.Add(shape6a);
        page.ConnectShapesViaConnector(shape4a, shape2, shape6);

New Post: VisioPS updates

saveenr — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 16:04:29 GMT

A New version was uploaded today!

Updates

Many cmdlets worked on the active selection. Now these cmdles have an optional parameter called -Shapes that let you specify the specific shapes to work on
Set-VisioCell and Get-VisioCell offer easy access to the ShapeSheet results on Formulas