More info on Visio from Visio Guy's blog. The release is out so this is a bit stale now...
Well the buzz about Visio 2007 is increasing daily, and all the hard-core Visio fans are already working on solutions for the next version of Visio. If you’re itching to jump on the bandwagon, I’ve collected a set of links to point you towards as many Visio 2007 developer-related links as possible!
Enjoy!
The Beta
Download Visio 2007 Beta 2
You won’t get very far in your Visio 2007 development without an installation of the latest beta!Books
New Book: Visualizing Information with Microsoft® Visio 2007
David J. Parker over at bVisual has a new book coming out soon that will help you to harness the power of the data-integration and visualization features coming in the next version of Visio.Articles
What’s New for Developers in Visio 2007 (Part 1 of 2)
What’s New for Developers in Visio 2007 (Part 2 of 2)
A great breakdown of the new ShapeSheet and Automation features for those of us who roll our own Visio, as well as info on how to use the new data features in Visio 2007.Designing Shapes for Use with Themes in Visio 2007
Expanding on the color schemes feature available in earlier versions of Visio, Theming in Visio 2007 offers a sophisticated way to customize the colors and styles of your Visio diagrams. The shapes that come with Visio 2007 rely heavily on Theming, and the results are quite impressive. This article describes how you can design your own shapes to function with Theming and introduces several new ShapeSheet functions that help you get the job done.Integrating Visio 2007 and Access 2007
An article from Visimation for MSDN which describes how to generate a Visio diagram from data stored in an Access database. Lots of code samples in C#.Integrating Visio 2007 and Excel 2007
Another article from Visimation for MSDN which describes how to link data in Visio to Excel using the Visio Data Selector and generate a BOM (Bill of Materials) Code samples in C#.Building Custom Data Graphics for Visio 2007
A nice 8-or-so-page article on developing your own data-widgets and getting them to work with Visio 2007’s cool data-integration features!Web Logs & Portals
Visio 2007 on MSDN
A good place to start. At the top, you’ve got on-line SDK Documentation and Technical articles. Once you start clicking, you’ll probably never escape!
Visio Developer Portal on MSDN
Part of Microsoft Office Developer Center this site contains articles, whitepapers, code samples, downloads and links to other developer resources, including a list of web logs from Visio’s own staff!Visio Insights Weblog
This web log is from the folks on the Visio team and contains some very deep posts on developing for Visio. Although it’s not just Visio-2007-specific, it’s nonetheless choc-full of information that’s vital to improving the quality of your Visio solutions.Bill Morein’s Weblog
An MS Visio team member, Bill’s blog is all about Visio and Data Visualization, and many of his articles pertain to Visio 2007.Eric Rockey’s Weblog
Another MS Visio team member, the title of Eric’s blog: “What’s new in Visio 12″ should be a grand give-away.Downloads
Visio 2007 SDK (Software Development Kit) Beta 2
The latest version of the Visio SDK offers a great help file, a Code Librarian database full of Visio-related snippets, several VB.NET, C#, VB6 and C++ automation examples, the Visio 2003 Viewer, and .NET templates that help you to quickly create applications and COM Add-ins for Visio.Office 2007 Developer Map Poster
Cool Office 2007 Developer’s poster in PDF format (thanks to Bill Morein’s weblog)Related Posts:
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