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Mastering Data Visualization with Microsoft Visio Professional 2016

By : John Marshall, David Parker
Book Image

Mastering Data Visualization with Microsoft Visio Professional 2016

By: John Marshall, David Parker

Overview of this book

Microsoft Visio Professional is a data visualization application that is used by many different market sectors and many different departments to represent information visually, from network infrastructure to organization charts, from process diagrams to office layouts. Starting off with a brief introduction to Visio Professional 2016 and then moving on to data storage, linking data to shapes, and working with SQL Server to create a solid foundation. Then we’ll cover topics such as refreshing data, working with geographical data, working with various graphics, and diagrams, and more. Finally, you’ll find out how to deploy custom stencils, templates, and code.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Mastering Data Visualization with Microsoft Visio Professional 2016
Credits
About the Author
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Sharing custom code


All Visio documents can contain VBA code, but they must be saved with one of the macro-enabled extensions. Often, the best location for custom VBA code is in a stencil, saved with a VSSM extension. This is because it can be easily opened for read-only purposes by multiple documents and users.

This book has companion VBA code in a Visio stencil called Mastering Data.vssm. The project name, Mastering_Data, and other values can be set in the Project Properties dialog opened from the Tools menu.

VBA projects can also be locked with a password on the Protection tab of the Project Properties dialog, as shown in the next screenshot:

Locking code prevents idle tampering, but there are VBA password hacks available online.

The VBA project in a Visio document can also be signed with a digital signature, as shown in the following screenshot of the dialog opened by Tools | Digital Signature:

If a VBA project has a digital certificate applied to it, then it will automatically be removed...