Hello

I have recently been producing many documents in Visio and was wondering 
about the and have have noticed that there are limited options for adding 
informtation and primarily I was after displaying the full path name of the 
file.

Does anyone know how this can be achieved?

Kind regards

Ricky

Insert the Document Info - Directory before the Document Info - Filename.

"RickyP" wrote:

> Hello
> 
> I have recently been producing many documents in Visio and was wondering 
> about the and have have noticed that there are limited options for adding 
> informtation and primarily I was after displaying the full path name of the 
> file.
> 
> Does anyone know how this can be achieved?
> 
> Kind regards
> 
> Ricky 
>

Hello Phillipe

I am confused, do you mean this is an add-in module of somesort?

Kind regards

Ricky

"Philippe C."  wrote in message 
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> Insert the Document Info - Directory before the Document Info - Filename.
>
> "RickyP" wrote:
>
>> Hello
>>
>> I have recently been producing many documents in Visio and was wondering
>> about the and have have noticed that there are limited options for adding
>> informtation and primarily I was after displaying the full path name of 
>> the
>> file.
>>
>> Does anyone know how this can be achieved?
>>
>> Kind regards
>>
>> Ricky
>>

Unlike the other Office apps, H&Fs were added to address a specific problem. 
The "Visio" way has always been to use background pages. What Philippe is 
referring to is the Field option from the Insert menu.  H&Fs have a limited 
range of items that can be placed in a H&F. Anything that can be placed on a 
page can be placed on a background page. If you place a field on a 
background page, it reflects the information associated with the foreground 
page. For example, you can place the page name on a background page and 
every foreground page the background page is attached to shows the page name 
of the foreground page in the same position.

As to why H&Fs were added? It was to address the situation of when a Visio 
page has to physically print over many physical pages. If the Visio page and 
the printed page are the same size, H&Fs are redundant when a background 
page exists.

John...    Visio MVP

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"RickyP"  wrote in message 
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> Hello Phillipe
>
> I am confused, do you mean this is an add-in module of somesort?
>
> Kind regards
>
> Ricky
>
> "Philippe C."  wrote in message 
> news:CF7E2AAB-C2C8-42E7-BEFB-B875E538C612@microsoft.com...
>> Insert the Document Info - Directory before the Document Info - Filename.
>>
>> "RickyP" wrote:
>>
>>> Hello
>>>
>>> I have recently been producing many documents in Visio and was wondering
>>> about the and have have noticed that there are limited options for 
>>> adding
>>> informtation and primarily I was after displaying the full path name of 
>>> the
>>> file.
>>>
>>> Does anyone know how this can be achieved?
>>>
>>> Kind regards
>>>
>>> Ricky
>>>
>

On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:12:52 +0100, "RickyP"  wrote:

>Hello Phillipe
>
>I am confused, do you mean this is an add-in module of somesort?

No, Philippe means use the Visio menu
Insert -> Field
and field from the Document Info section.




-- 
Regards, Paul Herber, Sandrila Ltd.
Visio Utilities           http://www.visio-utilities.sandrila.co.uk/

If you bring up the stencil:  General -  Title Blocks, there are a great many 
"cute" shapes that may be used on either foreground or background pages.  
Amongst these is the shape:  Filepath.  It displays the local filepath to the 
Visio drawing.  The shape can be manipulated to contain the entire path.

Enjoy!
Wapperdude



"Paul Herber" wrote:

> On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:12:52 +0100, "RickyP"  wrote:
> 
> >Hello Phillipe
> >
> >I am confused, do you mean this is an add-in module of somesort?
> 
> No, Philippe means use the Visio menu
> Insert -> Field
> and field from the Document Info section.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Regards, Paul Herber, Sandrila Ltd.
> Visio Utilities           http://www.visio-utilities.sandrila.co.uk/
>

On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:50:01 -0700, WapperDude
 wrote:

>If you bring up the stencil:  General -  Title Blocks, there are a great many 
>"cute" shapes that may be used on either foreground or background pages.  
>Amongst these is the shape:  Filepath.  It displays the local filepath to the 
>Visio drawing.  The shape can be manipulated to contain the entire path.

I think that shape is in Professional only, not Standard.




-- 
Regards, Paul Herber, Sandrila Ltd.
Electronics for Visio        http://www.electronics.sandrila.co.uk/

You will find that these shapes use the basic Insert Field fields. So it 
will work in Standard, but you may have to create your own.

John...    Visio MVP

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"Paul Herber"  wrote in message 
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> On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:50:01 -0700, WapperDude
>  wrote:
>
>>If you bring up the stencil:  General -  Title Blocks, there are a great 
>>many
>>"cute" shapes that may be used on either foreground or background pages.
>>Amongst these is the shape:  Filepath.  It displays the local filepath to 
>>the
>>Visio drawing.  The shape can be manipulated to contain the entire path.
>
> I think that shape is in Professional only, not Standard.
>
>
>
>
> -- 
> Regards, Paul Herber, Sandrila Ltd.
> Electronics for Visio        http://www.electronics.sandrila.co.uk/

Except Insert Field does not work in H&Fs.

John...    Visio MVP

Need stencils or ideas? http://visio.mvps.org/3rdparty.htm
Need VBA examples?   http://visio.mvps.org/VBA.htm
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"Paul Herber"  wrote in message 
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> On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:12:52 +0100, "RickyP"  wrote:
>
>>Hello Phillipe
>>
>>I am confused, do you mean this is an add-in module of somesort?
>
> No, Philippe means use the Visio menu
> Insert -> Field
> and field from the Document Info section.
>
>
>
>
> -- 
> Regards, Paul Herber, Sandrila Ltd.
> Visio Utilities           http://www.visio-utilities.sandrila.co.uk/

Oooh, the pre-made field shapes are only in Visio Professional!?

I guess that makes some sort of sense. They are from the Title Blocks 
stencil, which would have been in Visio Technical, which for the most 
part got merged with Visio Pro.



-- 
Hope this helps,

Chris Roth
Visio MVP


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Paul Herber wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:50:01 -0700, WapperDude
>  wrote:
> 
>> If you bring up the stencil:  General -  Title Blocks, there are a great many 
>> "cute" shapes that may be used on either foreground or background pages.  
>> Amongst these is the shape:  Filepath.  It displays the local filepath to the 
>> Visio drawing.  The shape can be manipulated to contain the entire path.
> 
> I think that shape is in Professional only, not Standard.
> 
> 
> 
>

On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:29:09 +0200, "Chris Roth [Visio MVP]"
 wrote:

>Oooh, the pre-made field shapes are only in Visio Professional!?
>
>I guess that makes some sort of sense. They are from the Title Blocks 
>stencil, which would have been in Visio Technical, which for the most 
>part got merged with Visio Pro.

Would it be useful etc to create a web page/blog or several showing
images of which stencils come with each version of Visio? I do this
for all my own Visio add-ons, anyone can see exactly what shapes they
are getting. (I realise it's not just the shapes in the stencils that
are important).


-- 
Regards, Paul Herber, Sandrila Ltd.
Electronics for Visio        http://www.electronics.sandrila.co.uk/

I think it would be very useful.  Only, I think Microsoft should have already 
included it with their product comparison feature.  But, in lieu of that ever 
happening, your suggestion would be very beneficial, Paul.

Wapperdude



"Paul Herber" wrote:

> On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:29:09 +0200, "Chris Roth [Visio MVP]"
>  wrote:
> 
> >Oooh, the pre-made field shapes are only in Visio Professional!?
> >
> >I guess that makes some sort of sense. They are from the Title Blocks 
> >stencil, which would have been in Visio Technical, which for the most 
> >part got merged with Visio Pro.
> 
> Would it be useful etc to create a web page/blog or several showing
> images of which stencils come with each version of Visio? I do this
> for all my own Visio add-ons, anyone can see exactly what shapes they
> are getting. (I realise it's not just the shapes in the stencils that
> are important).
> 
> 
> -- 
> Regards, Paul Herber, Sandrila Ltd.
> Electronics for Visio        http://www.electronics.sandrila.co.uk/
>