Custom Properties

I am working in Visio 2003 and have a basic diagram with existing custom
properties. I want to know how to make the values of the custom properties
visible on my drawing. Some values are visible and some are not. I'm not
sure how to select or deselect elements to display.
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PAG

Have a look here...

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/254730

HTH

Steve


"PAG" wrote in message
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I am working in Visio 2003 and have a basic diagram with existing custom
properties. I want to know how to make the values of the custom
properties
visible on my drawing. Some values are visible and some are not. I'm not
sure how to select or deselect elements to display.
--
PAG

Thanks for the information. I am still unable to display the custom property
elements that I need, because the shape won't allow me to access the
"Actions" section of the Shapesheet. I feel like I'm getting closer, but not
quite there yet.

The problem is that I did not create the original drawing so I'm not quite
sure how the creator only selected some items in the custom properties to be
displayed. There are approximately 15 elements in custom properties and 4
are displayed. I would like to change the items displayed at any given time,
but still need to capture the information for the other elements.
--
PAG


"PAG" wrote:

I am working in Visio 2003 and have a basic diagram with existing custom
properties. I want to know how to make the values of the custom properties
visible on my drawing. Some values are visible and some are not. I'm not
sure how to select or deselect elements to display.
--
PAG

OK, let's try this.

Select the Text tool, and then click the object that you want to display the
Custom Properties for. You'll get a single line text box.

Press Enter as many times as you need to make room for all of the Custom
Properties that you want to display.

Right click in the text box and select Insert Field.

In the Field dialog box, select Custom Properties, select the field, and
choose a Format. Click OK.

Move to the next line and repeat for each Custom Property that you want to
display.

When you are done, you will need to move the text box so that you can see
it. Select the object (with the Select tool not the Text tool), right-click
and select Show Shape Text.

Next, drag the yellow diamond to where you want the text to appear.

Once you get it positioned, you can select and format the text as desired.

Hope this helps.

Steve


"PAG" wrote in message
...
Thanks for the information. I am still unable to display the custom
property
elements that I need, because the shape won't allow me to access the
"Actions" section of the Shapesheet. I feel like I'm getting closer, but
not
quite there yet.

The problem is that I did not create the original drawing so I'm not quite
sure how the creator only selected some items in the custom properties to
be
displayed. There are approximately 15 elements in custom properties and 4
are displayed. I would like to change the items displayed at any given
time,
but still need to capture the information for the other elements.
--
PAG


"PAG" wrote:

I am working in Visio 2003 and have a basic diagram with existing custom
properties. I want to know how to make the values of the custom
properties
visible on my drawing. Some values are visible and some are not. I'm
not
sure how to select or deselect elements to display.
--
PAG

"PAG" wrote in message
...
I am working in Visio 2003 and have a basic diagram with existing custom
properties. I want to know how to make the values of the custom
properties
visible on my drawing. Some values are visible and some are not. I'm not
sure how to select or deselect elements to display.
--
PAG


Can you give some more details on what you mean by visible? You can open a
dialog that will display the custom properties of a shape and you can also
add the custom properties to the text of a shape. So are you seeing this as
part of the shape or in a seperate dialog?

Within the Custom Property Dialog, you can make certain custom properties
invsibile (hidden). Right click the custom property and choose Define custom
property. There will be a hidden check box, you can also do this through the
shapesheet.

If it is within the shapes text, you will have to select the text and look
at Insert Field to see what is being used. Each Visio shape can have only
one text block, but a group shape can contain several shapes and thus text
blocks can appear in various places in the shape.


John... Visio MVP