Customize Svg Output

Dear Sirs,
I am new to Visio and I would like to know if it is possible to customize
the SVG output when saving the visio file.
For example: When I save a text item it is saved in its' own group with a
rect node that is transparent.
What I am doing is simple: drawing a rectangle and a text and grouping them.
What I get in SVG is a group containing two groups:
g
g
title
path
/g
g
title
Rect
Text
/g
/g
Specifically, I would like the grouping to be more like what is shown in
Visio.
What I want is this:
g
text
path
/g

Please Advise.
-C

Separate shapes in Visio will result in separate entities in SVG. Why not
select the rectangle and type your text in there rather than create a
separate text shape?

--
Mark Nelson
Microsoft Corporation

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

"CharlesS" wrote in message
...
Dear Sirs,
I am new to Visio and I would like to know if it is possible to customize
the SVG output when saving the visio file.
For example: When I save a text item it is saved in its' own group with a
rect node that is transparent.
What I am doing is simple: drawing a rectangle and a text and grouping
them.
What I get in SVG is a group containing two groups:
g
g
title
path
/g
g
title
Rect
Text
/g
/g
Specifically, I would like the grouping to be more like what is shown in
Visio.
What I want is this:
g
text
path
/g

Please Advise.
-C

Dear Mark,
Thank you very much for your reply.
I just tried what you are describing and it works to some degree.
The transparent Rect is now gone but the Real Path and Text are not part of
the same group.
See Psuedo SVG below:
g v:groupContext="group"
title
g v:groupContext="shape"
title
path
/g
g v:groupContext="groupContent"
text
/g
/g

What I am trying to do is Associate a particular Text node with a Path.
I parse the SVG, by hand, and later on based on the Text Node Value I color
the path associated with that text.
So if the Text Value is "Object 1" I color my rectangle Blue.....
I attach here an SVG that is the model that I currently support
(default2.svg) and the best SVG I could generate with visio (test3.svg).
I do see that in your Attribute v:groupContext it has values "Group",
"shape", or "groupContent" which might be my only out.

Any help is greatly appreciated.
-CharlesS

"Mark Nelson [MS]" wrote in message
...
Separate shapes in Visio will result in separate entities in SVG. Why not
select the rectangle and type your text in there rather than create a
separate text shape?

--
Mark Nelson
Microsoft Corporation

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.

"CharlesS" wrote in message
...
Dear Sirs,
I am new to Visio and I would like to know if it is possible to customize
the SVG output when saving the visio file.
For example: When I save a text item it is saved in its' own group with a
rect node that is transparent.
What I am doing is simple: drawing a rectangle and a text and grouping
them.
What I get in SVG is a group containing two groups:
g
g
title
path
/g
g
title
Rect
Text
/g
/g
Specifically, I would like the grouping to be more like what is shown in
Visio.
What I want is this:
g
text
path
/g

Please Advise.
-C