Visio 2003 Developer's Survival Pack Tools and Samples
Dir Conn Screwdriver
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Overview

This tool provides a way to adjust the angle and in/out-ness of Visio's directional, gendered connection points.

Operation

The "DirConnScrewdriver" shape can be found on the DirConnScrewdriver.vsx stencil. Open this stencil and drag one or more screwdrivers to the drawing. Then attach the screwdriver's point to a connection point.

See also Chapter 14 Glue and Connects in the book.

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Release History

Date Version Number Description/Issues
2003-10-21 Original Issue 1: Screwdriver uses two different strategies for attaching to a connection point: Glue (to in and in/out conn pts) and a VBA search of the shape (for out conn pts). If the target conn pt is on a member shape, Screwdriver can glue to it, but does not search member shapes, hence can't attach to "out" conn pts on member shapes.
Issue 2: Does not work on shapes that are flipped.
     
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Article Created: 2001-06-01  Last edit: Last edit: 03-10-29 Graham Wideman
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