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		<title>Getting the Name of Glued Connection Points</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 10:48:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>davidjpp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Visio developer asked me if it is possible to get the name of connection points that a connector is glued to in Visio. Well, it is not possible directly from the ShapeSheet, but is easy if you use a little code. First of all, I created a simple Block shape with 3 named connection [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.bvisual.net&#038;blog=16302826&#038;post=1408&#038;subd=davidjpp&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Visio 2013 training for developers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 16:34:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>davidjpp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft have just released a series of 9 videos about developing with Visio Services 2013 : http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/fp161532 Thanks guys … really good stuff … and a good recap for all the attendees of the course that I run. Filed under: Visio<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.bvisual.net&#038;blog=16302826&#038;post=1403&#038;subd=davidjpp&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>MVP Award &#8230; again</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 18:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>davidjpp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1st April is the time for April Fools, but I am pleased to report that this fool is still an MVP, as I am pleased to say that I have received that important email from Microsoft. I genuinely worry that one year I will receive bad news … but, lucky for me, not this year! [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.bvisual.net&#038;blog=16302826&#038;post=1402&#038;subd=davidjpp&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Using ODC Files with Visio</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Mar 2013 22:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>davidjpp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I use the Link Data to Shapes wizard in Visio Professional almost everyday, but I have not really bothered to use the Office Data Connections (ODC) files much, probably because there is no easy way of creating them in Visio. However, the Data Connection wizard does allow you to use previously created ODC files. So, [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.bvisual.net&#038;blog=16302826&#038;post=1401&#038;subd=davidjpp&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Visio MVPs in Redmond</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 05:16:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>davidjpp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We Visio MVPs have always been closer to the product team than most others &#8230; This week has been no exception! An exciting future awaits&#8230;. Left to right: Me (UK), Scott Helmers (USA), Michel Laplane (France), John Marshall (Canada), Chris Roth (Germany/US), Senaj Lelic (Germany), Al Edlund (US). Disappointed to find that there are no [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.bvisual.net&#038;blog=16302826&#038;post=1380&#038;subd=davidjpp&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2012 in review</title>
		<link>http://blog.bvisual.net/2013/01/21/2012-in-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 16:32:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>davidjpp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here&#8217;s an excerpt: 19,000 people fit into the new Barclays Center to see Jay-Z perform. This blog was viewed about 98,000 times in 2012. If it were a concert at the Barclays Center, it would take about 5 sold-out performances for that [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.bvisual.net&#038;blog=16302826&#038;post=1362&#038;subd=davidjpp&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Clusters and Workstations Linked to Excel using Visio Professional</title>
		<link>http://blog.bvisual.net/2013/01/12/clusters-and-workstations-linked-to-excel-using-visio-professional/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2013 12:20:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>davidjpp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was recently asked how to easily link an Excel worksheet that contains names of personnel sitting at workstations in clusters to a Visio floor layout. My own approach would probably have been to create an Access or SQL Server database, but I recognise that not everyone is confident about doing that, so I present [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.bvisual.net&#038;blog=16302826&#038;post=1378&#038;subd=davidjpp&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft Visio Viewer 2013 Released</title>
		<link>http://blog.bvisual.net/2012/12/06/microsoft-visio-viewer-2013-released/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.bvisual.net/2012/12/06/microsoft-visio-viewer-2013-released/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 22:05:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>davidjpp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft have released a new version of the free Visio Viewer ( see http://blogs.office.com/b/visio/archive/2012/11/28/download-the-free-microsoft-visio-viewer.aspx ), so you can now view Visio 2013 files, in addition to earlier versions, without having Visio installed. Or, as in my case, on a PC that has Visio 2010 installed. Even better news is that my visViewer product ( see [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.bvisual.net&#038;blog=16302826&#038;post=1359&#038;subd=davidjpp&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Visio 2013 BPM Maturity Model</title>
		<link>http://blog.bvisual.net/2012/12/04/visio-2013-bpm-maturity-model/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 18:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>davidjpp</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Visio 2013]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my book, Microsoft Visio 2010 Business Process Diagramming and Validation (see http://www.visiorules.com/ ), I presented a table of the progressive maturity of BPM within Visio. I have now extended this diagram in the figure below to show how Visio 2013 increases this maturity level. I have just been running 2 day Visio 2013 Services [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.bvisual.net&#038;blog=16302826&#038;post=1353&#038;subd=davidjpp&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Announcing Metro Icons and a Windows App Tile Shape for Visio</title>
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		<comments>http://blog.bvisual.net/2012/11/20/announcing-metro-icons-and-a-windows-app-tile-shape-for-visio/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2012 23:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>davidjpp</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My last two blogs have been about how I managed to convert XAML icon shapes into native Visio masters. Well, I have now converted all of Syncfusion’s Metro Studio 2 shapes, and got their permission to release my own version of them. See http://www.bvisual.net/Products/MetroIcons.aspx for more information. I decided that one good use for these [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.bvisual.net&#038;blog=16302826&#038;post=1348&#038;subd=davidjpp&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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