Chapter 24. Connecting Diagrams and Databases

Besides making great presentation graphics, Microsoft Office Visio 2003 diagrams are visual repositories of shape information. You can export that information to a database or spread-sheet program or update that information based on the contents of a database or spreadsheet program. For example, suppose you want access to the furniture dimensions stored in an office layout to add to a planning database. You can export shape data, such as dimensions and other properties, to a database, which is a one-way procedure. Or suppose you want to associate shapes ...

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