Chapter 2. Understanding the Microsoft Visio Object Model
Whatever programming language you code in, you need to understand the objects, properties, methods, relationships, and events of the application that you are working with. Without this knowledge, the development process is slow and any code you use is going to be inefficient. Visio is no different, in that it provides a programmer's interface (API) with an object model described in the Visio Type Library, but Visio also has a programmable ShapeSheet behind every shape. Therefore, the Visio Type Library can only be used efficiently if you understand the ShapeSheet, and in turn, the ShapeSheet formulae can only be used fully if you understand the Visio Type Library.
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