Professional Development with Visio® 2000

The Visio Object Model

With every copy of Visio 5.0 and Visio 2000, you will, if you choose to perform a complete install, find in the \ Visio\ DVS directory, a copy of the Visio drawing file Object Model.VSD. In addition to being a helpful visual reference to the entire object hierarchy within Visio, the Object Model additionally serves as a complete hyperlink system to obtain help on any object within Visio. Simply select the object you want to learn more about, right-click the object, and select Object Help from the context menu. The Visio Help system will then display the help reference for that particular object. From there, you can find a listing and subsequent help on any property, method, or event for that object. Using the Object Model ...