You don’t need to put anything in the Prompt column. Change the name Row_2 to thickBorder, and leave the value at 0 (zero). This will create a new row called User.Row_2. To do so, right-click the user-defined cell User.visVersion and select Insert Row:
In order to enable the user to select option on our smart shape, the first thing we’ll do is add a user-defined cell.
Character, Paragraph, Tabs and Text block format: everything to do with the text inside the shape.This has the same functionality as the “Format shape” window, only through fields in the Shapesheet, Line Format and Fill Format: line and fill presence, colors, thickness and rounding.Geometry: the lines that make up the shape, which can be changes programmatically.User-defined cells: list of values created by the developer that have special functions (we’ll soon be using this).Shape transform: the dimensions and location of the shape.Note that the Shapesheet has many different sections, covering areas such as: This will bring up the Shapesheet for the selected shape:įor basic smart shapes, the Shapesheet is where most of your work will take place. With your shape selected, open the _Show Shapesheet_ pulldown and select Shape: This will be our basic shape for this exercise, but it could be a much more involved shape.įirst off, enable the Visio Developer Ribbon. In this short tutorial, I’ll show how to use the shape sheet to add an option to a shape that enables a user to change its border thickness by selecting a thickness from a preset list of options.įirst off, we’ll add a standard rectangle to the drawing area. In general, you’ll want to make your shapes configurable to avoid adding many copies of your shape to a stencil with only small variations. You may have a preset selection of colors, or you may want parts of the shape to appear and disappear when the user selects an option. When you’re developing your own smart shapes for Microsoft Visio, you’ll often want to give the end user of your shape the ability to change some options.
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