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Cover -- Copyright -- Credits -- About the Author -- About the Reviewers -- www.PacktPub.com -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Overview of Process Management in Microsoft Visio 2013 -- Exploring the new process management features in Visio 2013 -- Reviewing Visio Process Management capabilities -- Understanding the Visio BMP Maturity Model -- Reviewing the foundations of structured diagramming -- Reviewing the enhanced process flow templates -- Looking at the Flowchart templates -- Reviewing the new process flow templates -- Understanding a BPMN Diagram -- Understanding a Microsoft SharePoint 2013 workflow -- Validation of process diagrams -- Analyzing the structure of a Visio document -- Using the Visio Process Repository -- Publishing visual data from Visio -- Understanding the Visio 2013 editions -- Planning your own solutions -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Understanding the Microsoft Visio Object Model -- Introducing the Visio Type libraries -- Going beyond the object model -- Classifying the Visio document -- Selecting a programming language to use with Visio -- Understanding the Drawing Explorer window -- Understanding the Visio object model -- Examining the Application object -- Reviewing the ActiveDocument and ActivePage objects -- Reviewing the Addons collection -- Reviewing the COMAddIns collection -- Reviewing the CurrentEdition property -- Reviewing the DataFeaturesEnabled property -- Reviewing the Documents collection -- Reviewing the TypelibMinorVersion and Version properties -- Examining the Document object -- Reviewing the Advanced Properties object -- Reviewing the DataRecordsets collection -- Reviewing the DocumentSheet object -- Reviewing the ID and Index properties -- Reviewing the FullName and Name properties -- Reviewing the Masters collection -- Reviewing the Pages collection -- Reviewing the ReadOnly property.
Reviewing the Type property -- Reviewing the Validation object -- Examining the Master object -- Reviewing the BaseID property -- Reviewing the Hidden property -- Reviewing the ID, Index, and IndexInStencil properties -- Reviewing the Name and NameU properties -- Reviewing the PageSheet object -- Reviewing the Type property -- Examining the Page object -- Reviewing the Connects collection -- Reviewing the ID and Index properties -- Reviewing the Layers collection -- Reviewing the PageSheet object -- Reviewing the Comments and ShapeComments property -- Reviewing the Shapes collection -- Reviewing the Type property -- Examining the Shape object -- Reviewing the Characters and Text properties -- Reviewing the Connects and FromConnects collections -- Reviewing the Hyperlinks collection -- Reviewing the ID, Index, NameID, Name, and NameU properties -- Reviewing the IsCallout and IsDataGraphicCallout properties -- Reviewing the LayerCount property -- Reviewing the Master, MasterShape, and RootShape objects -- Reviewing the OneD property -- Reviewing the Parent object -- Reviewing the Type property -- Examining the Section object -- Examining the Row object -- Examining the Cell object -- Reviewing the Column property -- Reviewing the Error property -- Reviewing the Formula and FormulaU properties -- Reviewing the Name and LocalName properties -- Reviewing the Result properties -- Reviewing the Units property -- Iterating through cells -- Delving into the Connectivity API -- Understanding the Shape.ConnectedShapes method -- Understanding the Shape.GluedShapes method -- Understanding the Shape.MemberOfContainers property -- Understanding the Shape.CalloutsAssociated property -- Listing the steps in a process flow -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Understanding the ShapeSheet™ -- Finding the ShapeSheet -- Understanding sections, rows, and cells.
Reading a cell's properties -- Printing out the ShapeSheet settings -- Understanding the functions -- Important sections for rules validation -- Looking at the User-defined Cells section -- Using the category of a Shape -- Using the structure type of a Shape -- Checking a Container shape -- Checking a List shape -- Checking for attached Callout shapes -- Looking at the Shape Data section -- Using the String type -- Using the Fixed List type -- Using the Number type -- Using the Boolean type -- Using the Variable List type -- Using the Date type -- Using the Duration type -- Using the Currency type -- Looking at the Hyperlinks section -- Working with Layer Membership -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Understanding the Validation API -- An overview of Validation objects -- Using the Validate method -- Validating custom rules written in code -- Working with the ValidationRuleSets collection -- Adding to or updating a ruleset -- Working with the ValidationRules collection -- Adding to or updating a rule -- Verifying that a rule works -- Working with the ValidationIssues collection -- Retrieving the selected issue in the Issues window -- Toggling the Issues window visibility -- Listing the issues caused by a particular shape -- Using code to clear issues -- Retrieving an existing issue in code -- Adding an issue in code -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Developing a Validation API Interface -- Understanding the architecture of the tool -- Enhancing the ThisAddin class -- Listening for application events -- Checking for the Visio Professional edition -- Creating the ViewModel class -- Creating the BaseViewModel class -- Viewing the documents collection -- Viewing the ValidationRuleSets collection -- Viewing the ValidationRules collection -- Viewing the ValidationIssues collection -- Modifying the Visio Fluent UI -- Creating the Rules Explorer window.
Self-describing tree views -- Making informative tooltips -- Linking detail panels -- Editing rule set properties -- Editing rule properties -- Handling special key strokes -- Adding the Explorer actions -- Creating the Add button -- Creating the Add Issue button -- Creating the Paste button -- Creating the Copy button -- Creating the Delete button -- Displaying the rule for a selected issue -- Displaying the issues for the current selection -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Reviewing Validation Rules and Issues -- Extensions to our ribbon -- Annotating Visio diagrams with issues -- Saving the current user settings -- Displaying the issue mark-up page -- Adding in the issue comments -- Hiding the issue mark-up page -- Exporting rule sets to XML -- Getting the XDocument object -- Getting the VERuleSet XElement -- Getting the VEIssue XElement -- Importing rule sets from XML -- Creating rule set reports -- Getting the XSL stylesheet -- Summary -- Chapter 7: Creating Validation Rules -- Overview of the document validation process -- Validating rule sets -- Validating rules -- Processing a rule -- Validation functions -- Useful ShapeSheet functions -- Filter and Test Expressions -- Checking the type of shape -- Checking the category of shapes -- Checking the layer of a shape -- Checking if the page contains relevant shapes -- Checking for specific cell values -- Checking that connectors are connected -- Checking that shapes have correct connections -- Checking whether shapes are outside containers -- Checking whether a shape has text -- Custom validation rules in code -- Summary -- Chapter 8: Publishing Validation Rules and Diagrams -- Overview of Visio categories and templates -- Creating a custom template -- Adding embellishments -- Adding the template description -- The simplest method to provide a template -- Editing the file paths for templates.
Setting the file paths for templates -- Creating a template preview image -- Enhancing the quality of the preview image -- The best method for publishing templates -- Creating a setup project -- Running the installation -- Uninstalling and Repairing -- Summary -- Chapter 9: A Worked Example for Data Flow Model Diagrams - Part 1 -- What are Data Flow Diagrams? -- Examining the standard template -- Enhancing the masters -- Editing the Data Flow master -- Preparing for AutoConnect -- Editing the Data Store master -- Adding Shape Data -- Enhancing the graphics -- Displaying the ID value -- Improving the group shape -- Editing the Interface master -- Editing the Process master -- Adding Shape Data -- Enhancing the graphics -- Displaying the ID value -- Displaying the Category value -- Improving the group shape -- Setting the Subprocess master -- Enhancing the page -- Summary -- Chapter 10: A Worked Example for Data Flow Model Diagrams - Part 2 -- Writing the rule set -- Rule 1 - all processes must have at least one data flow in and one data flow out -- Rule 2 - all processes should modify the incoming data, producing new forms of the outgoing data -- Rule 3 - each data store must be involved with at least one data flow -- Rule 4 - each external entity must be involved with at least one data flow -- Rule 5 - a data flow must be attached to at least one process -- Rule 6 - data flows cannot go directly from one external entity to another external entity -- Rule 7 - do not allow a single page of a DFD to get too complex -- Rule 8 - each component should be labeled -- Rule 9 - each data flow should be labeled describing the data that flows through it -- Rule 10 - each component and subcomponent should be numbered -- Rule 11 - a data flow must be connected between two components -- Rule 12 - a flow must not cycle back to itself -- Summary.
Chapter 11: A Worked Example for Data Flow Model Diagrams - Part 3.
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Microsoft Visio 2013 business process diagramming and validation / / David J. Parker
