What's new for Visio ShapeSheet developers

Visio 2013 provides a powerful single platform for your custom drawing solutions. New ShapeSheet cells and functions, along with new Automation objects, properties, methods, and events, give you more options to define and control the behavior of the elements in your solutions.

New and changed cells

The following table lists the new cells that you can use to build ShapeSheet solutions in Visio 2013.

New cell	Section
BevelBottomHeight	Bevel Properties
BevelBottomType	Bevel Properties
BevelBottomWidth	Bevel Properties
BevelContourColor	Bevel Properties
BevelContourSize	Bevel Properties
BevelDepthColor	Bevel Properties
BevelDepthSize	Bevel Properties
BevelLightingAngle	Bevel Properties
BevelLightingType	Bevel Properties
BevelMaterialType	Bevel Properties
BevelTopHeight	Bevel Properties
BevelTopType	Bevel Properties
BevelTopWidth	Bevel Properties
ClippingPath	Foreign Image Info
ColorSchemeIndex	Theme Properties
CompoundType	Line Format
ConnectorSchemeIndex	Theme Properties
DistanceFromGround	3-D Rotation Properties
DocLockReplace	Document Properties
EffectSchemeIndex	Theme Properties
FillGradientAngle	Gradient Properties
FillGradientDir	Gradient Properties
FillGradientEnabled	Gradient Properties
FontSchemeIndex	Theme Properties
GlowColor	Additional Effect Properties
GlowColorTrans	Additional Effect Properties
GlowSize	Additional Effect Properties
KeepTextFlat	3-D Rotation Properties
LineGradientAngle	Gradient Properties
LineGradientDir	Gradient Properties
LineGradientEnabled	Gradient Properties
LockReplace	Protection
LockThemeConnectors	Protection
LockThemeFonts	Protection
LockThemeIndex	Protection
NoCoauth	Document Properties
PageLockReplace	Page Properties
Perspective	3-D Rotation Properties
QuickStyleEffectsMatrix	Quick Style
QuickStyleFillColor	Quick Style
QuickStyleFillMatrix	Quick Style
QuickStyleFontColor	Quick Style
QuickStyleLineColor	Quick Style
QuickStyleLineMatrix	Quick Style
QuickStyleShadowColor	Quick Style
QuickStyleType	Quick Style
ReflectionBlur	Additional Effect Properties
ReflectionDist	Additional Effect Properties
ReflectionSize	Additional Effect Properties
ReflectionTrans	Additional Effect Properties
ReplaceCopyCells	Change Shape Behavior
ReplaceLockFormat	Change Shape Behavior
ReplaceLockShapeData	Change Shape Behavior
ReplaceLockText	Change Shape Behavior
RotateGradientWithShape	Gradient Properties
RotationType	3-D Rotation Properties
RotationXAngle	3-D Rotation Properties
RotationYAngle	3-D Rotation Properties
RotationZAngle	3-D Rotation Properties
ShapeShdwBlur	Fill Format
ShapeShdwShow	Fill Format
SketchAmount	Additional Effect Properties
SketchEnabled	Additional Effect Properties
SketchFillChange	Additional Effect Properties
SketchLineChange	Additional Effect Properties
SketchLineWeight	Additional Effect Properties
SketchSeed	Additional Effect Properties
SoftEdgesSize	Additional Effect Properties
ThemeIndex	Theme Properties
UseGroupGradient	Gradient Properties

The following table lists the cells that have been changed in Visio 2013.

Changed cell	Notes
ShdwType	New value and Automation constant

New rows

The following table lists the new rows that you can use to build ShapeSheet solutions in Visio 2013.

New row	Section
GradientStop	Fill Gradient
GradientStop	Line Gradient
RelCubBezTo	Geometry
RelEllipticalArcTo	Geometry
RelLineTo	Geometry
RelMoveTo	Geometry
RelQuadBezTo	Geometry

New and deprecated functions

The following table lists the new functions in Visio 2013.

New function
FONT
ISTHEMED
LANGUAGE
THEMECBV
THEMEVAL

The following table lists the deprecated functions in Visio 2013.

Deprecated function	Notes
CELLISTHEMED	Replaced by ISTHEMED function.