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Now everybody can try out Visio 2007

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There’s been a lot going on this week that I wanted to let you know about. 

First of all, of course, Office 2007 Beta 2 (including Visio) has been released and is publicly available, which means that everyone can download and try out this huge release. Beta 2 looks good across the board and Visio in particular is ready to have its tires kicked. Check it out: https://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/default.mspx

We’ve also released a Beta 2 version of the Visio 2007 SDK. This includes new wizards for working with Visual Studio 2005, and new code samples that show you how to program against our new data features. You can download the SDK here: https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=373D34B8-5EF7-4E6E-A582-C8D6B5EE4E33&displaylang=en

Next, the Visual Studio team has made available a Community Technology Preview (CTP) of Visual Studio Tools for Office “v3”, which adds support for Visio for the first time. This is exciting news for Visio add-in developers. Go here to download it: https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=68978824-CA55-4208-A55E-5C4858183B31&displaylang=en#Overview (One note is that you need to follow a specific installation order: Visual Studio 2005, Office Beta 2, and then VSTO. This is described in the instructions at the bottom of the download page.)

Finally, I’m very excited to announce that we have launched a Visio team blog called “Visio Insights”. This blog is aimed to help you get the most out of Visio and help everyone see what’s possible with our product. The topics will cover everything from end user functionality through developer features, and isn’t necessarily tied to Visio 2007 – we’ll be covering the breadth of what Visio can do, including features that were around in Visio 1.0: https://blogs.msdn.com/visio/ . The first post of Visio Insights also includes a good list of all of the other people out there blogging on Visio.

I’ll still be talking about Visio 2007 features here, but I encourage you to give Visio Insights a read as well.

Comments

  • Anonymous
    May 26, 2006
    Great, gave it a first test and immediately found a bug in my code that I didn't see with Visio 2000, 2002 and 2003 :-(, glad I could fix it in time :-)

  • Anonymous
    June 05, 2006
    Will Visio read and write the DWG format using Autodesk's Real DWG or some other DWG read/write tools?

  • Anonymous
    June 07, 2006
    Robert:
    Visio can read and write DWG and DXF files for integration with AutoCAD or other CAD applications.  However, the AutoCAD 2000 file format is the most recent version supported.

  • Anonymous
    August 24, 2006
    Are there any plans to extend the DWG compliance to later versions than AutoCAD 2000?
    This will be vital when making applications that integrate Visio, but replace existing functionality previously delivered by AutoCAD.

  • Anonymous
    October 03, 2006
    Is there a removal tool for Visio 2007 (and Office 2007) like the Office Cleaner (OFCCLN.exe) for Office 2003?

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