Hyperlinks

Published on May 19, 2025 by David Parker

Co-authoring and Commenting with Visio Documents

Microsoft Visio can be used in the web browser and on the desktop, but there are several licensing options available, so which ones can be used concurrently whilst supporting co-authoring and commenting? This article tests the various scenarios but assumes that the Visio documents are stored in OneDrive for Business or SharePoint Online\Teams. The Microsoft article, Work together on Visio drawings, explains most of the scenarios, but does not clearly explain the scope of the Visio web licenses with respect to diagram types or customisations.

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Published on April 15, 2021 by David Parker

Visio 2010 MVP Session videos reprise

Back in 2012, my fellow Visio MVPs, Scott Helmers and Chris Roth, and I recorded a series of 24 videos about Visio 2010. They were first hosted on Microsoft’s web site, then they put them up on YouTube, they they got deleted :-(. Well, we have managed to retrieve them, and put them back up on YouTube in a new list :-). Most of them are still very relevant and useful!

See Visio 2010 MVP Sessions – YouTube and The Visio 2010 MVP Sessions .

Published on November 10, 2020 by David Parker

Bi-directional Labels on Off-Page Grid References

I have previously written about using off-page references and labelled page grids in Visio, see A Page Grid with Labels and Page Grids and Off Page References, however a reader pointed out that the label on the Off-Page Reference shape is duplicated on both ends. This is not always ideal, however it is all I could do using just ShapeSheet formulas alone. So, in this article, I show how a VBA macro can enhance the reciprocal labels on the twin Off-Page Reference shapes, and they automatically update if either end is moved between grids. This is especially useful in electrical wiring diagrams, but the principal can be adapted for other purposes.

Follow Link to Second Page-C7
Follow to Third Page-D1
Follow Link to First Page-A4
Follow Link to First Page-C3

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Published on August 31, 2008 by David Parker

Updating Visio SharePoint Hyperlinks in Code

In last month’s entry, I showed how you can connect Visio timelines to SharePoint calendars, but I was unable to provide VBA code for automatically update the hyperlinks because my laptop had some issues. Well, a month later, after a holiday and a back injury, I have provided some VBA code below that enables the hyperlinks to become usable with the SharePoint calendar used in the example.

Public Sub AmendLinks()

Const urlCell As String = “_VisDM_Encoded_Absolute_URL”
Const idProp As String = “Prop._VisDM_ID”

    Dim shp As Visio.Shape
Dim pag As Visio.Page
    Dim i As Integer
Dim urlOld As String
Dim id As String
    Dim urlNew As String

    For Each pag In Visio.ActiveDocument.Pages
         For Each shp In pag.Shapes
             If shp.CellExistsU(“Prop.” & urlCell, Visio.visExistsAnywhere) _
                 And shp.CellExistsU(idProp, Visio.visExistsAnywhere) Then
                 urlOld = shp.Cells(“Prop.” & urlCell).ResultStr(“”)
id = shp.Cells(idProp).ResultStr(“”)
urlNew = Left(urlOld, Len(urlOld) – 5 – Len(Format(id, “#”))) & “DispForm.aspx?ID=” & Format(id, “#”)
shp.Cells(“Hyperlink.” & urlCell & “.Address”).FormulaU = “=””” & urlNew & “”””
             End If
         Next shp
     Next pag

End Sub

Published on July 25, 2008 by David Parker

Hyperlinks to SharePoint Lists from Visio Shapes

My previous post showed how to link Visio Timelines to a SharePoint Calendar ( http://bvisual.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!3350D61BC93733A9!552.entry ), and I glibbly mentioned how you can create hyperlinks automatically on the shapes from the SharePoint list. Well, that was true, but the example shown goes to a SharePoint page, and it didn’t work. So, I feel I need to demonstrate a fix for it.

Published on November 15, 2007 by David Parker

Importing Hyperlinks into Visio Shapes

Visio shapes can have multiple hyperlinks, but it can be a chore to add them with the Insert / Hyperlinks … command. Fortunately, Visio 2007 Professional has the Data / Link Data to Shapes … command.

If you were to have a data source, such as an Excel spreadsheet, that contains hyperlinks (see the example below)…