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Professional Development with Visio 2000 (Other Sams) [Paperback]

David Edson (Author)

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Series: Professional Series | Publication Date: December 20, 1999

Professional Development with Visio 2000 empowers you to create your own Visio solutions quickly and easily. Using client-proven methods, and the success of his training seminars worldwide, Visio insider David Edson provides you with an understanding of the Visio development platform, and guides you through the use of Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), enabling you to create your own Visio solutions. You will benefit from David's expert knowledge of topics including understanding Visio solutions, working with SmartShapes, customizing ShapeSheets, Visio VBA automation, Generating Visio Drawings with ActiveX Automation, and much more.

#outer_postBodyPS { display: none; } #psGradient { display: none; } #psPlaceHolder { display: none; } #psExpand { display: none; } Professional Development with Visio 2000 empowers you to create your own Visio solutions quickly and easily. Using client-proven methods, and the success of his training seminars worldwide, Visio insider David Edson provides you with an understanding of the Visio development platform, and guides you through the use of Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), enabling you to create your own Visio solutions. You will benefit from David's expert knowledge of topics including understanding Visio solutions, working with SmartShapes, customizing ShapeSheets, Visio VBA automation, Generating Visio Drawings with ActiveX Automation, and much more.

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About the Author

David Edson is a professional developer and author with more than ten years in the computing industry. He is the Visio Senior Technical Evangelist, previously serving as Manager of Developer Training as well as Development Manager for A/E/C Applications. Mr. Edson has written technical articles for publications such as Visual Basic Programmers Journal, Microsoft Office and VBA Development, Cadence, CADalyst, and AutoCAD Technical Journal, and is frequent speaker at events such as Tech-Ed, Tech-Ed Europe, MOVS, Advisor Dev-Con, and Microsoft Technical Briefings.

Product Details

Paperback: 700 pages
Publisher: Sams (December 20, 1999)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 067231813X
ISBN-13: 978-0672318139
Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 1.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds

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Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,817,541 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A man who knows his Visio, February 24, 2000

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I really appreciate people who understand their subject matter this well. Mr. Edson has completed a top quality reference book for Visio development. It is obvious how well he understands Visio. I work for a company that develops software based in the Visio architecture. My CEO has decided to buy a copy of Mr. Edson's book for all of the devlopment personnel in our company. His writing is clear and concise. The exercises are very well compiled. I would love to see a book from Mr. Edson going deeper into the VBA for Visio Development environment the next time around. Those who have a good familiarity with Visio will reap great rewards from this book. Not for a Visio beginner, but all Visio professionals should have this as part of their Visio library. Can't wait for his next book.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Confusing, August 15, 2000

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This book can't decide if it is a tutorial or a reference book. It starts out as a tutorial, but segues right into an endless recitation of ShapeSheet cells from A to Z. Add to this typos, made-up adjectives (like "united" as opposed to "unit-less"), examples that don't work and a poor index and the result is a confusing book indeed. I got a LOT more from the free "Developing Visio Solutions" book.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Competent but poorly laid out, February 15, 2000

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Mr. Edson knows the product. The execution of the instructions, however, is so confusing that I would not recommend this book for experienced programmers who are new to Visio programming.

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3.0 out of 5 stars A useful book 4 Visio developers
When I started to read the book, at first I was overwhelmed by all the information. I found that it was hard getting through some explanations especially when finding that there... Read more

Published on April 29, 2005 by Guivre

2.0 out of 5 stars Graham Wideman's book is much better
I have read both of the books (and others) and I find that Graham Wideman's book Visio 2003 Developer's Survival Pack is far better than Edson's. Read more

Published on September 20, 2004 by IP_Geek

5.0 out of 5 stars Advanced VBA Source
This book is a very good book for advanced VBA development with Visio. This book is not for the faint at heart. Read more

Published on June 14, 2003 by Chris

3.0 out of 5 stars Good Information, Poorly Presented
Having now read most of this book, I can say that I learned far more than I got from the Microsoft PDF files that shipped with Visio Pro--but I can't say I enjoyed it. Read more

Published on June 9, 2003 by Dan Cocks

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent choice
David Edson expects the user to be fluent with the elementary Visio features and VBA. The book builds upon this premise and imparts a comprehensive and incremental teaching of... Read more

Published on October 12, 2002

2.0 out of 5 stars This one could use a good editor
This book has potential, but the unforgivable typos and unwieldy exercises make it a poor resource. Put this one on your pass-it-by list. Read more

Published on February 8, 2001 by ultra_blue

1.0 out of 5 stars Really Bad
It does not worth your money! A really bad book, it is a really bad copy of the online USERS manual! Read more

Published on May 10, 2000 by paredes@ohio.edu

3.0 out of 5 stars Where is the Visio 2000 evaluation copy?
If you don't already own Visio 2000 you had better get it before buying this book because the only Visio on the CD is a version 5 evaluation copy. Read more

Published on April 18, 2000

4.0 out of 5 stars Great resource for Visio developers
WOW... Don't start your Visio development without reading this book first. Easy and entertaining to read, well laid out and very informative. Read more

Published on February 24, 2000 by Adam Stone

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