April 15, 2010

"VisioAutomation" Office 2010 .NET Library Tools for Programmers

VisioAutomation for Visio 2010 is a CodePlex .NET Library that simplifies automating Visio from .NET languages such as C#, F#, IronPython and a set of tools that use that library.

Project Components:

    • VisioAutomation - the core low-level library

    • VisioAutomation.Scripting - the a higher level library meant to be used by interactive tools

    • Visio Power Tools - a .NET Add-In for Visio 2007 that adds a new menu and UI tools to visio

    • VisioIPy - provides a IronPython-based command-line experience (experimental)

    • VisioPS - provides a Powershell 2.0-based command-line experience (experimental)

    • VisioVDX - Create Visio VDX files without Visio installed

Scenarios:

    • Writing managed-code Add-Ins for Visio 2007

    • Writing tools to automate Visio 2007 from command line

    • Use it as a reference to learn how to do common Visio automation tasks

Requirements:

    • Compiling the solution requires Visual Studio 2008 SP1

    • The libraries and tools require .NET Framework 3.5 SP1

    • To install the Visio Helper Add-in, install Visual Studio Tools for Office 3.0

    • VisioIPy requires IronPython 2.6

    • VisioPS requires Powershell 2.0

Download --> VisioAutomation for Visio 2010

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