Re: dia file exchange

["Cyril ZEKSER" <czekser visiospace com>]

Yes, Word (or Visio) itself does know anything about Dia, but Dia can pilot
Visio to draw it's own shapes and schemas, as far as you have the OLE
interface of Visio documented. It's like scripting.

Cyril

----- Message d'origine -----
De : "Hubert Figuiere" <hfiguiere teaser fr>
À : <dia-list gnome org>
Envoyé : vendredi 8 juin 2001 10:37
Objet : Re: dia file exchange


> According to Cyril ZEKSER <czekser visiospace com>:
>
> > > Q: how would a user do to move a Dia file to Visio. 2 solutions:
> > > -generate a Visio file from the dia file
> > > -write a Dia importer within Visio (is it possible ?)
> > >
> > > solution #1 require that one of the system have both Visio and Dia,
while
> > > the other require that Visio user install an additionnal plug-in.
> >
> > That's not completely right, since you can kinda import things in Visio
(or
> > any other OLE capable app, like Word for instance)  by using OLE from
within
> > an external app. Just write scripts that command the app, and things
will go
> > well.
>
> But what does Word know about Dia files ? Nothing at all. I don't
understand
> what you mean.
>
>
> Hub
>
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