Re: Use Dia to view Visio files

[Valek Filippov <frob gnome org>]

Hej,

Blog you mentioned has a link to libvisio library.
If you install it (separately or as part of LibreOffice 3.5) you would
be able to convert VSD files to XHTML, cut header to make an SVG from
it and open SVG files in Dia.

There are instructions on installation and usage at the end of the article here:
http://libregraphicsworld.org/blog/entry/the-ultimate-quest-of-bringing-visio-support-to-libreoffice

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Cheers,
Valek

On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 6:11 AM, Terry Lee <terry cephk com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> My company was used to use MS Visio to make diagrams but the license is no
> longer available.  Therefore, we would like to change to open source
> alternative, like Dia.  However, we can't use Dia to open old .vsd files.
> From the internet, I find this one:
>
> http://sdteffen.blogspot.com/search/label/visio
>
> How can I do that? Is there any hints in Help?
>
> Thank you very much
>
> Terry