Process improvement (metric) Template

How in Visio 2003, can you create a shape that functions like the Data Bar
shape in this template. I want to use it in one of my process flow charts and
it looks really neat, but for the life of me I can't figure it out. Please
can anyone help. What it does is in the Costum properties for a entered value
it displays it almost like a bar.
It shows the amount of time in a day that the process takes up.

Thanks,

Brian

Simple answer is to upgrade to Visio 2007 Pro.
More difficult answer is to create your own grouped SmartShape that links
the width of one of the sub-shapes to the value of a custom property on the
parent group shape. You will need to set the LocPinX of the sub-shape to 0,
so that the width change causes a width change to the right only (if that is
want you want).
Width formula can be =Sheet.3!Width*(Sheet.3!Prop.TimeRequired) or similar,
where Sheet.3 is the parent group shape, which has a custom property named
TimeRequired of Duration type

"Brian" wrote in message
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How in Visio 2003, can you create a shape that functions like the Data Bar
shape in this template. I want to use it in one of my process flow charts
and
it looks really neat, but for the life of me I can't figure it out. Please
can anyone help. What it does is in the Costum properties for a entered
value
it displays it almost like a bar.
It shows the amount of time in a day that the process takes up.

Thanks,

Brian

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