Global Change for Symbols

Is there a way to globally change symbols?

Eg: change all Rectangles to some other shape

Thanks

Can this be done in a macro?



"Al" wrote:

Is there a way to globally change symbols?

Eg: change all Rectangles to some other shape

Thanks

By the way, the shapes have text in them and we want to text to be preserved
once the shapes have been changed.

I really do not think there is a way to do this as the shapes do not have a
property that tells you what shape is being used.

In summary, here is the question.
We want to change all "terminator" shapes containing text to "process"
shapes and keep the same text in each shape.

Thanks
Al

"Al" wrote:

Can this be done in a macro?



"Al" wrote:

Is there a way to globally change symbols?

Eg: change all Rectangles to some other shape

Thanks

There are 2 ways to do it in a macro:

1) Scan for all terminator shapes by looking for their master and then
change each and every one of them.

2) The smarter way would be to locate the document stencil using code
and then changing the master "terminator" in the document stencil. This
will cause all shapes in your drawing which has "terminator" as a master
to change.

Good Luck

Al wrote:
By the way, the shapes have text in them and we want to text to be preserved
once the shapes have been changed.

I really do not think there is a way to do this as the shapes do not have a
property that tells you what shape is being used.

In summary, here is the question.
We want to change all "terminator" shapes containing text to "process"
shapes and keep the same text in each shape.

Thanks
Al

"Al" wrote:


Can this be done in a macro?



"Al" wrote:


Is there a way to globally change symbols?

Eg: change all Rectangles to some other shape

Thanks

On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 08:50:09 -0800, "Al"
wrote:

Is there a way to globally change symbols?

Eg: change all Rectangles to some other shape

http://www.visio-utilities.pherber.com/


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Electronics stencils for Visio http://www.electronics.pherber.com/

Thank-you - yes approach number 2 does the trick in globally changing the
shapes but we lose all the text that was in each shape in the process.

I do not think there is a way to maintain the text so the user in this case
will have to change each one manually.

Al

"VKY" wrote:

There are 2 ways to do it in a macro:

1) Scan for all terminator shapes by looking for their master and then
change each and every one of them.

2) The smarter way would be to locate the document stencil using code
and then changing the master "terminator" in the document stencil. This
will cause all shapes in your drawing which has "terminator" as a master
to change.

Good Luck

Al wrote:
By the way, the shapes have text in them and we want to text to be preserved
once the shapes have been changed.

I really do not think there is a way to do this as the shapes do not have a
property that tells you what shape is being used.

In summary, here is the question.
We want to change all "terminator" shapes containing text to "process"
shapes and keep the same text in each shape.

Thanks
Al

"Al" wrote:


Can this be done in a macro?



"Al" wrote:


Is there a way to globally change symbols?

Eg: change all Rectangles to some other shape

Thanks

Thanks for that advice but when I tried the software it did not change the
shapes as promised - instead it tells me "New master not found."

Al


"Paul Herber" wrote:

On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 08:50:09 -0800, "Al"
wrote:

Is there a way to globally change symbols?

Eg: change all Rectangles to some other shape

http://www.visio-utilities.pherber.com/


--
Regards, Paul Herber, Sandrila Ltd. http://www.pherber.com/
Electronics stencils for Visio http://www.electronics.pherber.com/

On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 05:29:04 -0800, "Al"
wrote:

Thanks for that advice but when I tried the software it did not change the
shapes as promised - instead it tells me "New master not found."

It can't find the new shape that you want. The new shape must be in an
open stencil (and preferably the only open stencil). Also, the name
must match (though case is unimportant).


Al


"Paul Herber" wrote:

On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 08:50:09 -0800, "Al"
wrote:

Is there a way to globally change symbols?

Eg: change all Rectangles to some other shape

http://www.visio-utilities.pherber.com/


--
Regards, Paul Herber, Sandrila Ltd. http://www.pherber.com/
Electronics stencils for Visio http://www.electronics.pherber.com/


--
Regards, Paul Herber, Sandrila Ltd. http://www.pherber.com/
Electronics stencils for Visio http://www.electronics.pherber.com/

I confirmed that the stencil is in fact open - I still get the "New master
not found" message - I wish it would have worked.

Al


"Paul Herber" wrote:

On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 05:29:04 -0800, "Al"
wrote:

Thanks for that advice but when I tried the software it did not change the
shapes as promised - instead it tells me "New master not found."

It can't find the new shape that you want. The new shape must be in an
open stencil (and preferably the only open stencil). Also, the name
must match (though case is unimportant).


Al


"Paul Herber" wrote:

On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 08:50:09 -0800, "Al"
wrote:

Is there a way to globally change symbols?

Eg: change all Rectangles to some other shape

http://www.visio-utilities.pherber.com/


--
Regards, Paul Herber, Sandrila Ltd. http://www.pherber.com/
Electronics stencils for Visio http://www.electronics.pherber.com/


--
Regards, Paul Herber, Sandrila Ltd. http://www.pherber.com/
Electronics stencils for Visio http://www.electronics.pherber.com/

On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 06:37:16 -0800, "Al"
wrote:

I confirmed that the stencil is in fact open - I still get the "New master
not found" message - I wish it would have worked.

Try using the 'List Symbols on Page' and 'Stencil Report'. The shapes
might not be called what you think they are.


Al


"Paul Herber" wrote:

On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 05:29:04 -0800, "Al"
wrote:

Thanks for that advice but when I tried the software it did not change the
shapes as promised - instead it tells me "New master not found."

It can't find the new shape that you want. The new shape must be in an
open stencil (and preferably the only open stencil). Also, the name
must match (though case is unimportant).


Al


"Paul Herber" wrote:

On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 08:50:09 -0800, "Al"
wrote:

Is there a way to globally change symbols?

Eg: change all Rectangles to some other shape

http://www.visio-utilities.pherber.com/


--
Regards, Paul Herber, Sandrila Ltd. http://www.pherber.com/
Electronics stencils for Visio http://www.electronics.pherber.com/


--
Regards, Paul Herber, Sandrila Ltd. http://www.pherber.com/
Electronics stencils for Visio http://www.electronics.pherber.com/


--
Regards, Paul Herber, Sandrila Ltd. http://www.pherber.com/
Electronics stencils for Visio http://www.electronics.pherber.com/