Developing Microsoft Visio Solutions (Pro-Documentation)

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This chapter introduces basic concepts and terms about Visio formulas, such as the following:

• How to work with the ShapeSheet window for shapes and other Visio objects, and the behaviors that ShapeSheet sections control.
• Elements of a Visio formula—functions, operators, cell references, and units of measure—and how to edit formulas in a ShapeSheet window.
• General information about designing formulas, such as how shapes inherit formulas, when to add user-defined cells, how to protect formulas from changes a user makes in a drawing window, and how to control evaluation.
• Guidelines to help you decide when to use Automation to supplement the formulas in a solution.