Define shape data property name field missing 2016 vs 2013

Claudiu · #1 05-19-2022, 02:41 AM

Hi all,

I have been working for a while with MS Visio 2013 and created some shapes which has some data associated. For each data property in Visio 2013 there are some properties to set: Label, Name, Type, ... :
Visio 2013.PNG
BUT for Visio 2016 the Name field now is missing:
Visio 2016.PNG

My current code can find a property by using this code using VBA:

Code:

Public Function GetCustomPropertyValue(currentShape As Visio.Shape, propertyName As String) As String
    Dim iPropSect As Integer
    Dim intResult As Integer
    
    iPropSect = Visio.VisSectionIndices.visSectionProp
    If currentShape.SectionExists(iPropSect, Visio.VisExistsFlags.visExistsAnywhere) <> 0 Then
        Dim j As Integer
        
        For j = 0 To currentShape.Section(iPropSect).Count - 1 Step 1
            Dim vCell As Visio.Cell
            Set vCell = currentShape.CellsSRC(iPropSect, j, Visio.VisCellIndices.visCustPropsValue)
            
            intResult = StrComp(vCell.RowNameU, propertyName)
                        
            If intResult = 0 Then
                'GetCustomPropertyValue = vCell.ResultStr("")
                GetCustomPropertyValue = Replace(vCell.Formula, """", "")
            End If
        Next j
    End If
End Function

It is strange that the code is working fine with the names set in Visio 2013 and the Label and Name contains different string values.
Like:
- Label: Some text here
- Name: someText

So now, I don't know if this is a bug from MS Visio or the Name field was removed and something happens behind the scene.

Thank you in advance for your time!

Guessed · #2 05-19-2022, 08:53 PM

The Name field would still exist in the ShapeSheet but it looks like the GUI creates it in the background according the initial value put into the Label field. This was probably an active decision made by Microsoft to 'reduce' confusion with users.

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