Search icon CANCEL
Arrow left icon
Explore Products
Best Sellers
New Releases
Books
Videos
Audiobooks
Learning Hub
Conferences
Free Learning
Arrow right icon
Arrow up icon
GO TO TOP
Microsoft Visio 2013 Business Process Diagramming and Validation

You're reading from   Microsoft Visio 2013 Business Process Diagramming and Validation Using Microsoft Visio to visualize business information is a huge aid to comprehension and clarity. Learn how with this practical guide to process diagramming and validation, written as a practical tutorial with sample code and demos.

Arrow left icon
Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2013
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781782178002
Length 416 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
Languages
Arrow right icon
Toc

Table of Contents (14) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Overview of Process Management in Microsoft Visio 2013 FREE CHAPTER 2. Understanding the Microsoft Visio Object Model 3. Understanding the ShapeSheet™ 4. Understanding the Validation API 5. Developing a Validation API Interface 6. Reviewing Validation Rules and Issues 7. Creating Validation Rules 8. Publishing Validation Rules and Diagrams 9. A Worked Example for Data Flow Model Diagrams – Part 1 10. A Worked Example for Data Flow Model Diagrams – Part 2 11. A Worked Example for Data Flow Model Diagrams – Part 3 12. Integrating Validated Diagrams with SharePoint 2013 and Office365 Index
Writing the ruleset

In

Chapter 4, Understanding the Validation API you learned how to write VBA code to add a ruleset and rules; although you could repeat this throughout the rest of this chapter, I prefer to use the user interface that we developed in Chapter 6, Reviewing Validation Rules and Issues and Chapter 7, Creating Validation Rules. Therefore, you will need to install the Rules Tools add-in, or run the Validation Explorer solution from Visual Studio 2012, in order to write the rules easily. However, I have included VBA methods to add (or update) the ruleset and rules; these can be written into the VBA project of any Visio document but should be run when the document that you want to add the rules to is active.

Open the Rules Explorer window from the Rules Tools group on the PROCESS tab.

With your document node selected in the Rules Explorer window, click on the Add button then enter the Name, NameU, and Description of this new ruleset.

You can now add each of the new rules, by...

lock icon The rest of the chapter is locked
Register for a free Packt account to unlock a world of extra content!
A free Packt account unlocks extra newsletters, articles, discounted offers, and much more. Start advancing your knowledge today.
Unlock this book and the full library FREE for 7 days
Get unlimited access to 7000+ expert-authored eBooks and videos courses covering every tech area you can think of
Renews at €18.99/month. Cancel anytime