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Microsoft Visio 2010 Business Process Diagramming and Validation

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Product type Book
Published in Jul 2010
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781849680141
Pages 344 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Author (1):
David Parker David Parker
Profile icon David Parker

Table of Contents (15) Chapters

Microsoft Visio 2010 Business Process Diagramming and Validation
Credits
Foreword
About the Author
About the Reviewers
1. Preface
1. Overview of Process Management in Microsoft Visio 2010 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

The architecture of the tool


This tool is developed using Microsoft Visual Studio 2010, using C# and .NET Framework 4. This means that it can be developed as a Visio 2010 Add-in using VSTO 2010. This will make deployment simple using ClickOnce, because once it has been installed it will periodically check to see if there is an updated version available.

I have called the project ValidationExplorer, and it will be extended in later chapters to provide enhanced capabilities.

I decided to use Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) to create the UI elements wherever possible because it has become my preference over the last few years. Visio is a COM application, therefore the WPF elements have to be hosted within a WinForm control. The effort is worth it though, because of the superior data-binding and UI element flexibility.

Programming in WPF promotes the adoption of a data-driven model, rather than the event-driven model more common in WinForm applications. A programming guide pattern called...

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