Chapter 3. Modifying Visio SmartShape Symbols and Groups of Symbols

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Protection Section Settings

• The Miscellaneous Section of the ShapeSheet

• The Diverse Format Sections of the ShapeSheet

• The Shape Layout Section of the ShapeSheet

• Grouping of SmartShapes Symbols

• Intershape and Innershape References

• Boolean Operations

As I stated earlier, certain actions a user or a developer can take can actually eradicate formulas and change values in a SmartShape symbol's ShapeSheet. We also looked at the GUARD() function as one method of working around this issue. Another method for ensuring that custom SmartShape symbols behave the way they were intended to is setting values in the Protection section of the ShapeSheet. In both Visio 5.0 and Visio 2000, there are 16 cells in the Protection section. They are