LibreOffice support for MS-Visio Stencils/Templates and Shapes ?

[Maarten Hoes]

Hi,


I was wondering if LibreOffice (master) is currently supposed to have
support for Microsoft Visio Stencils (.vss) and Templates (.vst) ?

When I open one of these stencils in MS-Visio, I get a blank file onto
which I can drag and drop all of the shapes that are included in the
stencil. The shapes that are included in the file are displayed in a
separate window. [In essence, a stencil (.vss file) is a collection of
shapes associated with a particular Microsoft Office Visio template (.vst
file).]

When I open up one of these in LibreOffice i do get the blank new file, but
not the window that has the shapes that are included.

Is there supposed to be support for MS-Visio and Stencils/Templates and
Shapes in LibreOffice, or should I file an enhancement request for this ?


Thanks,


- Maarten

[Maarten Hoes]

Hi,

In case it turns out to be a feature request: There's an article on
blogs.msdn.com describing the (little) differences between a Visio Drawing
(.vsd), Visio Stencil (.vss) and Visio Template (.vst).

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visio/archive/2006/05/30/608089.aspx


- Maarten

Post by Maarten Hoes
Hi,
I was wondering if LibreOffice (master) is currently supposed to have
support for Microsoft Visio Stencils (.vss) and Templates (.vst) ?
When I open one of these stencils in MS-Visio, I get a blank file onto
which I can drag and drop all of the shapes that are included in the
stencil. The shapes that are included in the file are displayed in a
separate window. [In essence, a stencil (.vss file) is a collection of
shapes associated with a particular Microsoft Office Visio template (.vst
file).]
When I open up one of these in LibreOffice i do get the blank new file,
but not the window that has the shapes that are included.
Is there supposed to be support for MS-Visio and Stencils/Templates and
Shapes in LibreOffice, or should I file an enhancement request for this ?
Thanks,
- Maarten

[Robinson Tryon]

Post by Maarten Hoes
Hi,

See https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58425
Bug 58425 - LibreOffice Draw program doesn't correctly open .vss files (NEW)

Post by Maarten Hoes
There's an article on
blogs.msdn.com describing the (little) differences between a Visio Drawing
(.vsd), Visio Stencil (.vss) and Visio Template (.vst).

One comment mentions 'vsd', but no mention of 'vst'. If they're
similar beasts, it might be helpful to add a brief comment to the bug
and include both extensions, so that others after you can easily find
this bug when searching bugzilla.

Danke,
--R

Post by Maarten Hoes
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visio/archive/2006/05/30/608089.aspx

URL could be helpful

Post by Maarten Hoes

Post by Maarten Hoes
Hi,
I was wondering if LibreOffice (master) is currently supposed to have
support for Microsoft Visio Stencils (.vss) and Templates (.vst) ?
When I open one of these stencils in MS-Visio, I get a blank file onto
which I can drag and drop all of the shapes that are included in the
stencil. The shapes that are included in the file are displayed in a
separate window. [In essence, a stencil (.vss file) is a collection of
shapes associated with a particular Microsoft Office Visio template (.vst
file).]
When I open up one of these in LibreOffice i do get the blank new file,
but not the window that has the shapes that are included.
Is there supposed to be support for MS-Visio and Stencils/Templates and
Shapes in LibreOffice, or should I file an enhancement request for this ?
Thanks,
- Maarten

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[Maarten Hoes]

Hi,


I submitted an enhancement request for this in bugzilla:
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=89469


- Maarten.