Re: Combine a Visio Drawing with a Access Table or form.

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"Scott" <Scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi Al,
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> In the post below you mention writing code to do what the person was
> asking.
> We run into a similar situation, where as we have to update drawings then
> update a database on a very large scale on our network back-bone. I have
> been
> racking my brains trying to tie the two together. This would keep me from
> doing double the work.
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> My question to you, do you have any running examples of ways you have tied
> the data base and Visio together in a Rack, equipment, card, cross
> connections between racks/equipment?
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> Thanks for any help you can give,
> Scott
>
> "Al Edlund" wrote:
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>> That functionality is not standard so you would have to write code to do
>> it.
>> Curious on how many machine and card types you have to manage? Do you
>> also
>> require documenting cabling between the racks? I found it was easier for
>> me
>> to have a set of custom properties that I would populate when drawing the
>> racks (so the database is the master). The other thing was to modify a
>> rack
>> stencil object so that the connection points would map correctly, as well
>> as
>> the products I place in the rack. The very good news is that it appears
>> you've started with a structured naming system.
>> al
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>> "MacALF" <MacALF@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:0B0FA8BA-0121-43FE-94A1-92A94D3B1D45@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >I have a visio drawing of equipment in communications Racks. Each Card
>> >has
>> >a
>> > Field Position Index (FPI) Rack.Row.Card Number. or 1.1.1 to 22.8.8.
>> >
>> > I have an Access Database that contains all the data related to the
>> > FPI.
>> >
>> > How can I combine the two so I can click on a card and the data will be
>> > displayed either on a popup form or filter a data***?
>> >
>> > Remember I have over 500 cards so numbering each card in the diagram
>> > could
>> > be a long process.
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