Development environment
Visimation's primary development environment consists of the following:
Graphics:
- Microsoft Visio Desktop
As a desktop product, Visio provides comprehensive features for drawing, formatting, linking to data, printing, and more. Visio also includes a very robust API (Application Programming Interface) that may be tailored in many ways, including:- Custom menus
- Custom toolbars
- Links to external data
- Wizards
- Dialogs
- Much more...
- Visio OCX (ActiveX Control)
The Visio OCX enables developers to embed a Visio drawing surface inside other applications. Quite often, Visio OCX implementations look different from Visio on the desktop. With the OCX, Visio provides drawing features within a browser* or in the user interface of other programs. All of Visio's features are available for the programmer to expose to the user in this way depending on design requirements. - SVG (Scaled Vector Graphics)
SVG is an open standard language for creating graphics. Sometimes an enterprise requires that its users have a drawing or diagramming surface in a Web browser without the need for installing a license for a product, like Visio, on every local workstation. In such cases, Visimation can build graphics capability similar to Visio, extending the custom Visio application to Web clients. - Other Graphics
If required, Visimation will support data from other graphics systems and formats, such as CAD (.dwg, .dxf) and images (.jpg, .gif, .wmf, etc.).
Programming:
- Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
- C#
- Visual Basic
- C++
Applications:
- Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, InfoPath)
- Microsoft SharePoint
Database:
- Microsoft SQL Server
- Microsoft Access
- Any other SQL or ODBC compliant enterprise database platform
Mapping:
- Microsoft MapPoint
Visimation integrates Visio diagrams with MapPoint as a "lite" GIS system. For example, a Visio schematic diagram may contain location data for objects, such as network nodes, that can be automatically displayed in MapPoint's geographical context.
Documentation:
- Adobe Acrobat
- Microsoft Word
Metadata:
- XML
Visimation makes extensive use of XML for exchanging data between Visio and other systems as well as for displaying data.
