Turning a shape into a tab control that displays pages of a Visio file

When a shape is linked to a view, a service, or an element, it can be turned into a tab control that displays all pages or specific pages of the Visio drawing linked to that view, service, or element.

Tip

• See also: Making a shape display a particular page of the current Visio drawing
• For an example, see Ziine > Visual Overview Design Examples view.

Configuring a tab control that displays all pages of a Visio drawing

Add a shape data field of type Options to the shape, and set its value to "InlineVdx".

If you want to apply the background of the shape to the tab control, add the option "ApplyShapeBackground".

InlineVdx|ApplyShapeBackground

To configure an alternative style for the tab controls, add the option "TabControlStyle=2".

InlineVdx|TabControlStyle=2

Configuring a tab control that displays specific pages of a Visio drawing

Create a shape, and add a shape data field to it of type VdxPage of which the value contains the list of pages to be visualized (separated by pipe characters).

In the following example, the shape will contain a tab control with three tabs (showing Page1, Page2 and Page3):

Page1|Page2|Page3

You can also add one additional level of subtabs. In the following example, the shape will contain a tab control with two main tabs (showing Page1 and Page2), and the second main tab (showing Page2) will have three subtabs (showing SubA, SubB and SubC):

Page1|Page2//SubA|Page2//SubB|Page2//Sub3

To fine-tune the way the tab control is displayed, a number of options can be used:

• Normally, the pages you specify in a tab control shape will also appear as pages of the main Visio file. If you do not want a page to appear as a page of the main Visio file, you can add a shape data item of type Options to that page, and set its value to "Hidden".

• If you want the tab control to inherit the background color from the shape that contains it, you can add a shape data item of type Options to the shape, and set its value to "ApplyShapeBackground".

• To configure an alternative style for the tab control, add a shape data field of type Options and set its value to "TabControlStyle=2".

  For example:

  Shape data field	Value
  VdxPage	First-Page|Second-Page
  Options	TabControlStyle=2