Hi,
PdfExporter creates a PDF markup element corresponding to each low-level GDI+ primitive used when drawing nodes. E.g. there are PDF line for GDI+ line, arc for arc, text for text, etc objects created, so visual fidelity is pretty close.
On the other hand, VisioExporter creates high-level objects from the Visio's standard stencils that look close enough to the nodes and links in the diagram, but there's no guarantee for exact correspondence.
Quote:The title is not complete.
What is the large rectangle at the top with the partial title? Shouldn't the title appear in the smaller rectangle just above the diagram?
The lane grid is exported as Visio's Functional Band object. The title of the Functional Band actually comes from the VisioExporter.LaneGridTitle property rather than from the grid's column header. The rectangles are title and subtitle bars of the Functional Band object. There's no way of displaying column headers there while row headers are shown too (otherwise you can change header positions along with lane directions by toggling the ExportLanes property between Horizontal and Vertical). If you need to get exactly the same appearance of the LaneGrid when exported to Visio, I suppose you could replace it in a temporary diagram with a bunch of rectangular ShapeNodes corresponding to the grid cells, and then export that temporary diagram.
Quote:The text on the connectors is not centered like the pdf.
Connectors should enter the left of shape 5.1, not the top
VisioExporter exports in Visio2003 XML format, and it seems Visio2010 does not import the link points correctly from it. Below is a screenshot of my exported test diagram shown in 2003 and 2010 versions side by side. I suppose our developers will have to create a new VisioExporter version that exports in 2010 format to improve that; until then you'd better use Visio 2003 to see the proper link shapes.
Quote:There is a shadow on the swim lane header text (not desired) and there are no shadows on the nodes (desired)
VisioExporter doesn't do anything with shadows at this time. If you see any shadows, they probably come from the default appearance of the Visio shapes used.
Quote:The shapes appear similar to the original, except 3.3 (bottom lane) which is just a rectangle. Is there any way to have the shapes the same as the ones in NetDiagram?
What is its Id if it's from built-in shapes, or is it a custom one?
Stoyan
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