Visio Template Save Path

Question

I would like to make a Visio file (in this case, use an existing floor plan document) as a template, and have that template use a "save to" path different from the Vision application.

The end goal is that when I click a button on my MSAccess database that opens the Visio template file, that when I modify it and click the "Save As" button in Visio, it will take me to the correct folder.

I seem to recall (MANY years ago) in VB you could set the path for a database to save default reports to...is there something similar in Visio that I could set using VB that would only set that path when opening the file - leaving the default actions of Visio alone when creating or opening other documents?

Answer 1

Well, obviously, a template is just a special case of a standard drawing. The code would monitor events from the document and when it sees the appropriate event (beforedocumentsave, beforedocumentsaveas) intercept it and add your own

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms427234(v=office.12)

al

Answer 2

OK, I was thinking something similar.  Could I embed something in VB in the Visio Template?  If so, what command am I looking for?

Answer 3

You can't do it in Visio. You can do it in vba and save the vba in the document.

al