Annotating Visio Object Properties Into A Text Field

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I am using Visio, and intelligent object nodes to diagram a network problem. I have the Standard addition of VIsio, and it does NOT include the Label Shapes Add-On I needed, so this is a sort of crufty workaround.
Show IP addresses on your network diagrams

The Label Shapes add-on was originally developed for the building plan templates, but it also works well with the new network diagram templates in Visio 2003. For example, you can use the Label Shapes add-on to show the IP addresses of devices in your network diagrams.


Your only alternative is the Reports option, which with filters, and a modified Form Almost does what label shapes should do.

Mai-lan's Visio Blog : Summary Reporting on Shape Properties in a Visio Diagram

Visio shapes often host properties in which users add details about the shape. For example, a network server shape in Visio 2003 lets you store IP address, server location, MAC address, and other information about the server. (You can access Shape Properties for a shape by right-clicking on the shape, and selecting the Properties entry.) [...]

In many situations, you may need to get that data out of shape properties to use for some task that requires you to see all of the data in your diagram at one time. For example, you might want to export all the network information in your network diagram’s shape properties into an Excel spreadsheet to cross-check against a report from a corporate asset tracking system. Or you might want to export the details like Status and Owner on the steps of an insurance process flowchart to a Web page to post on an intranet for your team to view.

Visio gives the option to export data from shape properties into an Excel spreadsheet, an XML document, an HTML Web page or a Visio table shape on the page.

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