Change Compare for VISIO

"AlEdlund" <edlund.DeleteThis@ameritech.net> wrote in message
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> One alternative is to save both as .vdx (xml) files and then use a text
> compare tool.
> al
> "LeeAnn" <LeeAnn.DeleteThis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:9D58EEB2-0FFE-4C8F-84B0-623BE97BD1D4@microsoft.com...
>>I need to compare two VISIO document and list out the differences between
>>the
>> two. I did not find any Out of the Box (OOTB) capability in VISIO to do
>> this. Are you aware of any 3rd party OOTB tools that will provide this
>> capability?
>>
>> -Thanks
>> Lee Ann


My text compare program of choice is Word and it's compare documents
function.

John...

On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:46:16 -0700, LeeAnn
<LeeAnn DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I need to compare two VISIO document and list out the differences between the
>two. I did not find any Out of the Box (OOTB) capability in VISIO to do
>this. Are you aware of any 3rd party OOTB tools that will provide this
>capability?

Please have a look at my
http://www.visio-utilities.sandrila.co.uk/

which can do document/page/shape compare.
Comparing within Visio is very different to comparing in Excel and
Word, you could have two Visio documents that look and act identically
but so different internally that any sensible comparision was next to
impossible.


--
Regards, Paul Herber, Sandrila Ltd.
Visio Utilities http://www.visio-utilities.sandrila.co.uk/

Hi,

I'm using Visio 2003 and am facing the same problem as Lee Ann.

I saved both the documents in vdx format and then attempted to compare the
same using the "Compare and Merge" functionality in Word. While it shows me
what changes have occurred it is not possible to interpret what these changes
are. Word displays gibberish with some readable text at the beginning which
was the file properties. Is there any way to decipher what is displayed and
what has changed?



"John... Visio MVP" wrote:

> "AlEdlund" <edlund DeleteThis @ameritech.net> wrote in message
> news:A746A3E6-73D6-4644-96A5-AEEAB7C014D8@microsoft.com...
> > One alternative is to save both as .vdx (xml) files and then use a text
> > compare tool.
> > al
> > "LeeAnn" <LeeAnn DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:9D58EEB2-0FFE-4C8F-84B0-623BE97BD1D4@microsoft.com...
> >>I need to compare two VISIO document and list out the differences between
> >>the
> >> two. I did not find any Out of the Box (OOTB) capability in VISIO to do
> >> this. Are you aware of any 3rd party OOTB tools that will provide this
> >> capability?
> >>
> >> -Thanks
> >> Lee Ann
>
>
> My text compare program of choice is Word and it's compare documents
> function.
>
> John...
>

On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:20:01 -0700, alphaorionis <alphaorionis.RemoveThis@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I'm using Visio 2003 and am facing the same problem as Lee Ann.

Would you care to try my:
http://www.visio-utilities.sandrila.co.uk/
which has various Visio compare features, shapes, pages and documents.


--
Regards, Paul Herber, Sandrila Ltd.
Electronics for Visio http://www.electronics.sandrila.co.uk/
Electrical for Visio http://www.electrical.sandrila.co.uk/
Electronics Packages for Visio http://www.electronics-packages.sandrila.co.uk/

I use a rather verbose version of a shapesheet dump I created and then do a
similar document compare. I have had issues with working with clients who
insist that they never changed the stencil. Being able to quote the changes
or at least have the peace of mind of knowing what was changed is a big
asset.

One of these days, I will make the verbose shapesheet dump publicly
available, but for now it is held together with bailing wire and is not
mature enough to leave the house.

John... Visio MVP
"alphaorionis" <alphaorionis.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:654423C0-1C62-49F9-8847-744B47C3209D@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> I'm using Visio 2003 and am facing the same problem as Lee Ann.
>
> I saved both the documents in vdx format and then attempted to compare the
> same using the "Compare and Merge" functionality in Word. While it shows
> me
> what changes have occurred it is not possible to interpret what these
> changes
> are. Word displays gibberish with some readable text at the beginning
> which
> was the file properties. Is there any way to decipher what is displayed
> and
> what has changed?
>
>
>
> "John... Visio MVP" wrote:
>
>> "AlEdlund" <edlund.TakeThisOut@ameritech.net> wrote in message
>> news:A746A3E6-73D6-4644-96A5-AEEAB7C014D8@microsoft.com...
>> > One alternative is to save both as .vdx (xml) files and then use a text
>> > compare tool.
>> > al
>> > "LeeAnn" <LeeAnn.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > news:9D58EEB2-0FFE-4C8F-84B0-623BE97BD1D4@microsoft.com...
>> >>I need to compare two VISIO document and list out the differences
>> >>between
>> >>the
>> >> two. I did not find any Out of the Box (OOTB) capability in VISIO to
>> >> do
>> >> this. Are you aware of any 3rd party OOTB tools that will provide
>> >> this
>> >> capability?
>> >>
>> >> -Thanks
>> >> Lee Ann
>>
>>
>> My text compare program of choice is Word and it's compare documents
>> function.
>>
>> John...
>>