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Aspose.Diagram for Java

Connect Visio shapes in Java

Connect visio shapes using server-side APIs without any software like Microsoft or Visio, Adobe PDF, etc.

 

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Overview

How to Connect visio shapes Using Java

In order to Connect visio shapes, we’ll use

Aspose.Diagram for Java

API which is a feature-rich, powerful and easy to use merger API for Java platform. You can download its latest version directly from

Maven

and install it within your Maven-based project by adding the following configurations to the pom.xml.

Repository


<repository>
<id>AsposeJavaAPI</id>
<name>Aspose Java API</name>
<url>https://repository.aspose.com/repo/</url>
</repository>

Dependency

<dependency>
<groupId>com.aspose</groupId>
<artifactId>aspose-diagram</artifactId>
<version>version of aspose-diagram API</version>
<classifier>jdk17</classifier>
</dependency>

Steps for Connect visio shapes in Java

Connect visio shapes with

Aspose.Diagram for Java

APIs can be done with just few lines of code.

  • Instantiating a Diagram object.(or->Load the Vsdx file with full path.)
  • Select Page via its index.
  • Use the connectShapesViaConnector method to Connect visio shapes in the selected page
  • Save diagram in vsdx format.

System Requirements

Aspose.Diagram for Java supports on all major platforms and Operating Systems. Please make sure that you have the following prerequisites.

  • Microsoft Windows or a compatible OS with Java Runtime Environment for JSP/JSF Application and Desktop Applications.
  • Get latest version of Aspose.Diagram for Java directly from Maven .
 

Connect shapes - Java

// For complete examples and data files, please go to `https://github.com/aspose-diagram/Aspose.Diagram-for-Java`

// The path to the documents directory.
String dataDir = Utils.getDataDir(DrawFlowChart.class);

 Diagram diagram = new Diagram(dataDir+"Drawing1.vsdx");
long shapeFromId = 2;

long shapeToId = 4;          

// access a particular page
Page page = diagram.getPages().getPage("Page-3");

// add shape
long connecter1Id = page.addShape(shape, "Dynamic connector");

// connect shapes
page.connectShapesViaConnector(shapeFromId, ConnectionPointPlace.RIGHT, shapeToId, ConnectionPointPlace.LEFT, connecter1Id);

// Save diagram
diagram.save(dataDir + "ConnectShapes_java.vsdx", SaveFileFormat.VSDX);
 

    • About Aspose.Diagram for Java API

    Aspose.Diagram is a Microsoft Visio document format manipulation API. One can easily load, create, modify, manipulate including daigram elements and convert Visio diagrams to other formats such as PDF, XPS, JPEG, PNG, BMP, TIFF, SVG, EMF and more. It is a standalone API and does not require Microsoft Visio or any other software to be installed.