VSS File Viewer for Python
Native VSS document viewer using server-side Python APIs.
Aspose.Diagram for Python
Overview
How to View VSS File Using Python
In order to view VSS file, we’ll use
API which is a feature-rich, powerful and easy to use conversion API for Python platform. You can download its latest version directly from
Steps to View VSS via Python
Aspose.Diagram makes it easy for the developers to view the VSS file with just few lines of code.
- Load VSS file with an instance of Diagram class
- Call the Diagram.save method with SaveFileFormat.HTML as parameters
- Load resultant HTML in default browser via Process.Start
System Requirements
Aspose.Diagram for Python is platform-independent API and can be used on any platform (Windows, Linux and MacOS), just make sure that system have Java 1.8 or higher, Python 3.5 or higher.
- Install Java and add it to PATH environment variable, for example:
PATH=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_131;. - Install Aspose.Diagram for Python from pypi, use command as:
$ pip install aspose-diagram.
Python code to view VSS
// load VSS file via an instance of Diagram
diagram = Aspose.Diagram.Diagram("template.vss");
// convert VSS to HTML format then load resultant HTML in default browser
diagram.save(output, Aspose.Diagram.SaveFileFormat.HTML);
About Aspose.Diagram for Python 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.Free App to View VSS
Check our live demos to View VSS with following benefits.
VSS What is VSS File Format?
VSS are stencil files created with Microsoft Visio 2007 and earlier. A relatively new file format is .VSSX that was introduced with Microsoft Visio 2013. Stencil files provide drawing objects that can be included in a .VSD Visio drawing. Microsoft Visio itself is known for creating drawing elements such as collection of shapes, connectors, flowcharts, network layout, UML diagrams, software diagrams, database models, objects mapping and other similar information. It also has rich conversion features of Visio documents to other file formats such as PNG, BMP, PDF and others. Visio is available for both Windows and Mac OS.
Read MoreOther Supported Viewer Formats
Using Python, One can also view many other file formats including.