Dia as replacement for Visio

[Rob Hudson]

Does dia support macros? I use visio extensively for prototyping and
rely on the programming aspect to intelligently drop screen artifacts.

On 12/31/06, Jay Maechtlen <techwriter at covad.net> wrote:
> Tara Charter wrote:
> > Has anyone successfully replaced Visio with Dia? When I download the
> files, I cannot find anything
> > that appears to be an executable.
> >
> I ass/u/me you're running Windows...
>  From the page
> http://dia-installer.sourceforge.net/download.php
>
> You download the GTK installer and the DIA installation package, which
> are both zip files.
> The DIA installer zip contains only the installer exe file- not too hard
> to find.
> If you are running Win XP, Explorer will let you look in zip files and
> run stuff from them easily.
> If other Windows, then there are many free/FOSS archve programs available.
>
> I've played with Dia a bit, and find it less than impressive.
> It does work, but seems to have substantial limitations.
>
> While the other mentioned OSS is arguably "good enough" for most
> purposes, I think Dia has a ways to go.
> Rebuttals or enlightenment welcome....
>
> Regards
> Jay
>
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Rob Hudson
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