When you run the Microsoft Office 2003 Custom Installation Wizard to create a new Microsoft Office Visio 2003 transform file (*.mst), drawing types are labeled as Solutions in the Set Feature Installation States pane of the Custom Installation Wizard.

Note In Visio 2003, Solutions are named Drawing Types.

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A Visio 2003 solution is a combination of Visio shapes and programs that model the real world and solve drawing problems. A Visio solution typically includes shapes that you can drag onto the drawing page to quickly create a drawing; templates for new drawings that predefine the drawing size and drawing scale; and programs that help create the drawing, analyze the drawing, or transfer information between the drawing and external data sources.

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This behavior is by design.

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To help you create solutions, the Visio development environment provides the following:

•	The ShapeSheet spreadsheet. With this spreadsheet you can create formulas for specific shape appearance and behavior. To view the ShapeSheet, open your Visio drawing (based on a Drawing Type), on the Window menu, click Show ShapeSheet.
•	Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). With VBA you can create macros and control Visio by using Automation. To create a VBA macro, open your Visio drawing, and then do one of the following: • On the Tools menu, point to Macros, and then click Macros. -or- • Press ALT+F11 to open the Microsoft Visual Basic Editor.
•	The Visio type library. This describes the objects, properties, methods, events, constants, and interfaces that Visio exposes to Automation clients. To view the Visio Type Library, open the Visual Basic Editor in Visio, and then click Object Browser on the View menu.

For more information about the Microsoft Office 2003 Custom Installation Wizard, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

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