Visio 2003 Solution Center

Programming

How to use OLE automation in Visio
Describes how to automate Visio from another program by using Visual Basic or Visual Basic for Applications. Includes VBA examples to demonstrate this behavior.
How to apply Windows XP themes to Office COM add-ins
Explains how to select and apply Windows XP colors schemes to customize the appearance of COM add-ins for Visio 2003. Includes sample Visual C++ 6.0 codes and Visual Studio .NET codes.
How to use the Visio 2003 and Visio 2007 Resource Kit Tools to disable Visio menu items on a client computer
Describes how to use the Visio 2003 and Visio 2007 Resource Kit Tools to disable Visio menu items on a client computer.

Office 2003 Update: Redistributable Primary Interop Assemblies is available for download
Describes the Office 2003 Primary Interop Assemblies (PIAs) redistributable that contains the Primary Interop Assemblies for Office 2003 products.
An Office 2003 program unexpectedly quits with an unrecoverable error when the program is started by another program that is running under a non-interactive account
Describes an issue in which an Office 2003 program quits with an unrecoverable error when you run it from a service. Provides a hotfix.
Considerations for server-side Automation of Office
Developers can use Automation in Microsoft Office to build custom solutions that use the capabilities and the features that are built into the Office product. Although such programmatic development can be implemented on a client system with relative...