Microsoft Visio Plug-in at a Glance 

Recall that the flow diagram representing a workflow is designed using a Microsoft Visio plug-in that is loaded automatically when you edit the Workflow field of a workflow record.

Specifically, when you double-click on the Workflow field, MDM launches Microsoft Visio for editing the flow diagram representing the workflow, using a custom MDM workflow stencil that contains each of the MDM workflow objects, as shown in the figure below.

Microsoft Visio with the MDM workflow plug-in features the familiar three-pane structure typical of the Win32 MDM applications:

·        Workflow Stencil pane. The left pane contains the collection of Visio shapes corresponding to workflow step types and connectors.

·        Visio drawing pane. The top-right pane contains the Visio drawing representing the MDM workflow.

·        Step Properties pane. The bottom-right pane contains the properties of the step selected in the Visio drawing.

When a step shape is selected in the Microsoft Visio drawing (top-right pane), the Step Properties pane (bottom-right) contains a grid with a list of properties for the step.