Finding Drawing control in Microsoft Visio 2010- 64-bit version

Asked By echua 40 points N/A Posted on - 03/15/2012

I can not find the drawing control in the COM Components tab, as a result it is not possible for me to add the drawing control to a windows form application. How can I solve this issue?

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Answered By Kanhai Else 0 points N/A #103416

Finding Drawing control in Microsoft Visio 2010- 64-bit version

Download Microsoft Visio 2010 Viewer from the link below:

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=21701

Go to Display Settings tab of the Properties and Settings and then click on Layer Settings tab and click Markup Settings tab.

It supports Visio binary (.vsd) and XML (.vdx) files. Visio Viewer is applied as an ActiveX control that opens and execute the  Visio drawings from within Internet Explorer.

System requirements:

Supported Operating Systems: Windows 7, Windows Server 2003 R2 (32-Bit x86), Windows Server 2003 R2 x64 editions, Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2, Windows Vista Service Pack 1, Windows Vista Service Pack 2, Windows XP Service Pack 3, Microsoft Internet Explorer 5, 6, 7, or 8.

Download the file and then double-click the exe file. Follow the on-screen instructions.

 

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Answered By Soriano Xone 0 points N/A #103417

Finding Drawing control in Microsoft Visio 2010- 64-bit version

These occurs firmly because the Visual Studio designer does not support 64-bit ActiveX controls and because the 64-bit version of Visio 2010 only works with the 64-bit version of the Microsoft Office Visio 14.0 drawing control hence the drawing control cannot be initiated. Install the 32-bit version of Visio 2010 on a computer.

To solve this issue, first of all, please install the 32-bit version of Visio 2010 on a computer.  Then add the 32-bit version of the Microsoft Office Visio 14.0 drawing control to the Windows Form application in Visual Studio. Please be sure that all the necessary design changes to the drawing control.

Another thing to do is to move the Visual Studio project to a computer that has the 64-bit version of Visio 2010 installed. The drawing control cannot be seen in the Windows Form application. This is the expected.  Afterwards, reconfigure the project to target the 64-bit platform. For more information about how to configure a project to target platforms, you could then visit the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) web site.

Use the 64-bit version of the MSBuild.exe tool to build the solution if the AxVisOcx wrapper assembly for the drawing control cannot be created by building the solution. To do this, follow these steps:

 

1. Click Start, click All Programs, and then click Accessories.
2. Right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as administrator.
3. At the command prompt, type the following command, and then press ENTER: cd solution_path

 

To build the solution, type the following command, and then press ENTER: MSBuild_PathMSBuild.exe solution_name.

Lastly, in integrated development environment build a setup projects in the Visual Studio.

 

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Answered By echua 40 points N/A #103418

Finding Drawing control in Microsoft Visio 2010- 64-bit version

Thank you Kanhai Else and Soriano Xone. Thank you for your responses regarding the drawing control in the COM Components tab. You both are of great help. Keep it up TechyV!

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