Author: Lou Syracuse
Posted: 2011-01-31 at 13:54:42
Mostly flowcharts, org-chart type stuff. We don't have a line of
documentation around here, a big change from Premier where EVERYTHING is
documented (except SQL table structures lol).
I played a little bit with Dia, wasn't thrilled but I was under the gun
time-wise and may not have given it enough time. Inkscape looks like a neat
graphics program, a little more than I need for charting though. I'll take
another look at Dia later this week.
Visio is a beast so I'm not expecting to find a full-featured replacement.
I've found that trying to chart some of the (not-so-wonderfully-written)
existing code I'm working with is a big help in understanding it (so I can
re-write it).
Thanks for the tips,
Lou
-----Original Message-----
From: profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com [mailto:profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com] On
Behalf Of Ted Roche
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 10:28 AM
To: profoxtech@leafe.com
Subject: Re: [NF] Another Alternative to Open Office
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 12:36 PM, Lou Syracuse <lous@iconmediadirect.com>
wrote:
> What I need is a good alternative to Visio.
>
> I would LOVE to use it, but my company won't buy it and the IT Director
> won't let me use the MSDN license for it so it sits unused. And I can't
> afford a license for it on my own...
>
> Lou
Not a one-to-one drop-in replacement, but I've had success with
OpenOffice.org's Draw program for the simpler diagrams and Dia and
Inkscape for more sophisticated stuff.
Be aware that Visio is like an elephant; a very different beast
depending on your perspective. It does flow charts, org charts,
network discovery and mapping, business rule processing, etc. It has
its own proprietary format, which even Visio has trouble reading at
times. The XML version of its format is somewhat more compatible, but
it's been catch-as-catch-can with interoperability with it, too.
So, what is it you'd like to do with Visio?
--
Ted Roche
Ted Roche & Associates, LLC
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