Database Reference
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Appendix
What's New in Visio
Services 2013
This appendix provides a useful overview of features that are new or changed in the
current version of Visio Services—Visio Services 2013—for those who are familiar with
Visio Services 2010.
Compatibility
Visio Services 2013 can render diagrams created both in Visio 2010 as well as Visio
2013. The major difference is the file format. Visio Services 2010 needed a specific file
format called visio drawing file (.vdw) to render data-driven diagrams on SharePoint
2010 platform. The standard drawing file was .vdx then. However, Visio 2013 files will be
saved now as .vsdx file and this one file will support natively what two files did in the last
version. One important note with the new file format is that it does not support macros.
In Chapter 4, you saved the file in .vdx format rather than vsdx for this very same reason;
it does not support macros. In Visio 2013, the new file format to save the files that have
macros is the new 'visio macro-enabled drawing' (.vsdm).
This feature is available in both on-premise and SharePoint Online versions.
Commenting
Visio Services 2013 now supports comment on the document. This enables users
to collaborate on a single diagram and share and exchange comments, as shown in
Figure
A-1
. Notice that this feature will not be available for diagrams created in
Visio 2010 client.
