Creating storyboard shapes

Question

Hi,

I would like to create custom shapes like those included with the Visual Studio 11 beta Storyboard plug-in.

These shapes appear to have rules about their behavior during resizing. For example, the Dropdown shape in the Common group of controls, has these resize behaviors:

* resize width only

* do not resize text

* do not resize the triangle near the right side of the shape

* maintain a constant gap width between the triangle and the right side of the control

Is there documentation on creating shapes with resizing rules?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Hi TB_MSDN,

Thank you for your question.

I am trying to involve someone familiar with this topic to further look at this issue. There might be some time delay. Appreciate your patience.

Thank you for your understanding and support.

Best Regards,

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Cathy Kong [MSFT]
MSDN Community Support | Feedback to us

Answer 2

Hi,

I don't see VS 11 beta Storyboard plug in, would you tell us where do you get the plug in? This will help people understand the situation.

thanks.

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Forrest Guo | MSDN Community Support | Feedback to manager

Answer 3

Hi,

I hope this link will help you:

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/bharry/archive/2012/05/31/a-community-for-storyboard-shapes.aspx

You also have  Visual Studio Gallery for Storyboard Shapes:

 http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/site/search?f%5B0%5D.Type=SearchText&f%5B0%5D.Value=storyboard&f%5B1%5D.Type=RootCategory&f%5B1%5D.Value=StoryboardShapes&f%5B1%5D.Text=Storyboard%20Shapes

Best Regards,

Ivan

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Ivan Kardum
PMP, MCSD, MCPD, MCTS:TFS
Blog: Kardum Software Development Storyboard
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Answer 4

Thanks Ivan. The first link does help.

If I understand correctly, the resizing behavior is described through metadata.

The metadata "...is just entered as notes on the PowerPoint slides containing your authored shapes."

The second part is a bit opaque. I expect the description of resizing behavior must follow a predetermined format. Are there examples of metadata describing resizing behavior?