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Ifyou wanted to make a site available internally that views .vsdx files without installing the desktop version on every machine, serve the source code from a web server. The operation is client-side, you don't need any back-end running.

Just Store it on O365 or on OneDrive you will be able to view it (even from iOS using free Visio Viewer).If you want to view and modify you need Visio Plan P1 (5$/Month). Dont forget you will also be able to create new diagram directly from you browser.

The .vsdx is a new Microsoft Visio file format introduced in Visio 2013. In order to open it you should have supported Visio Installation. You can also open .vsdx file using some online tools like Lucidchart. Signup for the trial account, in the dashboard go to File -> Import Diagram -> Visio File. After importing you can also edit a diagram as per your need and can then again export it to Visio File.

Learn about the new file format in Visio 2013, explore some high-level concepts for working with the Visio 2013 file format programmatically, and create a simple console application that examines a Visio 2013 file.

Visio 2013 introduces a new file format (.vsdx) for Visio that replaces the Visio binary file format (.vsd) and Visio XML Drawing file format (.vdx). Because the Visio 2013 file format is based upon Open Packaging Conventions and XML, developers who are familiar with these technologies can quickly learn how to work with Visio 2013 files programmatically. Developers who are familiar with the Visio XML Drawing file format (.vdx) from previous versions of Visio can find many of the same XML structures within the parts of .vsdx file format. Interoperability with Visio files is greatly increased since third-party software can manipulate Visio files at a file format level. The Visio 2013 file format is supported on Visio Services in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013, without the need of an "intermediary" file format for publishing to SharePoint Server.

This article contains only a brief overview of the Open Packaging Conventions. You can find more detailed coverage of the conventions in other articles:For more information about the Open Packaging Conventions themselves, see OPC: A New Standard for Packaging Your Data.For more information about the Open Packaging Conventions and their use in Microsoft Office files, see Essentials of the Open Packaging Conventions and Introducing the Office (2007) Open XML File Formats.

As started earlier, Visio 2013 files are ZIP containers or "packages" that hold other files (called "package parts") within them. A package part can be an XML file, an image, even a VBA solution. The parts within the package can be further divided into two broad categories, "document parts" and "relationship parts." The document parts contain the actual content and metadata of the Visio file, like the name of the file, the first page and all of the shapes that it contains, and even the data connections for the shapes. Images and text files within the package are considered document parts. Relationship parts are described in more detail later in this article.

If you open a Visio 2013 file using a ZIP utility, you can probably see several folders contained inside of the ZIP package. You can even manipulate these sub-addresses like folders using a ZIP utility. However, these "folders" represent sub-addresses within the ZIP package, not actual folders. You cannot use the programmatic equivalents of folders to work with these sub-addresses in your solution.

The relationship parts (which end with the extension "*.rels" and are stored in a "_rels" folder) describe how the parts within the package relate to each other and provide the structure of the file. A standalone XML document uses the parent/child relationship of elements to determine the relationship of entities to each other. Other files may use other hierarchies or file folder structure to describe the interaction of content in the file. For the Visio 2013 file format, the package is a valid Visio file if it contains the correct set of parts and the package contains the relationships between the parts.

Relationship parts are XML documents that describe the relationships between different document parts within the package. They define an association between two items: a specified source (defined by the name and location of the relationship file) and a specified target document part. For example, relationship parts are used to describe which shape masters are associated with the file, how pages relate to the file and to each other, or how images and objects relate to a specific page.

The largest difference between the XML Drawing Format and the Visio 2013 file format is the packaging. An XML Drawing Format file could be manipulated like a normal stand-alone XML; the Visio 2013 file format must be manipulated as a package. In the Visio 2013, the XML has been divided up into parts for easier consumption. Another noticeable change is that the Visio 2013 file format stores all document properties in document parts described by the OPC standard (app.xml, core.xml, custom.xml).

However, there is one significant change that all Visio developers must be aware of: the introduction of the Cell, Row, and Section elements. In the XML Drawing File Format schema, individual rows and cells in the ShapeSheet are represented by named elements. For example, imagine that you have a document with a single page that contains a shape with a PinX value of "2" (meaning that the rotation pin of the shape is 2 inches from the left edge of the drawing). The relevant markup for that setting in the XML Drawing File Format is shown in the following code.

As explained above, the Visio 2013 file format leverages several well-understood technologies like ZIP files and XML to store data. To manipulate a Visio 2013 drawing at the file level, a solution need only to use the .NET Framework namespaces and classes associated with working with ZIP files or XML, like System.IO.Packaging or System.Xml.

The key benefit to developers of the Visio 2013 file format is that you can read and write to Visio 2013 files without automating the Visio client application. Some scenarios that you might consider as a developer for working with Visio 2013 file format include:

The most basic and fundamental task for any developer working with the Visio 2013 file format is opening the file as a package and then accessing individual parts within the package. The System.IO.Packaging.Package in the WindowsBase.dll contains many classes that enable you to open and manipulate packages and parts.

I can display them as .png files and they look perfect, but then I can't edit them as Visio files from Confluence. If they are displayed as Visio files (.vsdx) they are very blurry and difficult to read, although I can then edit them in Visio.

(Side note: there is a feature request open for this functionality that you can vote and comment on: CONFSERVER-27877. Be sure to watch the ticket for any updates on the feature from our product team!)

One of my customers wants to be able to view local .vsdx files in Edge as they did in IE before. Edge does start in IE mode, and the file is no longer being blocked. However the file opens as a blanc tab.

A VSDX file is a drawing created by Microsoft Visio, an application for creating drawings and technical illustrations. It stores shapes, lines, text, and other objects arranged together on a free-form canvas. VSDX files are typically used for saving flowcharts, process diagrams, organizational charts, and other types of drawings.

Microsoft introduced the VSDX format with the release of Visio 2013. It replaced the older .VSD binary format and .VDX XML format used by Visio 2010 and earlier. Visio 2013 and later versions still support VSD and VDX files.

The VSDX format uses Open Packaging Conventions (OPC), which is based on XML and uses a .ZIP container to package all the drawing contents. VSDX files can be classified as "archives" or "packages." They contain "document" parts, which include the content and metadata of the VSDX file, and "relationship" parts, which include images and text files.

Microsoft Visio is primarily used to create diagrams and store them in the VSDX file. Some other files used by Visio include the .VSDM file to store macro-enabled drawings, .VSTX files to store templates, .VSTM files to store macro-enabled templates, .VSSX files to store stencils, and .VSSM files to store macro-enabled stencils.

You can open, edit, save, and convert VSDX files with Microsoft Visio (Windows). You can also open VSDX files with Draw, which is included in the free LibreOffice suite (multiplatform), CS Odessa ConceptDraw PRO (multiplatform), Nektony VSD Viewer (macOS, Android, iOS), and the Google Chrome web browser (with the Free Visio Viewer extension installed).

If you do not have a program that supports the VSDX format you can still view the contents of a VSDX file by renaming the .vsdx extension to .zip and unzipping the file with Microsoft Windows Explorer (bundled with Windows) or Apple Archive Utility (bundled with macOS). Keep in mind that viewing the contents of a VSDX file using this method is not the same as viewing a VSDX file with an application that supports the format.

The FileInfo.com team has independently researched the Microsoft Visio Drawing file format and Mac, Windows, Linux, Android, and iOS apps listed on this page. Our goal is 100% accuracy and we only publish information about file types that we have verified.

Currently running Vault Professional 2024 and was wondering if there a way to change a Visio file extension .vsd to .vsdx on the same document in Vault? Currently, we have around 500 Visio drawings with the extension .vsd (older than 2016) linked within our drawings. However, due to the Air Force blocking the Trust Center on these files, we can no longer view or edit them. We would like to convert them to the new file extension .vsdx, but we do not want to lose the old history in Vault or have to relink all of the new extension Visio drawings. Is there a smooth way to accomplish this?

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