Display Diagram Information on Diagram
Diagram info shape is a table for displaying diagram information. Information displayed in a diagram info shape is linked with the diagram's specification. You may add more items to the info shape in order to add more useful information for a diagram.
- Download the attached project of this tutorial beforehand.
- Open the project with VP-UML.
- Right click on the diagram background of Internet Shopping and select Open Specification... from the pop-up menu.

- Enter documentation in the Business Process Diagram Specification dialog box. Click OK button.

- Select Diagram Info from the diagram toolbar and click it on the diagram where you want to insert the diagram info shape.

- Furthermore, you can add more items for the diagram. Right click on the diagram info shape and select Add Item from the pop-up menu.

- Enter Version as the new item and 1.1 as the version. The following is the completed diagram info shape:

Resources
- Internet Shopping.vpp
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Comments (4)
written by Marty on December 16, 2011
You've hit the ball out the park! Incerdible!
written by Sylvain Gautier on March 30, 2012
How can we use other Diagram info properties as ${documentation} ?
written by Jick Yeung (VP) on April 2, 2012
Hi Sylvain,
Thank you for your post. Currently we only support showing documentation and project management properties in the info shape. May I know what kind of properties do you want us to support?
written by Sylvain Gautier on April 2, 2012
Rain answer to us : http://knowhow.visual-paradigm.com/technical-support/diagram-info-prj-management-props/