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The Microsoft Visio 2016 Software Development Kit (SDK) contains the latest documentation, samples, header files, libraries, and tools that you need to develop custom solutions for Visio 2016.

• The Visio 2016 SDK contains the following items to help you develop custom solutions for Visio 2016:
  Code samples
  • Code Samples Library—Provides a database of reusable Visio code samples.
  • Flowchart sample application—Shows how to create a Component Object Model (COM) add-in that automates the creation of a flowchart drawing from an Excel spreadsheet.
  • TreeView sample application—Shows how to create a hierarchical drawing and its accompanying tree view in Visio.
  • Office Plan sample application—Shows how you can use the Visio 2016 Drawing Control to create an application that takes advantage of the drawing features of Visio 2016 in a Microsoft Windows Form.
  • Sample Visual Studio 2012 project – Sample project that can be used a template for VSL applications.
  • VSTO Add-in sample application—Shows how to create an add-in, based on Microsoft Office development tools in Microsoft Visual Studio 2012, that includes custom Visio content and is deployed by using ClickOnce installation.
  Note: The Office development tools in Visual Studio were known as the Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO) in previous versions of Visual Studio.
  
  Tools
  • Persistent Events tool—Provides a user interface that lets you add persistent events in an active Visio document and modify existing persistent events.
  • Event Monitor tool—Monitors and reports events that are raised by an instance of Visio, so you can debug a solution that handles events.
  • Print ShapeSheet tool—Provides a user interface that enables you to print the contents of a ShapeSheet.
  • Solution Publishing tool—Lets you add Visio-specific entries to the PublishComponent table of a Windows Installer (.msi) file for publishing custom Visio content.
  
  Type libraries
  The Visio SDK provides three type libraries that Visio 2016 exposes. In addition, it provides support files to help C++ developers automate Visio.
  
  Documentation
  The Visio SDK contains the Visio Automation Reference, Save as Web Reference, ShapeSheet Reference, Viewer Reference, and XML Schema Reference.

Files

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File	Size
visiosdk_4288-1001_x64_en-us.exe SHA1: 88f0943ae530dde467b8ea4716a41fa8eb75cd93	7.66 MB
visiosdk_4288-1001_x86_en-us.exe SHA1: 92ef356acd910cb2b4fe0c4caa7e89e166a94616	6.93 MB

File sizes and hashes are retrieved from the Wayback Machine’s indexes. They may not match the latest versions of files hosted on Microsoft servers.

• This download works with the following program:
  Microsoft Visio 2016

• To install this downloadThe Visio 2016 SDK is available in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions. Each contains a different version of the Persistent Events tool, the Event Monitor tool, and the Print ShapeSheet tool. To run the 32-bit versions of the tools, you must have 32-bit Visio 2016 MSI installed on your computer. To run the 64-bit versions, you must have 64-bit Visio 2016 MSI installed. To download the SDK, use the following instructions:
  
  1.Download the file by clicking the Download button for the appropriate SDK version and saving the file to your hard disk.
  2.Double-click the visiosdk_4288-1001_x86_en-us.exe or visiosdk_4288-1001_x64_en-us.exe program file on your hard disk to start the setup program.
  3.Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation.
  
  Instructions for use:
  After installation, refer to the included documentation and tools for use of the SDK.
  
  To remove this download
  •To remove the download file, delete the visiosdk_4288-1001_x86_en-us.exe or visiosdk_4288-1001_x64_en-us.exe file from your hard disk
  •To remove the installed files, use Control Panel to uninstall Microsoft Visio 2016 SDK.