How to enable “Create Visio Diagram” in a Custom list?

Question

It seems like the "Create Visio Diagram" button, located in the "Connect & Export" section under List ribbon, only works for Task list and Calendar list types. I am looking for a way to enable the button on a Custom list.

(Laura Rogers shows how to use the button in Task list here: http://www.sharepoint911.com/blogs/laura/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=62)

Once the button is enabled, I will need to map the list columns to objects in Visio. Is this done programatically (using Visio SDK) entirely?

Please let me know. Any help or direction will be greately appreciated. Thank you in advance.

Answer 1

Not every action is applicable to every list or library type within SharePoint and this might be one of those cases. You could try to use one of those base lists types, get rid of the default contant type and add your own content type to the list and see if that nets the desired affect.