> I use Excel to flow chart. Then code in assembler.
>
> Would love to be able to just flow chart and then have the code
> generated automatically from the flow chart. Anyone got this tool? Would
> be great if it supports the high end PIC chips such as 18Fxxx etc.
>
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>
> Roy
> Tauranga
> New Zealand


I've hope you've discovered the Connectors button in Excel  :-)  Most people use Arrows, so when they move the boxes, the lines
don't come along for the ride.  You see it a lot in Word docs, which didn't get connectors until XP.  So much for MS programmers
talking to each other.

I don't use Visio much (too lazy to take the time to learn it, bring back ABC Flowcharter), but it does it better, as it should.  In
Excel, draw two boxes side by side, and use a connector to join them.  Then swap their positions; depending on the connector used,
it will either loop around them, or draw the line straight thru.

In Visio, it can automatically shift the points where the line connects the boxes to get the shortest line.  When drawing a line
from one box to another, don't start from the points on the edge of the box, click in the middle.  When you reach the next box, do
the same.  The box border should highlight red, then release the mouse button.  When you swap the boxes, Visio will choose what
points to use to connect the boxes.

Since you're in NZ, you've probably heard of the PicAxe from www.reved.co.uk.  They're like a Basic Stamp, only just a chip.
Silicon Chip magazine runs articles on them.  You can write programs (using their tool, a 20mb download) by using a flowchart, and
it creates Basic code.

I've seen other systems do this, usually as a gimmick.  The IBM IVR (Interactive Voice Response), those 'press 1, press 2' telephone
systems,

Problem was you spent most of your time making the flowchart pretty, and the reverse didn't happen, ie a flowchart couldn't be
created if you edited the code.  It was passed off as a sales tool, rather than anything useful.  Didn't help when it would
occasionally move all the boxes to one corner!

Tony

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