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Changes to Visio import in OmniGraffle 3.2 for iOS 11

OmniGraffle 3.2 for iOS introduces support for the Files app, a major new feature of iOS 11. As part of adopting support for an external document browser, we’ve had to make some minor changes to the way Visio documents are handled.

Beginning with OmniGraffle 3.2, when you import a Visio file from OmniPresence, from the Files app, or from another source, the converted document in OmniGraffle format will be saved to OmniGraffle’s Local Documents folder, accessible from the Locations section of the Document Picker. For security, when accessing a file that isn’t in OmniGraffle’s directory (such as a file from iCloud) the operating system prevents OmniGraffle from accessing anything other then the file it was given, and we don’t think converting in place and overwriting your original Visio file provides the best user experience.

To open a Visio file from the Files app, choose the Copy to OmniGraffle option from the Share menu and a copy is created in OmniGraffle’s Local Documents. Then, when making future edits to your documents, you’ll want to refer to the existing OmniGraffle version in the OmniGraffle Local Documents, rather than the original Visio copy remaining in the Files app.

Note: When tapping a Visio document in the Files app, it doesn’t automatically open OmniGraffle; you have to choose the Copy to OmniGraffle option in the Share menu to send it to our app. This occurs because we don’t claim to be the owner of the Visio file format—which is entirely true! The iOS platform, unlike macOS, doesn’t offer a way to change the default application to open all documents of a given format, so you may notice a similar experience with other apps when interacting with other file formats that aren’t natively supported by the OS.

Last Modified: Oct 2, 2017

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