Frequently Asked Questions

Can you tell me about Diagram!'s API/text file format?

We don't have a formal API, although we now have a text file format. All the symbols are numbered and each object has a description. You can read or write to this text file to create or modify diagrams. We don't provide any tools for parsing or generating the files. We publish the file format in an Appendix to the Diagram! manual.

For example, I just made a diagram with one box and saved the file. Here is the DiagramText file inside the file wrapper:

#!DG_TEXT-Version-2


# D2 Version: Built by rob on Fri Jan 22 13:23:58 1993

windowOrigin 220.00 -6.00
viewOrigin 1.00 9.00
viewSize 775.00 595.00
visibleOrigin 0.00 0.00
showTools
snapToGrid
defaultFont "Helvetica"
defaultFontSize 12.00
printInfoFile "PrintInfo"
colorFile "Colors.clr"

symbol 2147483647
	default
	layer -1
	shape "Rectangle"
	location 20.00 20.00
	size 60.00 30.00
	framed
	fillColor colorIndex 0
	frameColor colorIndex 1
	shadowColor colorIndex 2
	lineWidth 1.00
	filled
	textPlacement top
end

symbol 1
	layer 0
	shape "Rectangle"
	location 324.00 162.00
	size 81.00 90.00
	framed
	fillColor colorIndex 0
	frameColor colorIndex 1
	shadowColor colorIndex 2
	lineWidth 1.00
	filled
	textPlacement top
end

vertex 2147483645
	default
	layer -1
	location 0.00 0.00
end
vertex 2147483644
	default
	layer -1
	location 0.00 0.00
end
line 2147483646
	default
	from 2147483645
	to 2147483644
	2147483645
	2147483644
	layer -1
	lineWidth 1.00
	filled
	frameColor colorIndex 1
	fillColor colorIndex 0

end

Valid for 2.x

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