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From: Mike Prager on 9 Mar 2010 02:00 A bit OT, but who better to ask? I am looking for flowchart software to use on Windows. It must export the chart as vector graphics and the fonts as vector when printed to PDF. Color and fancy graphics are not needed, but ease of use is important. After looking at several, I am considering RFFlow by RFF Electronics and Flow Charting 6 by Patton & Patton. A concern is that neither program appears to have been updated for about five years. Not that I need the latest GUI, but I don't want to buy something that is orphaned, or about to be, and therefore has little or no support. (Both seem much more efficient to use than, e.g., the freeware DIA, which was awkward the last time I looked at it, or SmartDraw, which long ago outgrew its flowcharting roots. I also want to avoid anything that is an add-in to MS Office.) Has anyone here used either of those programs and care to comment? -- Mike Prager, NC, USA (Remove pi from email to use)
From: Louis Krupp on 9 Mar 2010 04:58 Mike Prager wrote: > A bit OT, but who better to ask? > > I am looking for flowchart software to use on Windows. It must export > the chart as vector graphics and the fonts as vector when printed to > PDF. Color and fancy graphics are not needed, but ease of use is > important. > > After looking at several, I am considering RFFlow by RFF Electronics > and Flow Charting 6 by Patton & Patton. A concern is that neither > program appears to have been updated for about five years. Not that I > need the latest GUI, but I don't want to buy something that is > orphaned, or about to be, and therefore has little or no support. > > (Both seem much more efficient to use than, e.g., the freeware DIA, > which was awkward the last time I looked at it, or SmartDraw, which > long ago outgrew its flowcharting roots. I also want to avoid anything > that is an add-in to MS Office.) > > Has anyone here used either of those programs and care to comment? I haven't used those, but I have used WizFlow some, and it seems to do the job. Louis
From: Michael Prager on 9 Mar 2010 13:29
Louis Krupp <lkrupp_nospam(a)indra.com.invalid> wrote: > I haven't used those, but I have used WizFlow some, and it seems to do > the job. Thanks! I'll check it out. -- Mike Prager, NOAA, Beaufort, NC Address spam-trapped; remove color to reply. * Opinions expressed are personal and not represented otherwise. * Any use of tradenames does not constitute a NOAA endorsement. |