# Visio auto connect style of lines

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/visio-auto-connect-style-of-lines/3674>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [November 30, 2011, 7:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/visio-auto-connect-style-of-lines/3674 "2011-11-30T19:00:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Robert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e95f7d/32.png) [@Robert](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Robert)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2011, 7:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/visio-auto-connect-style-of-lines/3674/1 "2011-11-30T19:00:49Z")

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Provide connection points to connect paths to symbols.  
Allow scripts to run when connections are made/broken to auto populate properties.

Combined with templates with would be a _very_ powerful feature.

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**Author:** ![Robert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e95f7d/32.png) [@Robert](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Robert)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2013, 4:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/visio-auto-connect-style-of-lines/3674/2 "2013-04-10T16:37:01Z")

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So this came up again in conversation yesterday.  
Any chance of it happening soon?

Is this something we can do ourselves if we create the components in Java?