Alternatives to Visio

[beercohol]

having tried some of the alternatives I'll have to agree with you,
Wallet out and cobwebs off, visio has been purchased!

Ah, hopefully, you purchased Visio as a private individual so that the distance-selling laws can apply. That way, you can still send it back for a refund if.....

...the reason I asked earlier about whether you wanted to do UML Activity diagrams is that they are very close technically to the kind of thing Flowcharts did. Also they are simpler. It will take about 15 minutes to learn how to do UML Activity diagrams, plus you can put UML on your CV, plus you can download the EXCELLENT open source StarUML application.

Stuff all the other UML diagram types (until you want to investigate them later), and just create a new Activity Diagram in this very Visual Studio-looking environment. Not at all tacky. Actually its a very slick interface and is as easy to use as snapping VB form elements onto a form.

I discovered it since I investigated diagramming tools when you started this thread, and so far its brilliant.