How can I represent a loop in a sequence diagram in Microsoft Visio 2007?

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Umesha Gunasinghe picture Umesha Gunasinghe · Dec 7, 2010 · Viewed 32.1k times · Source

I am drawing a sequence diagram in Microsoft Visio 2007 and I want come message calls to be represented in a loop.But I can not find any shape in the shapes provided.How can I represent a loop in visio?? Need emergency help....please..........and shaped available to download and use?? Thanks

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Kelly S. French picture Kelly S. French · Dec 7, 2010

Draw a rectangle around the group of calls involved. Outside the box put text that says, "LOOP: [condition]" and fill in the condition. This will get you close to the UML for loops.

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