
	Applies To

	Product(s):	MicroStation
	Version(s):	08.11.09.292
	Environment:	N\A
	Area:	Archive / Backup
	Subarea:	N\A
	Original Author:	Bentley Technical Support Group

Problem

Where is Archiver?

The menu item for Archiver tool seems to have disappeared from the Utilities menu after installing MicroStation V8i SS3.

The following message is being displayed when trying to start the Archiver:

Files created by MicroStation Archiver (.mar format) will not be
supported in future versions of MicroStation.

MicroStation Archiver has been replaced by MicroStation Packager.
Existing MicroStation Archiver files can be extracted in MicroStation
V8i (SELECTseries 3) and saved as MicroStation Packager (.pzip) files.

For more information on MicroStation Packager, please refer to the
MicroStation help documentation.

Do you wish to continue?

Solution

The Archiver was removed from the menu pull downs in MicroStation V8i SS3 and later version.
To startup the Archiver tool the following keyin is still available to use:

MDL LOAD ARCHIVER

Please efer to this blog post for more information regarding the future of the Archiver tool.

http://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/b/microstation_blog/archive/2011/08/19/archiver-is-retiring.aspx

To start Archiver:

1. Go to Utilities > Key-in
2. key in: MDL LOAD ARCHIVER

Note: A message will come up providing some information on why this tool
was removed.

3. Press "Yes" to load it.

Where is the Archiver tool?

Problem

Solution

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