Hi everyone,
I am looking for a way to centralize the configuration of AreaAnnotator. I have managed to start it from one directory on the server, but are not able to make configuration variables work from the annotator.cfg file on server. It only works locally. I would like to use one config fiel for several users instead of copying it on every machine...
Maybe i have it in the wrong folder? or do i need to add a variable for microstation to search in the right place?
help appreciated!
regards, nico
AreaAnnotator is freeware. It is designed to work standalone or in a networked MicroStation configuration. There's nothing special about AreaAnnotator's configuration file.
What technique do you currently use to centralise your configuration? One way to incorporate AreaAnnotator would be to %include its .cfg file in one of your existing project or site configuration files.
Regards, Jon Summers LA Solutions
I tried to place the cfg file on our server. The server has similar paths as default folder and has MS_SITE set to it.
What I found out is that the variables also work in the pcf/upf files... think that is the most simple solution. Where would I have to put the %include thing?
thanks alot,
nico
Nico said:The variables also work in the pcf/upf files
I think you mean pcf/ucf files (project or user configuration file). AreaAnnotator doesn't store any user preferences and hence doesn't use the user preference (upf) file
Nico said:That is the most simple solution. Where would I have to put the %include thing?
Use the simplest solution that works for you! Configuration variables can be defined anywhere. The %include thing provides a quick way to include an existing file in another file. If you wanted to use your existing Annotator.cfg in your project configuration file, for example, you would write:
# Nico.pcf%include Annotator.cfg
That has the same effect as copying the contents of Annotator.cfg to Nico.pcf