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Key-In Double-click to open embedded OLE Excel object

Keith Ouellet — Thu, 19 Nov 2020 12:40:26 GMT

Probably more of a PowerPlatform question but....

Testing an upgrade to OpenBuildings Designer Connect Update 7 from OpenBuildings Designer Connect Update 3

...in Update 3 we had a custom ribbon button that invoked the following key-in

powerselector mode new;powerselector single;choose element;xy=-0.1583,-0.0354;xy=-0.1583,-0.0354

which simulated a double click on an embedded Excel OLE object and resulted in opening the embedded Excel spreadsheet in Excel. The coordinates displayed represent the low range bottom corner of the OLE Object.

after moving our custom ribbon button into Update 7 it is no longer working and neither is trying to perform this via the key-in dialog. However if we double-click via the mouse the OLE object it opens just fine. I have included a small mp4 displaying the behavior in Update 3

Is there a new way for me to key-in a double-click?

Thanks in advance
Keith

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Fit View - Clipped Reference

Keith Ouellet — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 01:47:16 GMT

In process of exploring OpenBuildings Designer Connect Update 6, upgrading from AECOsim Building Designer Connect - Update 3.

I have a clipped reference that the Fit View (Active, Raster, Reference & All) does not honor the clipped extents of the reference, it instead zooms to the extents of the referenced content as if it wasn't clipped. This was not the behavior in Update 3. What am I missing?

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Tue, 06 Feb 2018 00:40:58 GMT

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Named Expression Syntax

Keith Ouellet — Sat, 27 Jan 2018 15:38:57 GMT

Using AECOSIM CONNECT UPDATE 1 | Windows 8.1

Trying to customize some ribbon buttons using Named expressions. What I want to do is recognize a portion of a file name and if it matches show a button and if not don't show a specific button.

I have spent a significant amount of time and tried many different possibilities (substring, length -, getfilenamewithoutextension and others) and all have given me grief.

I feel the approaches below have been the most promising, because the individual pieces seem to work. However when I combine and click the Test button to evaluate, I get a "can not evaluate expression" error instead of a true or false.

System.String.IndexOf(ConfigVar.GetExpandedConfigVar("_DGNFILE"), ”_GUI.DGNLIB”) > 0

System.String.IndexOf(System.String.ToString(ConfigVar.GetExpandedConfigVar("_DGNFILE"), ”_GUI.DGNLIB”)) > 0

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks in advance

Keith

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Wed, 30 Aug 2017 00:59:41 GMT

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[CONNECT] Named Expression with Compound condition

Keith Ouellet — Wed, 27 Jul 2016 17:55:37 GMT

Have I done something wrong or is there a problem with Named Expression that contain compound conditions in CONNECT?

I have a Ribbon Group that I want to show only when one of two models are active (aplan or Sheet1)

I have the two models within my dgn yet my group only shows for the first model when its active not the second. When I test the conditions inside the named expression dialog both return true.

Screen shots from my DGNLIB are included below

Any help will be greatly appreciated

named expression syntax

Group Visibility property

Microstation CONNECT customize ribbon workflow

Keith Ouellet — Wed, 13 Jul 2016 18:21:01 GMT

Is there a way to setup a workflow that will invoke a command, set a configuration variable or other action when the workflow is selected from the drop down list by the user?

For example.

DGN has 2 models (Test1 and Test2)

Workflow drop down has 2 workflows (Test1 and Test2)

When user selects Test1 the Test1 model becomes active model and if Test2 is chosen then Test2 model is active model