• [PW - C#] How to get Datasource DisplayName Value?

    How to get Datasource DisplayName Value? I'm found only aaApi_GetDatasourceName function... Please, help me.
  • Apply access control and inherited access control

    We have a top level access control setup, and all the subfolders inherit from the top level. Now, through a program, I will create a subfolder, which I will assign some access control on the folder level, and I need the inherited access control together…
  • Compatibility of Visual Studio 2010 with PW V8i SS3

    Does Bentley recommend using VS 2010 with the ProjectWise SDK? I've been using VS 2005 on an XP machine successfully. Recently, though, we at my company have been upgraded to Windows 7 64 bit machines. Since then I've been having a very difficult time…
  • Copy Saved Searches with SDK

    In my current task, after creating a new rich project I create its underlying subfolders by copying them from one of our project templates using aaApi_CopyProjectWithHierarchy(). The process works fine except that the saved searches under the 'Global…
  • How a Managed Workspace Ends up in MicroStation

    Managed Workspaces is a new methodology for managing MicroStation workspaces in ProjectWise. Users can create and maintain their complete workspace configuration, workspace resources and standards in ProjectWise. I've been certifying Managed Workspaces…
  • Issue with aaApi_CopyProject() function copying files as well as folders.

    This post concerns an issue with the aaApi_CopyProject function. We are using ProjectWise V8I SS3. Our SDK is SS2. The task consists of creating a rich project and copying the child folder structure, including the files they contain, from an existing…
  • Level operations slow when using levels in dgnlib

    Hi, It seems that many level operations are very slow. This accelerates when you have many dgnlibs with many levels. We have a program that reads external data and creates element and levels. The level creation takes a considerable time when using…
  • microstation API

    Hi, I am new to Microstation API. can any one tell me how to do program for microstation using C# ? 1. what are dll we have to reference? 2. how load the dll in to microstation? 3. how to run command? 4. in Autocad or Bricscad we can load…
  • MicroStation API VS2003 Example

    Hi Guys, I have found it extremely hard trying to find some sort of documentation regarding getting mdl to work in visual studio 2003.. Could someone please provide a very simple example visual studio project which will allow for both mdl…
  • PointCloud API?

    Hi. Any mdl API for PointCloud is available ? Thanks. Yoji Takahashi
  • scan element with XAttributes?

    Hi, Is it possible to scan only element with XAttributes? Or do I need to scan all element in my dgn and test for each the XAttributes? Regards Seb
  • SDK: AAHOOK_EXEC_MENU_COMMAND throws blank dialog

    I'm having an issue with a Pre hook I've written for AAHOOK_EXEC_MENU_COMMAND. Specifically, I'm hooking on a native PW command (command id of IDMD_Redline). The hook works, but has the undesired effect of throwing a blank information dialog when the…
  • Simple VBA app for accessing ProjectWise

    I took a sample application from the Bentley Developer Network and stripped it down to a very simple test application to make sure I could connect to ProjectWise from VBA (code below). There is no error checking going on here and I usually run it while…
  • So How Much Programming Experience Do You Need?

    A common question I get asked about the ProjectWise V8i SDK training is: “How much programming experience does someone really need to take the class?” The course description has the following requirements and recommendations:” Recently…
  • SS3 version and SS2 version for SDK

    Dear teachers, I developed tool based on SS3 SDK. it works well SS3. However it doesn't work at SS2 projectwise. Shoud I use SDK based on SS2? Please help me..
  • unmanaged workspace

    We have run into too many issues with managed workspaces that we are flirting with unmanaged workspaces. We have a handful of projects that are unmanaged. We have subfolders in these projects that we kept managed for subs & clients. I am trying to get…
  • Using <DllImport("dmsgen.dll")> _ with projectwise dll's

    Hello, I'm trying to use VB.net with projectwise ,I tried to add some dll's from projectwise explorer to my project but it cause an error of "a refrence to this file couldn't be added please make sure this file is accessible and that is a valid…
  • Using the BDN Wizards in Visual Studio 2005 on Windows 7 64-bit

    After searching all over the BeCommunities site I found information that explained how to install the Wizards. The short description of what I did was: Unzip the Wizards, which yields the following folders: ControlFiles, MDLProjectWizard, MicroStation…
  • Variables for Locations of files on projectwise

    Are there variables that could be put into the DGN file that shows the path to where the file is located on projectwise? Before we had a variables like $FILE$ OR $$LABEL$$ in the file and it would print the file path out on the sheet so you could find…
  • Visual Studio compiling

    I am trying to get Visual Studio 2010 Express working with compiling the 'basic' sample. I did this by copying the sample files into a new VS DLL project and removed the existing files. I turned off precompiled headers (because of the errors the stdafx…