• Auto Login for WEB Parts in Non-SharePoint Website and More

    I'd like to share a configuration available for default ASP.NET page, which is delivered together with ProjectWise Web Server.

    For example: In order to Auto login into ProjectWiseServerV8i.bentley.com server Datasource using SSO you need to modify the Default.aspx to look like the following:

     <td rowspan="3" class="partBody" style='vertical-align: width: 25%'>
    <pw:Navigation ID…
  • Thumbnail View

    In the new release of ProjectWise Select Series 1 (Refresh update) - version 08.11.07.133, users can see document thumbnail in the document list window by enabling View=>Thumbnail. "Preview Pane" can be turned off to recover more screen space.

    After document thumbnail has been extracted, users can see document thumbnails in ProjectWise Explorer client by enabling "Preview Pane". The "Preview Pane…

  • Simple Check-in Dialog

    Simple documents check-in dialogs could be enabled for integrated Microsoft Office applications. Here is an example of enabled for Microsoft Office.

    In order to enable it, you have to create registry strings for each application you want. Set SimpleDialog to True to enable simple check-in. In the Windows Registry Editor, find the registry key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\PW MS Word\ODMA32\Dialogs\CheckIn. Under that…

  • Folder Ownership

    If you remember I made a post about the Document ownership (you can find this blog here)
    Beside document ownership, user can own a folder. Usually folder creator is an owner of that folder.

    So what can you do if you are the owner of a folder?

    • For folders inside your owning folder, you can just as much as Access control lets you do. If you only have right to read documents and folders, you will not be able…
  • MCM.CFG to Managed Workspace

    Historically, configuring ProjectWise behavior in MicroStation was done one of two ways:

    1. Edit mcm.cfg
    2. Add desired variables to another configuration file

    Have you considered defining ProjectWise Configuration Variables inside ProjectWise? If you are using Managed Workspaces, then you can define these variables inside ProjectWise.

    There are several ways to apply do this. You can, of course, create a…