/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/tim_hickmans_blog/posts/upgrading-to-the-microstation-v8-formatConsidering Updating to the New MicroStation Format? There is a lot to consider. MicroStation V8 is very different than any previous version of MicroStation. It is the first time the format has been changed. Previously there had been modificationsen-USTelligent Community 12https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/tim_hickmans_blog/posts/upgrading-to-the-microstation-v8-formatThu, 15 Dec 2011 05:01:47 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:9de00499-8dc8-4a4d-b302-77cae1b29a91caddcop0<p>These blog posts are not the best place to ask questions, unless the post actually suggests it. You should look at the various forums. There are different forums for different versions (V8.5, XM, V8i) and under each a family of sub forums on various topics.</p> <p>User commands are something that should really be considered not available, even though some may work. MicroStation Basic aka MBE (*.bas, *.ba) are also considered obsolete. The best approach is using VBA - &nbsp;Visual Basic for Applications. You can actually import a BAS file, but you will have much to change. However, many of the methodologies of the MBE language have counterparts in VBA that work in a similar fashion. </p> <p>However, some Basic Macros will run in all flavors of V8, but others will need revising to function.</p> <img src="https://communities.bentley.com/aggbug?PostID=4811&AppID=1826&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://communities.bentley.com/other/old_site_member_blogs/bentley_employees/b/tim_hickmans_blog/posts/upgrading-to-the-microstation-v8-formatThu, 15 Dec 2011 03:41:50 GMT6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:9de00499-8dc8-4a4d-b302-77cae1b29a91Jbrashears0<p>How do I go about learning how to migrate some of our customizations from V7 to V8i? We currently have some macros in V7 that are referencing user commands and I&#39;m wanting to recreate these same macros in V8.</p> <img src="https://communities.bentley.com/aggbug?PostID=4811&AppID=1826&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">