User adding own dgnlib cuts out existing menu customisations?

RE: User adding own dgnlib cuts out existing menu customisations?

Jovan_Djukanovic — Wed, 05 Apr 2017 22:52:19 GMT

Tim, in the past I have worked on a lot of projects that are completely autonimous. Modelling or creating workflows, testing things that previously haven't existed. Needing levels and text styles that don't exist. Definitely testing things. It might be an unusual working environment but it does exist. It helps to have a few little standards available in the absence of any.

RE: User adding own dgnlib cuts out existing menu customisations?

Jovan_Djukanovic — Wed, 05 Apr 2017 22:36:58 GMT

Thanks Carl, I was initially using the location as an example. Sorry for the confusion. You did figure it out :-)

I actually resolved this issue by using the debug file to see where the default configuration was looking for dgnlib files. Without changing anything and placing my dgnlib in the following location I can achieve what I am after;

C:\ProgramData\Bentley\MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries)\WorkSpace\Interfaces\MicroStation\default\

RE: User adding own dgnlib cuts out existing menu customisations?

Tim Hickman — Wed, 05 Apr 2017 12:00:06 GMT

Tools, tasks and menus should all use the MS_GUIDGNLIBLIST variable so you should be ok with setting this for those things. But where I am confused is that you say you have levels, textstyles, etc... and these are yours personally ? You are the only one that uses them ? Tools, menus, etc....affect your workflow so I can see these being personal on top of what the company provides, but textstyles and levels are not a personal thing, these affect the DGN you are working in and other users may not have access to these when working in the DGNs, due to them existing in your personal DGNLIB.

RE: User adding own dgnlib cuts out existing menu customisations?

Carl Myhill — Wed, 05 Apr 2017 10:42:44 GMT

Thanks for posting the debug files, these show which *.cfg files are processed and the defined variables within each *.cfg, at the bottom there is a summary of what is set.

Looking at your ' msdebug - Added dgnlib to ucf.txt ' it shows that its processing the user configuration file

Processing macro file [C:\Users\DjukanovicJ\Documents\UstnV8i\PB-v8i.ucf

with the following var as :

MS_DGNLIBLIST=$(_USTN_USERINT)$(_USTN_USERINTNAME)\*.dgnlib;E:\Jovan\Microstation\Dgnlib\Jovan.dgnlib [C:\ProgramData\Bentley\MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries)\WorkSpace\interfaces\MicroStation\default\*.dgnlib;E:\Jovan\Microstation\Dgnlib\Jovan.dgnlib]

In yet earlier you mentioned setting this in your ucf " MS_DGNLIBLIST > C:/User/User.dgnlib " are you sure you edited the correct UCF file or may be you was just using this as an example.?

Assuming ' Jovan.dgnlib ' is your file containing your user customizations, open the user configuration file C:\Users\DjukanovicJ\Documents\UstnV8i\PB-v8i.ucf and place a '#' in front of the line starting with MS_DGNLIBLIST..................
so MicroStation no longer reads this line, then add the following line

MS_GUIDGNLIBLIST > E:\Jovan\Microstation\Dgnlib\Jovan.dgnlib

Reopen MicroStation and see if this helps restore the interface as required. If you then require Text styles, levels etc then try adding the line

MS_DGNLIBLIST > E:\Jovan\Microstation\Dgnlib\Jovan.dgnlib

RE: User adding own dgnlib cuts out existing menu customisations?

Jovan_Djukanovic — Tue, 04 Apr 2017 23:44:45 GMT

Hi Tim,

In addition to MenuBar customisations I also have tools, tasks, levels, textstyles etc which would not be included if I only used MS_GUIDGNLIBLIST. I thought that MS_DGNLIBLIST was a pretty standard way of adding your own general customisations.

Jovan.

RE: User adding own dgnlib cuts out existing menu customisations?

Jovan_Djukanovic — Tue, 04 Apr 2017 23:36:48 GMT

Thanks Carl,

I am using Microstation SS3 - 08.11.09.459.

Workspace>Configuration will tell me what the variable definitions are, but not where they are defined right? The company dgnlib's exist and work in the dafault workspace. They just disappear when I add my own through my ucf file using MS_DGNLIBLIST. I have uploaded two self explanatory debug files to the ftp site;

1. mdebug - Default Workspace.txt

2. msdebug - Added dgnlib to ucf.txt

Jovan.

RE: User adding own dgnlib cuts out existing menu customisations?

Tim Hickman — Tue, 04 Apr 2017 18:37:22 GMT

To be more specific: out of all the variables in MicroStation, what lead you to wanting to use the MS_DGNLIBLIST ?

RE: User adding own dgnlib cuts out existing menu customisations?

Tim Hickman — Tue, 04 Apr 2017 15:59:48 GMT

Why are you appending to the MS_DGNLIBLIST variable ?

RE: User adding own dgnlib cuts out existing menu customisations?

Carl Myhill — Tue, 04 Apr 2017 15:54:11 GMT

Which product and version are you using ?

In which cfg file are the company customizations pointed to using MS_DGNLIBLIST ?

If you open the Configuration Dialog and select the MS_DGNLIBLIST var does the Expansion show the location of the company dgnlib containing the company customizations and does the file exist in that location? ( Also check the var MS_GUIDGNLIBLIST )

May be you can provide us with a debug file for review and let us know the file names containing both the company and user customizations.

communities.bentley.com/.../8879.msdebug-file