Back in 2018, we primarily switched over to CONNECT. Recreated all linestyles, levels, etc. to give ourselves a correct clean slate. However, every project before 2018 still uses all the V8i fonts, linestyles, etc.
Is there a way to lock all files before 2018 to only open with V8i, while only allowing all 2018 and newer files to open in CONNECT? All users still have both versions because we still both, but I only want the older jobs to pull the older data. Any help would be great. Thanks.
There *is* a way, but you may regret the day you implemented it. We are in an environment where MicroStation/J is still used (for PDS) and MicroStation v8i for all 2D drawings. We decided to create a "new" file extension so we could differentiate between versions. We assigned the .dgn extension files to open with MicroStation/J and our new extension to open in MicroStation v8i (by manipulating the registry entries). Fast forward to now. We will soon finally be retiring PDS, and the need for MicroStation/J. Now, we have a mix of file extensions to launch the same application!! Now we will begin to "rename" all the files that use the extension we created internally back to .dgn. I'm sure we will miss some, and eventually, no one will remember what we did and why, and how to "fix: it....