Configuration file operators

Hi Adam,

at first, two notes:

• Please use Insert > Insert code tool to include "code snippets" (including configuration files, even one row of text) to you text, so they are not displayed as a plain text.
• Do not ask more questions in one post to ensure it's clear what topic is discussed.

Adam Halls said:

I've looked online to better understand

Did you read MicroStation documentation? Configuration concepts, including configuration variables, are described there pretty well in my opinion.

Adam Halls said:

what the "$" does within these files.

The $ letter does nothing! You have always to think in a context of complete syntax.

Adam Halls said:

Is it telling microstation to look for a previously established variable, named after the $ and between the two parenthesis?

There are two variants used with a substantial difference:

$(<CfgVarName>)

evaluates the variable value every time when the definition is used, whereas

${<CfgVarName>}

evaluates the value once only (when the configuration file is processed).

See the syntax definition in MicroStation documentation for more details.

Adam Halls said:

I'm also looking to understand the difference between the ":" and "=" within the config documents.

Again, it's well described in MicroStation documentation, so I think it's not necessary to repeat the description here.

Adam Halls said:

Then first example worked correctly, but the second one did not. I would appreciate any advice.

Without knowing context (which here means to see the full debug log file), it's hard to say.

But I guess, because ":" is a condition assignment, the variable was defined already, so no new value was assigned.

Adam Halls said:

I am working to better understand how this all fits together.

At first, study MicroStation documentation. Without understanding what is written there, "to try something" is just a time wasting effort leading to confusion only.

With regards,

  Jan

Hi Adam,

at first, two notes:

• Please use Insert > Insert code tool to include "code snippets" (including configuration files, even one row of text) to you text, so they are not displayed as a plain text.
• Do not ask more questions in one post to ensure it's clear what topic is discussed.

Adam Halls said:

I've looked online to better understand

Did you read MicroStation documentation? Configuration concepts, including configuration variables, are described there pretty well in my opinion.

Adam Halls said:

what the "$" does within these files.

The $ letter does nothing! You have always to think in a context of complete syntax.

Adam Halls said:

Is it telling microstation to look for a previously established variable, named after the $ and between the two parenthesis?

There are two variants used with a substantial difference:

$(<CfgVarName>)

evaluates the variable value every time when the definition is used, whereas

${<CfgVarName>}

evaluates the value once only (when the configuration file is processed).

See the syntax definition in MicroStation documentation for more details.

Adam Halls said:

I'm also looking to understand the difference between the ":" and "=" within the config documents.

Again, it's well described in MicroStation documentation, so I think it's not necessary to repeat the description here.

Adam Halls said:

Then first example worked correctly, but the second one did not. I would appreciate any advice.

Without knowing context (which here means to see the full debug log file), it's hard to say.

But I guess, because ":" is a condition assignment, the variable was defined already, so no new value was assigned.

Adam Halls said:

I am working to better understand how this all fits together.

At first, study MicroStation documentation. Without understanding what is written there, "to try something" is just a time wasting effort leading to confusion only.

With regards,

  Jan