How do we configure MicroStation so that we can use Selectable "Roles" on the Work Page with MicroStation or OpenRoad/Rail Designer?It was shown in the MicroStation SIG All About the DGNWS.
I have a new development to report on this...
After installing the Ohio DOT configuration through their installer program, it edited my C:\ProgramData\Bentley\MicroStation CONNECT Edition\Configuration\ConfigurationSetup.cfg. I edited the file to undo the change. The next time I opened MicroStation the Role drop-down appeared on the WorkPage.
I still had my Roles folder set up from my previous attempts:
_USTN_ROLESDIR : System = C:\ProgramData\Bentley\MicroStation CONNECT Edition\Configuration\WorkSpaces\Roles\
Now, all of a sudden, it's working.
Go figure.
FYI...
The location of USTN_ROLESDIR is defined as follows _USTN_ROLESDIR=$(_USTN_WORKSPACEROOT)Roles\
In our EnvisionCAD Traning Workspace we redefine _USTN_WORKSPACEROOT to go to C:\EnvisionCAD\Training\ Creating a Roles folder there with the two .cfg files, the WorkPage Role drop-down has no problems picking them up.
Edit: attached my ConfigurationSetup.cfg file to show that there is nothing special set in this file.
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Rod WingSenior Systems Analyst
Rod Wing said:attached my ConfigurationSetup.cfg file to show that there is nothing special set in this file
Rod Wing said:The next time I opened MicroStation the Role drop-down appeared on the WorkPage
Rod Wing said:Creating a Roles folder there with the two .cfg files, the WorkPage Role drop-down has no problems picking them up
So it's the presence of the *.cfg files in the _USTN_ROLESDIR folder that enables the menus?
*.cfg
_USTN_ROLESDIR
Rod Wing said:Now, all of a sudden, it's working
You've earned the title Sherlock of the Configuration Files. If nothing else changed, why wasn't it working before?
Regards, Jon Summers LA Solutions
what version of MicroStation are you using ?
and did you create role 1 and role 2 ?
I am not finding anything on ODOT that mentions roles or it being defined by anything in ODOT.
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Jon Summers said:So it's the presence of the *.cfg files in the _USTN_ROLESDIR folder that enables the menus
Yes, if you have any .cfg files in the roles folder the drop-down displays.
The ODOT install didn't do anything to install the roles. It was just that I noticed their install set a variable I didn't want set.
The only thing that makes sense to me is that when I cleared out the ConfigurationSetup.cfg file, that must have changed something. It's possible there was something set in there prior to the ODOT install I didn't know was set that was messing things up. I don't typically monitor/edit the file unless I see the _USTN_CUSTOM_CONFIGURATION is updated, which is what the ODOT install does.
I created the Role 1 and Role 2 cfg files as I was testing things out.
I am using version 10.15.02.11
are you sure you didn't update the version of MS Connect ? I have an earlier version of update 15 and the pick list is not available.
I am going to update to the version you state and see what happens.