Hi,
Say I have a file A.dgn branded to workset WW1 and I want to open it in workset WW2.
With MS_SUPPRESS_FILE_WORKSET_ASSOCIATION = 1, the default behaviour is opening A.dgn will always activate workset WW1, is there anyway to set the config so that WW2 is used if selected?
Best regards,
Tuan Le
The default behaviour of the WorkSet association feature is that a file is "branded" with the WorkSet it is created in, e.g. WW1.
If that file is opened in WW2 it will prompt the user to decide whether to continue to open the file in WW2 and associate the file with WW1", or to change the active WorkSet to WW1 to follow the existing file association.
My current understanding is that MS_SUPPRESS_FILE_WORKSET_ASSOCIATION = 1 supresses the dialogs but does not affect any existing association, so it seems that in your case the associated WorkSet is being loaded. This is a recently added variable so I have not yet tested that scenario myself. Further development work is in progress on the behaviour of this variable.
If you wish to completely disable WorkSet association two key-in commands can be applied to a file:
FILE DISASSOCIATEWORKSET followed by FILEDESIGN SAVE SETTINGS (necessary to save the change in association status)
as discussed in Help > Home > Getting Started > Fundamentals > Working with DGN Files > Including Files in the Active WorkSet
Marc
I don't mind dgn being branded to the active workset. The issue I have is if a user selects WW2, with MS_SUPPRESS_FILE_WORKSET_ASSOCIATION = 1, and accidentally open a WW1 branded dgn, they might not realise they've been working in WW1 configuration until too late.
So if there's anyway to force a selected workset to be used, regardless of which dgn is open, without showing the workset mismatch dialog, that would be great.
the way to force the selected file to use a specific workset is already in place. The file is branded to do so.
Since you have incorporated this, then the only option for you not to use the branded choice, is to NOT suppress the message and allow the user to select a different workset to be used with the file.
Timothy Hickman
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leave the mismatch dialog on isn't ideal Tim, it's just another disruption to the workflow.