Our firm utilizes MicroStation CE Update 17 as well as OpenRoads Designer 2021 Release 2, both of these share the same WorkSpace. I want the installation of these products to be as simple as possible for our IT folks, so I have been utilizing the options during setup to point to the Custom Configuration. Once the program is pointing to the Custom Configuration, I want all the other custom items to be handled within the workspace. In other words, I don't want to have to make further adjustments to users local machine to point to different aspects of the workspace.
Everything seems to be working for ORD, but it seems like MicroStation is no longer honoring the ConfigurationSetup.cfg settings pointing the _USTN_CUSTOM_CONFIGURATION variable to the folder that contains the WorkSpace.cfg files. I was then reading about the Manage Configuration included with MicroStation Update 17 and am wondering if it is now conflicting with the .CFG file. This may be a pretty broad question and I'm more than willing to provide additional information to get things on track.
Does MicroStation always defer to the .XML that is edited by the Manage Configuration tool? Or only after the tool is used once? I don't recall this being an issue, but it seems a couple of users are now not seeing the Workspace unless that tool is used to point back to the custom configuration folder manually. This is not something I would like users to do on their own for obvious reasons.
Any ideas?
Thanks,Ken
Here's a link to an informative post and discussion. Seems like it's still aboard the development and refinement train. {(grabs popcorn)}... Configuration Tips - Manage Configuration Utility
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So from my understanding, starting in MS CE Update 17, the ConfigurationSetup.cfg is ignored in lieu of the .XML. Let me know if I missed something about this discussion.
Thanks!Ken
When I do that and just code _USTN_USER_CONFIGURATION directly to my networked configuration, I still get the Manage Configuration and I lose my custom workspaces.
In my ConfigurationSetupo.cfg I have:
[General]_USTN_USER_CONFIGURATION_LABEL=_USTN_CUSTOM_CONFIGURATION=_USTN_USER_CONFIGURATION = D:\_ClientFiles\<folderName>\Configuration\
[SetConfiguration]%if !defined (c)%if defined (_USTN_CUSTOM_CONFIGURATION) && ($(_USTN_CUSTOM_CONFIGURATION) != "") && exists ($(_USTN_CUSTOM_CONFIGURATION))_USTN_CONFIGURATION = $(_USTN_INSTALLED_CONFIGURATION)%endif%endif
Resulting in this:
The sole active configuration is listed as 'User Configuration'. (Setting a label for the configuration using the _USTN_USER_CONFIGURATION_LABEL variable does not change this. I've filed bug 808373 about this, I would expect it to show the label.)
Which U 17 version are you using?
Regards
Marc
Here is everything in my C:\ProgramData\Bentley\OpenRoads Designer CE 10.10\Configuration\ConfigurationSetup.cfg (the uncommented portions at least):[General]_USTN_USER_CONFIGURATION_LABEL=_USTN_CUSTOM_CONFIGURATION =_USTN_USER_CONFIGURATION = C:\CAD\Bentley\CONNECT\
Which results in this:
I am using MS CE 10.17.00.209.
Ok, the _USTN_USER_CONFIGURATION option was introduced in U 17.1 so that would explain it, I need to clarify that in the blog. Last time I updated it 17.1 had been released so I assumed that no one would download the previous version.
Got it. At some point in the near future we will upgrade.