Managing product versions in managed workspace

The illegal operator error is because your %if statements are using a single =, to test for equality you need a ==

%if $(_USTN_PRODUCT_FULLMARKETINGNAME) == "OpenRoads Designer CE - 2021 Release 1"

Correcting all the %if will fix that error, however that won't fix the overall issue and that's because of a bug in ProjectWise Explorer managed workspaces:

There is an issue with the _USTN_PRODUCT_VERSION* variables in ProjectWise Managed workspaces. Configs are processed twice in a Managed Workspace - Once by ProjectWise Explorer where it runs through all the CSB and config files and generates a single config file to pass to the CADD product. Then that CADD product processes that single config file.

The first pass does all if/then/else and only puts the final results in the single config file it makes. If an %error is generated that error is a ProjectWise error and brings up a dialog box with the error in it.

During that ProjectWise Explorer pass some Predefined variables from newer Connect products are not actually available. This includes all the _USTN_PRODUCT_VERSION* variables. The way around this is to get the version from the registry instead.

I'll put my solution up shortly, have some fires to put out first.

Here's a version of what I do:

_DYNAMIC_PRODUCT_VERSION_REGISTRY      = ${registryread{"HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Dependencies\$(MS_PRODUCTCODEGUID)\Version"}} #returns format 00.00.00.00\
_DYNAMIC_PRODUCT_VERSION               = lastdirpiece(C:\${_DYNAMIC_PRODUCT_VERSION_REGISTRY}) #return format 00.00.00.00, removes trailing slash
_DYNAMIC_PRODUCT_VERSION_GEN_MAJ_MNR    = basename(${_DYNAMIC_PRODUCT_VERSION}) #return format 00.00.00, removes build number
_DYNAMIC_PRODUCT_VERSION_GEN_MAJ        = basename(${_DYNAMIC_PRODUCT_VERSION_GEN_MAJ_MNR}) #return format 00.00, removes minor version number

_CURRENT_VERSION_MAJOR = $(_ENGINENAME) $(_DYNAMIC_PRODUCT_VERSION_GEN_MAJ)
_CURRENT_VERSION_MINOR = $(_ENGINENAME) $(_DYNAMIC_PRODUCT_VERSION_GEN_MAJ_MNR)

%undef _VERSION_ALLOWED
%if ($(_CURRENT_VERSION_MAJOR) == "MicroStation 10.16") || ($(_CURRENT_VERSION_MAJOR) == "MicroStation 10.17") || ($(_CURRENT_VERSION_MAJOR) == "MicroStation 23.00")
	_VERSION_ALLOWED = $(_CURRENT_VERSION_MAJOR)
%endif

%if ($(_CURRENT_VERSION_MAJOR) == "OpenRoadsDesigner 10.10")
	_VERSION_ALLOWED = $(_CURRENT_VERSION_MAJOR)
%endif

%if ($(_CURRENT_VERSION_MAJOR) == "OpenBridgeModeler 10.10")
	_VERSION_ALLOWED = $(_CURRENT_VERSION_MAJOR)
%endif


%if !defined(_VERSION_ALLOWED)
	%error $(_CURRENT_VERSION_MAJOR) is not supported by this workspace
%endif

The beginning parts with the _DYNAMIC variables is from Bentley's Dynamic managed workspace It reads the full version number from the registry then strips it down to the major (xx.xx) and minor (xx.xx.xx).

I then prepend the engine name to the front of that and then do comparisons on that value. You could do this with a long %if %elseif %endif chain but I've found over the years that I screw those up and having dedicated %if blocks is easier to maintain.

_ENGINENAME variable is the short product name with no spaces. So just MicroStation, OpenRoadsDesigner, OpenRailDesigner, etc...

Kevin, THANK YOU!

I am reading through your code now and will give it a go shortly.
You are a lifesaver!

Kevin, THANK YOU!

I am reading through your code now and will give it a go shortly.
You are a lifesaver!