Hello,
This is my first post on Be Communities and I am very new to learning MicroStation, so please forgive me if my question seems silly or very elementary.
I have a task at work that has me looking into the configuration files of MicroStation, specifically mslocal.cfg and msconfig.cfg. Right now I am only trying to dissect and understand what these files do and how to interpret them. I was wondering if someone can tell me what language/syntax these files are written in so I can cross reference this and get a better understanding of what is going on? For example, I'd like to interpret what this little snippet does within the msconfig.cfg file:
%level 0%if defined(_macintosh)%if exists ($(_macsyspref)ustation.cfg)%include $(_macsyspref)ustation.cfg%endif%endif%if defined (_os2)MS_PRINTSRVA : ${_ROOTDIR}/PRINTSRV.EXE%endif
Any help or direction regarding this is highly appreciated.
Regards,
Cory
Hi Cory,
the syntax of configuration files is pretty simple and is well described in MicroStation help. You can use even the help file for new versions, because the syntax is the same even you use pre-V8 MicroStation.
It very bad idea to edit / modify mslocal.cfg and msconfig.cfg, they are the most important part of MicroStation configuration and there is probably no serious reason to modify them. It's quite probable you will end with broken MicroStation.
What do you want to achieve?
With regards,
Jan
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Answer Verified By: Cory Mortensen
Hi Jan,
Thank you for your quick response!
Currently we have a process in place where users in the office need to run a project specific batch file to copy down UCF's, PCF's etc. to their local machines in order to have the proper project setup. In turn, these files point to the network for borders, macros etc. Additionally, the UPF is currently on the users local machine.
Ultimately we would like to have it so all users use the same config files that point to a network location, and subsequently the users can choose User, Project and Interface from the Workspace dialog in MicroStation Manager. In other words, we want to eliminate the batch file copy down and have everything on the network, including the UPF which we want to reside on the users home drive (H:).
Again, I am very new to this so my terminology or wording on how this works may be off, so please correct me if i'm wrong. I am working with a senior admin on this, but he is very busy and not able to instruct me fully on how all this works, but has asked that I dig into this and see if I can come up with some sort of solution.
The link you provided is very helpful and I will take my time to read through it. One question I do have for you is how you got to the document ? From docs.bentley.com where do I navigate to find this? I chose MicroStation under Collaboration Products, then MicroStation again under MicroStation Products, but from here I don't know how you got to the link you posted.
Kind Regards,