Hi,
how to make my personal.ucf is written in the same directory as my personal...UPF (on the network)
I've created:
_USTN_HOMEROOT = $(_USTN_ORGANIZATION)USERS/$(USERNAME)/$(computername)/
_USTN_LocalUserAppDataPath = $(_USTN_HOMEROOT)/
but still the personal.ucf is written to:
C:\.....\AppData\Local\Bentley\OpenBuildingsDesigner\10.0.0\prefs (on the computer where OBD is installed)
what other variable do I have to change too
regards,
Rik
Thanks, that's useful to understand.
Regards
Marc
Sean,
The configuration sequence is such that _USTN_USERCFG is defined early on in the system configuration files. We have been maximising the separation between system and user editable CFGs so that all user configuration takes place after "C:\ProgramData\Bentley\OpenBuildings CONNECT Edition\Configuration\ConfigurationSetup.cfg", this is why the %undef is required.
There are ongoing discussions on this topic but I doubt if we will see significant change in the immediate future. Any changes that we make to the initial start up system CFGs, msconfig.cfg for instance, have to work with all of the other applications based on the (MicroStation) Power Platform so cannot be made lightly.
Marc,
I have seen the same issue and no longer store user files on the network. This has been seen even on quicker networks.
What we prefer to do is have all users files in a single custom location.
C:\Apps\Users\$(username)
We also use the location to install all software packages. The reason for this is that IT lock down the Program Files (etc) location and we need to copy a text file into the Appl directory.
What we then do is each time the hta application we use is closed, it copies the user files to the network. If a user swaps machines and they already have existing user files then they are copied down to the machines. If they are a new user, then they get a fresh copy of all files.
Thanks,
Marc, will we get back to a stage where we can just redefine the variable rather than having to undefine it first? All we asked for during the beta testing, when this was first raised, was that we have this changed back to what we had before.
I can confirm this works, I have stored prefs and workspaces on google drive and OneDrive for the last few years. You may find the odd file sync issue but generally nothing to worry about.