Working off a networked Workspace for one specific client (we do outsourcing), our current setup is through the mslocal.cfg pointing to the shared workspace.
However in future each new Client is highly likely to have their own Workspace with own standards and Datasets etc.
Editing the mslocal.cfg for each Client Workspace does not seem very practical although for the moment I cannot find any other way....Any suggestions out there?
We do it by setting the Windows variable _USTN_WORKSPACEROOT to the networked workspace.
This is the only thing which is done on the client, the rest is configured on the server.
No need to do anything when a new Microstation is installed on the client either.
I mean i want each user to have the choice of workspace - choose between 4 or 5 diferent workspaces typically...
What do you mean by "Windows" variable anyway?
Actually I can create ABD icons which will deal with specific workspaces so I guess that maybe the easiest... Just configure the target in the shortcut to account for various mslocal_X.cfg files. Not pretty but works.
I use the USER.cfg files as they work per client very well with each having their own Dataset, directory for files etc. And I can set up many jobs for each client, project, year etc.
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Probably I misunderstood. As you are trying to have different workspaces, our approach might not work. We do have different project setups, which do use different datasets.
But a dataset is not the same as a workspace, as datasets still have a common "standards" folder, for example.
In this case I would propose to make copies of the shortcuts of the programs, and change them accordingly. If I am not mistaken you have to add -wrPATH\TO\WORKSPACE to the shortcut.
P.S.: A windows system variable in windows control panel - system.
All my workspaces read the same standards
My users then read different datasets