New menu/tools in PowerMap V8i

Hello,

Can some one tell me how to create a new menu item (say under File menu) or insert a totally new menu in PowerMap V8i?

I would also be interested to know how to create cutom tool palette/ tool box in PowerMap V8i.

I tried using the Workspace>Customise but I am unable to insert any new menu or tools in the User tools or under Application tools>PowerMap V8i.  The new tool/ tool box is greyed out and I am unable to insert a new tool box.

Tx in advance

SRG

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  • You'll need to learn the new way in changing the MS GUI.

    My hints:

    There is a config var MS_GUIDGNLIBLIST. Nowadays you can save the changes to your toolboxes, menue-items

    in a dgnlib. Create a new DGNLIB define it in  MS_GUIDGNLIBLIST and you will be able to customize the GUI.

    Frank

    Regards

    Frank

    since 1985: GIS, CAD, Engineering (Civil)  Senior Consultant : [Autodesk Civil 3D , Esri ArcGIS, VertiGIS: in previous days : Bentley MS V4 - V8i, GeoGraphics, Bentley Map V8i, InRoads,  HHK Geograf, IBr DAVID] :  Dev: [C, C++, .NET, Java, SQL, FORTRAN, UML]
    [direct quote by: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmut_Schmidt]: "Wer Kritik übel nimmt, hat etwas zu verbergen"
    Wer Grammatik- und/oder Rechtschreibfehler findet, der darf sie behalten :-)

  • Thanks everyone for the support.

    A little out of the way!

    I was wondering if there is an option to set the MS_GUIDGNLIBLIST to include my dgnlib file without opening up MicroStation or PowerMap?

    Cheers

    SRG

     

  • SRG:
    I was wondering if there is an option to set the MS_GUIDGNLIBLIST to include my dgnlib file without opening up MicroStation or PowerMap?

    I don't understand what you want to achieve. If MicroStation or PowerMap is not open, how do you include a DGNLIB file?

    DGNLIBs, by the way, are DGN files having a .dgnlib extension. They are used for lots of purposes these days — for example, storing level tables. When you 'include' a DGNLIB, what you're really doing is attaching a reference that doesn't show up in the references dialog.

    Regards, Jon Summers
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    Regards, Jon Summers
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  • SRG:
    I was wondering if there is an option to set the MS_GUIDGNLIBLIST to include my dgnlib file without opening up MicroStation or PowerMap?

    I don't understand what you want to achieve. If MicroStation or PowerMap is not open, how do you include a DGNLIB file?

    DGNLIBs, by the way, are DGN files having a .dgnlib extension. They are used for lots of purposes these days — for example, storing level tables. When you 'include' a DGNLIB, what you're really doing is attaching a reference that doesn't show up in the references dialog.

    Regards, Jon Summers
    LA Solutions

     
    Regards, Jon Summers
    LA Solutions

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  • Never mind. I got the clue.

    By editing the ucf file under the user and by adding the entry for MS_GUIDGNLIBLIST > $(MSDIR) to my dgnlib file, it will be possible to get the custom menu items created.

    That was the whole idea.

    Thanks

    SRG

  • Yes, that's one trick, but note:  for your convienence  and your companies settings, the standards.cfg in workspace\standards (_USTN_SITE) or the project.pcf file are the better solution for holding MS_GUIDDGNLIBLIST. You should read the help file for settting up workspaces.

     Frank

    Regards

    Frank

    since 1985: GIS, CAD, Engineering (Civil)  Senior Consultant : [Autodesk Civil 3D , Esri ArcGIS, VertiGIS: in previous days : Bentley MS V4 - V8i, GeoGraphics, Bentley Map V8i, InRoads,  HHK Geograf, IBr DAVID] :  Dev: [C, C++, .NET, Java, SQL, FORTRAN, UML]
    [direct quote by: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmut_Schmidt]: "Wer Kritik übel nimmt, hat etwas zu verbergen"
    Wer Grammatik- und/oder Rechtschreibfehler findet, der darf sie behalten :-)