I just saw the "Bentley PowerMap Field V8i Update" on the BE connected.
Keith Raymond mentions in the last minutes that there are an API for making custom application. Could someone please tell me if that will be VBA or some special Macro-code.
If it is VBA, to what extent will our existing VBA-applications built on the XFT-object work ?
...yes, Erik that is correct.
Regards,
Jeff Bielefeld [Bentley]
Okay
So I will be able to run my surveydata-import-VBA which creates XFM features, just with the difference that the new XFM features are created in the overlay designfile instead ?
Just to be sure that I have got it right.
Erik Wirring
Your VBA based applications which leverage the XFT object model should work directly in Bentley PowerMap Field w/o modification in most cases. However you should be aware that while Bentley PowerMap Field provides redlining/markup capabilities it does not provide direct editing capabilities. For example, if you open a design file called myfile.dgn a new myfile.overlay.dgn file is automatically created which reference attaches the contents of the myfile.dgn. During the session XFT can be used to insert, update and delete XFM feature instances in the overlay file which can be useful for field based data capture.
HTH,