Compress a file upon opening

Hi,

simple answer is "No" for when a file is opened, but can be compressed when the file is exited (menu Preferences, category Operation, switch "Compress file on exit".

With regards,

Jan

Jan, couldn't you use the autorun vb to run the compress keyin on opening a file?

NB that Compress on exit is not the same as FILE>COMPRESS. Especially in ABD it doesn't do all options.

You could do this from the batch processor while in another file  or write a script file  and run it while in another file...

Microstation used to have this feature  from the microstation manager  so you could compress files or folders without opening files.. but its nolonger available from the manager

so now you can only do it the way I described...

Hi Bear,

Unknown said:

couldn't you use the autorun vb to run the compress keyin on opening a file?

Probably yes, but the request is "simple answer" and to use helpers like autorun requires a proper workspace configuration, so it's not "simple solution for a user". But it would be the right solution in the case, if a compress on exit will be not sufficient.

With regards,

  Jan