Annoying nag screen on exit

Microstation v8i: Is there any way to disable the annoying "This will exit microstation" nag screen that pops up if I exit by clicking the X in the top right hand corner? My mental response is usually along the lines of "Gosh, will it? I never knew that."

  • Unknown said:
    I've now switched to using the key-in dialog

    Good decision!

    Unknown said:
    So far it seems to be working ok

    It's been working OK since MicroStation V8 was introduced in 2001  8-)

    If you've been using the Command Window, you may be unaware of the MicroStation Message Center.  The Message Center provides more feedback than the message, status, command and prompt fields...

    • The Message Center is resizable
    • You can see a list of messages posted in the current MicroStation session
    • You can copy text from the Message Center
    • You can expand and collapse the Message Center like the key-in dialog

     
    Regards, Jon Summers
    LA Solutions

  • I find typing commands quicker in some cases than using the mouse, so the ability to key in commands is invaluable. In addition there are some commands (e.g. JUSTIFY LEFT/RIGHT/CENTER) that I've never found on the standard pallettes (though I'm willing to be corrected on this). I'm fully aware that I'm a bit of a dinosaur when it comes to user interface preferences (in any software package), though I'm willing to try new things.

    In the case of the key-in dialog, I've never used it before as it seemed redundant to the command window. However, I've now switched to MS_USECOMMANDWINDOW=0 and using the key-in dialog instead. So far it seems to be working ok.
  • It is quite unusual that you are still using the configuration variable MS_USECOMMANDWINDOW for this very old method of displaying a command window.

    communities.bentley.com/.../give-microstation-an-antiqued-look

    If it is just the old keyins that you are using from this dialog then it would probably be better to use the Key-In dialog available under the Utilities menu.

    Are there any specific tools or methods of working that you are still using from this Command Window? I would suspect that anything that you could keyin to this dialog would also be able to be performed in the Key-In dialog.

    Regards
    Andrew Bell
    Technical Support
    Bentley Systems

  • Hi Simon,

    Unknown said:
    Unfortunately it also means I don't get the command window

    Yes, it seems to be correct. I tried it and my MicroStation behaves the same way.

    Unknown said:
    and I use that a lot

    May I ask why? Command windows is a concept which was left I guess 20 years ago. Does it provide some feature, which is accessible using only this dialog?

    Anyway, tt's the side cut as it cannot be used anymore in the next version of MicroStation.

    With regards,

      Jan

  • Thanks for the suggestion, which led me to find the source of the problem, if not the solution:

    I tried using a new user in the workspace, and found that I didn't get the exit alert. I then went through my personal ucf file, commenting out each line at a time until I found the variable that caused the problem. The line in question is MS_USECOMMANDWINDOW = 1 - if that is removed I don't get the exit alert. Unfortunately it also means I don't get the command window, and I use that a lot. I suspect that the command window and exit alert are in some way inextricably linked, so it's something I'll have to live with.

    Thanks to all for you help. Debug file attached in case anyone can come up with other suggestions.

    Simon Robinson

    2043.msdebug.txt