How do I convince Microstation V8i to save certain settings.

Question

I have been using Microstation V8i for a while now and get along quite fine. But one thing really bugs me. 
 Whenever I open a file and start working, I have to make certain settings over and over, again and again. I just can't convince my Microstation to remember. 
 When I want to split a polygon into its components (DROP ELEMNT) I have to manually activate the checkbox to include polygons. Also when I want to make a chain the default setting is manual and I prefer automatic. 
 I tried "save settings": no difference. 
 I tried saving my profile: still no difference. 
 What's the secret here? Or is it simply not possible?

Maria Garcia · Answer

Hi Anne, 
 Have a look at this blog communities.bentley.com/.../user-preferences 
 Maybe configuration variable MS_USERPREFSEED is useful in these cases Regards Maria

Lorys · Answer

you could determine the full keyin to activate the (DROP ELEMENT too) I and have activate the checkbox to include polygons and add that to custom menu or my favourite an F key or make a custom menu item in the Right Mouse context menu.... 
 I did just that for you using first the drop element icon then in keyin set item toolsettings and find the rest of the keyin and try =0, =1,2 etc until the right tick appeared in the dialog this is a good way to find the full keyin... 
 so for me it turned out to be 
 drop element;set item toolsettings stringstoggle=1 
 add that text to your custom menus or Fkey and it will run the tool and have the tick for strings and shapes will be preticked always... 
 read up on the set item toolsettings at ask inga and in this forum too. very useful way to find keyin strings.... 
 ok I've done the the first one now see if you can do the chain automatic and publish the result ok?

Dervalcanny · Answer

Hello, 
The following articles may help as they show how to extract keyins for tool settings and create custom tools in MicroStation V8i: 
 communities.bentley.com/.../how-to-extract-keyins-for-the-tool-settings-in-microstation-v8i 
 communities.bentley.com/.../the-power-of-keyins 
 
Regards 
Derval Canny.