Microstation Version 08.11.09.829 Pre-requisites.

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I had assumed if I stopped my Bentley subscription that I would be cut off from all access to Bentley's assistance. Cut off without a penny

In that case it will be Bentley Systems that is being cut off without a penny (your subscription fee).  If you don't pay a subscription, you don't obtain the benefits of that subscription. 

Thank you Andrew. You have explained my questions about the Deployment Image.

Can I ask you, is it true what Jan said to me in his response following yours, that if I own a valid licence but will not have access to download pages (because I am no longer a Select subscriber), I can still ask Bentley to provide me with the installation for the owned version of Microstation.

And I add, will Bentley provide it for me?

I had assumed if I stopped my Bentley subscription that I would be cut off from all access to Bentley's assistance. Cut off without a penny.

Thank you for all your help so far.

Regards Phil Leach.

Thank you very much for your assistance Jan. It is very much appreciated.

Hi Philip,

the situations you described sounds strange to me, I guess because of some confusions and mistakes in your assumptions and conclusions. In my opinion you are mixing apples and pears:

There is nothing like MicroStation with / without Deployment Guide. You can create Deployment Image, which contains both MicroStation installation files and Prerequisities files. More precisely, the term "Deployment Guide" is generally used for a document describing how to install (deploy) some software. So such document exists for MicroStation, but it's not the discussed topic.

I am not sure why you use "access to Bentley download" condition. It's not relevant at all. It's your choice (and also your responsibility) to decide whether you will store your own copy if MicroStation installer or not. In a hypothetical future, if you will own a  valid license but will not have an access to download pages, you can still ask Bentley to provide you the installation for the owned version of MicroStation. This your decision has no relationship whether you will use standard MicroStation installation (withou prerequisities inside) or full deployment image.

The whole discussion is about two installation options:

• To use standard MicroStation installer, when Prerequisities files are not included and are downloaded when the installer evaluates they don't exist on a computer and have to be applied before MicroStation installation. As was written earlier, the prerequisities are not Bentley, but Microsoft software. Internet connection is required in this case.
• To create Deployment Image in the first step, where an output is a folder with all files included (MicroStation, addition modules, prerequisities...). This installation can be save e.g. on USB memory stick and used on computers without Internet connection. This option is also a way how to archive the full MicroStation installation, so in future you don't have to download anything.

With regards,

  Jan

As Jan and I have advised previously, all of the Prerequisites are downloaded and installed to your system via your internet connection if they are required. This is explained in the Requirements section of the ReadMe documentation under Software Prerequisites.

C:\Program Files (x86)\Bentley\MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries)\MicroStation\readme_MicroStation.chm

Software Prerequisites

The Prerequisites for Bentley Desktop Applications v08.11.09 are automatically downloaded and installed to your workstation while you install MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries 4). The Prerequisites for Bentley Desktop Applications needs to be installed on your system once, and only needs to be reinstalled if you are installing a later version of MicroStation that requires an updated prerequisite pack. The contents of the Prerequisites for Bentley Desktop Applications include: Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.1 Microsoft XML Parser (MSXML) 6 SP 1 (32-bit and 64-bit) Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications core Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications localized DHTML Editing Control for Applications Microsoft Internet Explorer v8.0 or later with 128-bit cipher strength is also required. It is not part of the Prerequisites for Bentley Desktop Applications. Copyrights in all components are owned by Microsoft Corporation or one of its affiliates, subsidiaries, or licensors.

We were only explaining to your that as this installation may not contain ALL of the prerequisites, as only those that are required will be downloaded, you could produce a Deployment Image. This Deployment Image procedure ensures that ALL of the necessary files required by an installation would be downloaded and made available for ANY system in the future to install MicroStation without an internet connection. This was in reply to your request to have ALL of these files if you decide to drop SELECT and be able to reinstall of a future system.