Robert Högberg asked this question in the Programming Forum. Then Ivo Blaauw asked for a version that works with MicroStation V8i. The result is a general-purpose tool that anyone might like to use, so I'm posting here.
Robert wanted a tool for MicroStation CONNECT that moves between DGN files in the same folder as your active DGN file. We wrote a tool in MicroStation VBA to replace his BASIC macro (BASIC is not supported by MicroStation CONNECT). A screenshot probably explains it better than me...
The Next File tool starts by displaying the active DGN file. The Next and Previous buttons open the corresponding file in the folder where your active DGN file is located. You can read more about it and download the Next File tool for MicroStation CONNECT, or the the Next File tool for MicroStation V8i.
The LA Solutions website is no longer public. Here's the VBA file...
7444.SequentialFileOpener.zip
John,
Thanks for building this nice tool. I tried running it on V8i SS3 but it halts with a Complie error.
Could you make it so that it runs on V8i as well?
Ivo Blaauw= = = = = = = = = = = = =Look what the CAD dragged in...
Ivo Blaauw said:Could you make it so that it runs on V8i as well?
OK, seeing as it's you! Please visit the Next File for MicroStation V8i page.
Regards, Jon Summers LA Solutions
There's an old macro for V8i that we use with function keys. It's called CHANGEfile.ba (see attached)
We setup 2 function keys. One for going to the next file, and one for going to the previous file.
Regards
Michael
CHANGEfile.zip
Thanks John. That was fast.
MickyKom said:There's an old macro for V8i that we use with function keys. It's called CHANGEfile
Robert Högberg, who requested this functionality, uses MicroStation CONNECT. BASIC is not supported by CONNECT. The VBA macro provides equivalent, or better, functionality. It also provides a user interface, which the BASIC macro does not. It provides key-ins so you can attach commands to a function key or other user interface widget.
Feel free to continue using your BASIC macro with MicroStation V8i. You are under no obligation to use my VBA substitute, unless you would like a user interface.