Script Basics

Do you mean animation scripts? Here's a start with some ancient tutorials.

https://communities.bentley.com/communities/other_communities/askinga/w/askinga/3688/animation-rendering

Tell us some more about what you want to achieve, besides you wanting to get to know the basics (which is a good reason btw). We can help you better if you tell us what you try to do or what you did so far.

I use a few scripts like shown at the link below about halfway down the page. 

https://communities.bentley.com/communities/other_communities/askinga/w/askinga/389/how-to-string-keyins-together-or-create-keyin-scripts

Hey Jonh,

thanks for your response. what I'm looking for is an keyin-script to perform the following procedure:

Open a dgn file

insert a cell

close and save the file

do you think is possible on Microstation. I have an script to do that for autovad, but I don't how to do it in Microstation.

why not  do it manually  and  at same time use the record macro either vba or Basic just to get the keyins this is great..

but placeing the cell will be a problem if you dont want the cell placed in exactly the same place

to do this via the batch processor which uses a custom script text file to process the commands it the best way

you dont even need to tell it  to open dgn as its the dgns you choose in the browser that tells it to open which drgs

common keyins to do what you want in part

to attach cell library 

RC="fullpath to cell library  use quotes if has spaces in path"  eg  RC="C:\DGN\MY OWN CELLS.CEL"

AC=ACTIVE CELL NAME                               ( THIS COMES FROM THE CELL LIBRARY ABOVE)

to save and close and move to next  drg in list

FILE DESIGN

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Note you can also run the macro you created inside the batch script as your script  if it finds the right cell and places it where you want.. then 

the command  would be if 

VBA load < vba name>

vba run vba module name

FILE DESIGN 

or old school basic macro in batch process

macro BASIC MACRO NAME

FILE DESIGN 

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note BASIC has  been deprecated after V8i and is no longer available nor able to run after v8i so perhaps your better off with vba from the start...

That is absolutely possible. It may even be able to accomplish without any complicated programming. 

Lorys is well on the way with the keyins below. the "RC=" command (with full path) will attach the cell (block) library that contains the cell and the "AC=" command (with cell name) will set the desired cell as active.
The next command you would need is "PLACE CELL". Here's where this might get complicated, depending on what you want to do.

Is the cell going to the same coordinates every time? If so, the next line in your script would be XY= #,#,# where the numbers are the X, Y & Z coordinates.
You would also have the option to (instead of giving it the coordinates) place the cell with a data point.

If you plan to use this as more of an interactive tool, you probably can't write that into a standalone script that will run automatically without using VBA or MDL.

That is absolutely possible. It may even be able to accomplish without any complicated programming. 

Lorys is well on the way with the keyins below. the "RC=" command (with full path) will attach the cell (block) library that contains the cell and the "AC=" command (with cell name) will set the desired cell as active.
The next command you would need is "PLACE CELL". Here's where this might get complicated, depending on what you want to do.

Is the cell going to the same coordinates every time? If so, the next line in your script would be XY= #,#,# where the numbers are the X, Y & Z coordinates.
You would also have the option to (instead of giving it the coordinates) place the cell with a data point.

If you plan to use this as more of an interactive tool, you probably can't write that into a standalone script that will run automatically without using VBA or MDL.