[CONNECT 10.12.00.40] sticky read only per session

I assume you are talking about only being able to select the option on the right-click menu "Open As Read Only".

Also, that there was a tick box in V8i on the File Open dialog to turn this on for all files selected.

If you use the configuration variable MS_READONLY this would be turned on for all files.

Is there any reason you are particularly requiring this capability?

Hi Andrew,

I regularly have to open dgn files to see what's in there. In V8i, I can just turn on the switch and cycle through files fairly quickly. In Connect, you can only access that right-click menu on recent files, other than that, you'll have to access the "open read-only" hidden button, Microsoft office style. So I guess it's quite likely has to be a change request to have the checkbox reinstate? There's no chance there's an V8i "File Open" in Connect? 

Another option would be to have a shortcut that starts a readonly session.
microstation.exe -wsms_readonly=1

Hi Tuan Ie,

if you do not need to edit the files and just see what is in there (display). What about using Bentley View CONNECT?

See https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/f/microstation-announcements-forum/177030/bentley-view-connect-edition-update-12

Regards

Maria

As John Suggested you could create another shortcut, in his example he makes use of the var MS_READONLY, an alternative is to use the command line Switch -R see https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/microstation__wiki/8873/microstation-command-line-options-and-switches

You might also want to explore Role based configuration introduced in CONNECT Edition using the var MS_READONLY=1 https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/b/microstation_blog/posts/configuration-blog-series---changes-to-configuration-levels