[MS CE 15.2] References files path to OneDrive folder

OneDrive creates Windows Environment variables that point to the OneDrive folder of the current user. You can use environment variables as regular variables in MicroStation.

So setting MS_RFDIR to:

MS_RFDIR = $(OneDrive)/Project Folders/Shared Project/

add additional paths with the > operator:
MS_RFDIR > $(OneDrive)/Project Folders/Shared Project/other_ref_dir/

Note: slashes should be forward slashes in configuration files.

Many thanks Kevin

What is annoying with this solution is that every user need to edit the MS_RFDIR variable each time a new project is created to add the new path

A more convenient way would be to use a variable in the reference path: 

$(OneDrive)/Project Folders/Shared Project/other_ref_dir/referenceFile.dgn

But I don't succed to do this.

Even this old trick does not seem to work anymore: https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/521/attaching-reference-file-with-a-config-variable

Rémy

Rémy Weill said:

A more convenient way would be to use a variable in the reference path: 

$(OneDrive)/Project Folders/Shared Project/other_ref_dir/referenceFile.dgn

But I don't succed to do this

Please post the statement in your configuration file that sets MS_RFDIR.

You could try something like this in your configuration file...

    SHARED_PROJECT = $(OneDrive)/Project Folders/Shared Project/
    MS_RFDIR = $(SHARED_PROJECT)other_ref_dir/

If you want to add more folders...

    SHARED_PROJECT = $(OneDrive)/Project Folders/Shared Project/
    MS_RFDIR = $(SHARED_PROJECT)other_ref_dir/
    MS_RFDIR > $(SHARED_PROJECT)other_ref_dir2/

Thanks Jon,

Unfortunatly that doesn't help :

Rémy Weill said:

What is annoying with this solution is that every user need to edit the MS_RFDIR variable each time a new project is created to add the new path

Rémy

This is no different than previous uses of MS_RFDIR. Any time a new project was introduced, and there were no project-specific configurations, MS_RFDIR would have to be updated to include those new project directories.

One option to streamline this a little may be to store your Microstation workspace, configuration, and resource files on a network drive, so that everything is controlled from one location, instead of being saved locally on everybody's computer. That way, there can be a procedure when new projects are added for one person to update the MS_RFDIR path, which would then be used by everyone.

This is no different than previous uses of MS_RFDIR. Any time a new project was introduced, and there were no project-specific configurations, MS_RFDIR would have to be updated to include those new project directories.

One option to streamline this a little may be to store your Microstation workspace, configuration, and resource files on a network drive, so that everything is controlled from one location, instead of being saved locally on everybody's computer. That way, there can be a procedure when new projects are added for one person to update the MS_RFDIR path, which would then be used by everyone.

Thank you Mary.

This is something I may consider.

However, I also posted the following question because it would have been my prefered choice if possible

https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/f/microstation-forum/223380/ms-ce-up15-trying-to-store-a-configuration-variable-in-the-attachement-filename/687036#687036

Remy