[MS CE 15.2] References files path to OneDrive folder

RE: [MS CE 15.2] References files path to OneDrive folder

Rémy Weill — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 14:16:39 GMT

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

RE: [MS CE 15.2] References files path to OneDrive folder

MaryB — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 14:02:51 GMT

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.

RE: [MS CE 15.2] References files path to OneDrive folder

Rémy Weill — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 10:38:47 GMT

Thanks Jon,

Unfortunatly that doesn't help :

[quote userid="1078036" url="~/products/microstation/f/microstation-forum/223295/ms-ce-15-2-references-files-path-to-onedrive-folder/686986"]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[/quote]

Rémy

RE: [MS CE 15.2] References files path to OneDrive folder

Jon Summers — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 10:34:39 GMT

[quote userid="1078036" url="~/products/microstation/f/microstation-forum/223295/ms-ce-15-2-references-files-path-to-onedrive-folder/686986"]

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

[/quote]

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/

RE: [MS CE 15.2] References files path to OneDrive folder

Rémy Weill — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 10:26:14 GMT

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

RE: [MS CE 15.2] References files path to OneDrive folder

Kevin van Haaren — Fri, 10 Dec 2021 18:03:02 GMT

I believe %OneDrive% is the generic and %OneDriveCommercial% only exists if you're using OneDrive for business. The article you link to mentions %OneDriveConsumer% is the regular user OneDrive version. I have commercial version installed and have both %OneDrive% and %OneDriveCommercial% (pointing to the same path). I assume all products create the %OneDrive%

if you want a more fail safe way:

%undef ustnOneDrive
%if !defined (ustnOneDrive) && defined (OneDrive) && ($(OneDrive) != "") && exists ($(OneDrive))
	ustnOneDrive=$(OneDrive)/
%endif
%if !defined (ustnOneDrive) && defined (OneDriveCommercial) && ($(OneDriveCommercial) != "") && exists ($(OneDriveCommercial))
	ustnOneDrive=$(OneDriveCommercial)/
%endif
%if !defined (ustnOneDrive) && defined (OneDriveConsumer) && ($(OneDriveConsumer) != "") && exists ($(OneDriveConsumer))
	ustnOneDrive=$(OneDriveConsumer)/
%endif

%if !defined (ustnOneDrive)
    %error Unable to locate Microsoft OneDrive environment variable
%endif

MS_RFDIR = $(ustnOneDrive)Project Folders/Shared Project/
MS_RFDIR > $(ustnOneDrive)Project Folders/Shared Project/other_ref_dir/

I couldn't find any documentation at Microsoft as to which environment variables are created when.

RE: [MS CE 15.2] References files path to OneDrive folder

Jon Summers — Fri, 10 Dec 2021 17:44:23 GMT

[quote userid="2378" url="~/products/microstation/f/microstation-forum/223295/ms-ce-15-2-references-files-path-to-onedrive-folder/686786"]OneDrive creates Windows Environment variables that point to the OneDrive folder of the current user[/quote]

Apparently we can use other environment variables with OneDrive.

Quoting from that article: The answer is to use %OneDriveCommercial% as the generic prefix to share paths among people using the same corporate OneDrive.

RE: [MS CE 15.2] References files path to OneDrive folder

Kevin van Haaren — Fri, 10 Dec 2021 17:17:52 GMT

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.

RE: [MS CE 15.2] References files path to OneDrive folder

mwlong — Fri, 10 Dec 2021 16:45:38 GMT

There may be some info in the thread to assist

communities.bentley.com/.../print-organizer-with-onedrive