How to find current Geographic Coordinate System of multiple files?

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Hi, i am working on about 1000 .dgn files in Microstation( v8.11.9.919) and i have the task to find out how many of them have a coordinate system assigned and how many that don't. (those that don't have to be georeferenced later) 
 I was thinking of running something like the " GEOCOORDINATE DETAILS" command in batch on all the .dgn in a folder and then automaticlly saving the output. But i am not experienced enough to know how to do that. 
 Any help or ideas is greatly appreciated :)

Barry Lothian · Accepted Answer

Hi Simon 
 I've attached a VBA Macro and a Batch Processor command script. If you place the macro in a folder which the variable MS_VBASEARCHDIRECTORIES is assigned to, and then add the following line to a CFG file or your own UCF file: 
 MS_VBAAUTOLOADPROJECTS > ScanForGCS 
 Then load up MicroStation, bring up the Batch Processor dialog box, load the attached command script, load the files you want to scan, select them all and then set Initial Model to Default Model Only. The script will automatically scan all models in a file regardless so this just prevents it scanning all models twice. 
 Then run the batch process job. The Macro will automatically create a text file on your desktop called GCS_Scan_Result.txt. 
 If a model in a DGN file is found to have a GCS attached it will write it like so: 
 Design File = C:\Users\Barry\Desktop\Has GCS.dgn | Model = 2D Metric Design | GCS Name = EPSG:4326 
 I tested the Macro on 2 files, 1 of which I added a GCS and the other file did not. The above line is what was in the text file. 
 
 BP_ScanForGCS.txt 
 7367.ScanForGCS.mvba

How to find current Geographic Coordinate System of multiple files?

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