MicroStation Configuration using Windows Environment Variables

RE: MicroStation Configuration using Windows Environment Variables

Marc Thomas — Thu, 17 Nov 2022 11:11:25 GMT

Hi Mike,

More suggestions for using Windows Environment Variables: CONNECT Edition - Configuration Tips: Use of Windows Environment variables

RE: MicroStation Configuration using Windows Environment Variables

Leonard Jones — Thu, 06 Oct 2022 10:57:08 GMT

Select $(USERNAME) in the Message Center list and then check the value under Message Details.

RE: MicroStation Configuration using Windows Environment Variables

Mike Longstreet — Thu, 06 Oct 2022 10:54:53 GMT

Nothing happening in the Message Details either.

RE: MicroStation Configuration using Windows Environment Variables

Leonard Jones — Thu, 06 Oct 2022 10:46:56 GMT

Check the Message Details in the Message Center

RE: MicroStation Configuration using Windows Environment Variables

Mike Longstreet — Thu, 06 Oct 2022 10:41:57 GMT

The key-in expand echo $(username) seems to not work for me. But using $(username) in the config did work great.

RE: MicroStation Configuration using Windows Environment Variables

Barry Lothian — Wed, 05 Oct 2022 16:44:07 GMT

[quote userid="3080" url="~/products/microstation/f/microstation-forum/236555/microstation-configuration-using-windows-environment-variables/735219"]When I key in "expand echo $(username)" it returns $(username) not the system username.[/quote]

Look in the Message Centre (not the status bar) and see what it returns.

RE: MicroStation Configuration using Windows Environment Variables

Mike Longstreet — Wed, 05 Oct 2022 16:12:06 GMT

_USTN_USERNAME is in my case defined by the System and is "Personal" when using MicroStation.

_USTN_USERNAME is OpenRoadsDesigner_ when using OpenRaods so that is not really going to work well.

When I key in "expand echo $(username)" it returns $(username) not the system username. Still going to add it to the config like that and see if it works.

RE: MicroStation Configuration using Windows Environment Variables

Mike Longstreet — Wed, 05 Oct 2022 16:02:44 GMT

That may be the problem I was using the %USERNAME% and should be using $(USERNAME).

RE: MicroStation Configuration using Windows Environment Variables

Barry Lothian — Wed, 05 Oct 2022 15:52:51 GMT

By default, the MicroStation configuration variable _USTN_USERNAME has the same value as USERNAME, which is the Windows Environment Variable.

You can test it in the key-in window using the key-in: expand echo $(environment variable name)

e.g. expand echo $(username)

RE: MicroStation Configuration using Windows Environment Variables

Jon Summers — Wed, 05 Oct 2022 15:43:55 GMT

[quote userid="3080" url="~/products/microstation/f/microstation-forum/236555/microstation-configuration-using-windows-environment-variables"]I am trying to use the windows Environment Variable %USERNAME%[/quote]

We can't see your configuration so it's hard to comment.

However, in a MicroStation configuration file you use a Windows environment variable with the same syntax as if it were a MicroStation configuration variable...

MY_FOLDER1 = //ServerName/Projects/YourNameHere/ # literal
MY_FOLDER2 = //ServerName/Projects/$(USERNAME)/ # substitute Windows variable

That is, you don't use percent (%) signs to bracket the variable – that's a Windows requirement not a MicroStation requirement.