Print Organizer with OneDrive

I'm thinking a configuration variable may be able to take care of that.

How are your projects stored on your network? What version of Microstation are you using?

What is your workflow for sharing the files? Are all files on OneDrive all the time or do you just place them there for sharing?

We have a Projects folder on OneDrive that is shared between all users, with CADD folders under it. It puts copies of all cloud files on the local C:\Users folder. We work directly from those folders all the time, so there is no network, just cloud folders. Using Microstation V8i(SS10).

That is fine with regular referencing because you can check "Save Relative Path" and it figures it out. Does not work for Print Organizer. 

Thanks.

Instead of using Save Relative Path look into setting the configuration variable for MS_RFDIR.

You should be able to set MS_REFDIR to something like

MS_RFDIR = C:\Users\TheirName\Onedrive\Microstation Files\

"TheirName" would be defined by a variable to choose the users directory. This way the attachment path for the .pset will look to the appropriate location. I've always had an issue with the "Save Relative Path" setting when sharing files between offices. MS_RFDIR is much more stable and failproof.

I am just not sure what would be the best way to define MS_RFDIR for your situation.

Thank you. I'm not sure I understand how to do this. Can you clarify: "TheirName" would be defined by a variable to choose the users directory."?

So I needed to test something prior to responding to make sure it worked and I do not lead you down a ribbit hole. I just did a quick test on what I was thinking and it seems to work.

In the workspace configuration I looked up the variable that defines each users name. (_USTN_USERNAME) is set to define each users unique name. We use this so everyone in our organization has their own customizable user interface and it picks up their initials based on their Windows login name (our Windows login uses our initials). Each user has a OneDrive directory which is our initials (OneDrive - "CompanyName" ). Looking at the properties of my OneDrive directory I see the expansion is "C:\Users\my initials\company name).

In the configuration files I have the variable MS_RFDIR which defines where to look for reference files. I defined this variable to look to one OneDrive folder, but I did not define it to look only at my folder. I defined it to pickup the user name so that another user will see their OneDrive directory.

I accomplished this by defining MS_RFDIR to read as follows:

MS_RFDIR > C:\Users\$(_USTN_USERNAME)\OneDrive - Company Name

So if user 1234 opens a file a goes to attach a reference, when they select the Attach Reference tool and click browse the dialog will open to the OneDrive folder for user 1234.

If user 5678 performs the same operation their browser should open to OneDrive folder 5678.

Of course this all depends on how your organization has their workspaces defined.

This method will be able to replace the Save Relative Path check box and Microstation will look to the OneDrive location for references. This also works for .pset file paths as well.