Suspend MicroStation open a DOS window and start another application

Original Tip Date: Nov. 5, 2003

Suspend MicroStation, open a DOS window and start another application
MicroStation V8.5 - Both ! and bang will suspend/halt MicroStation, open a command shell and, if instructed, also send a string. For example: ! Will start a command shell. bang Will start a command shell !start iexplore http://www.askinga.com Will suspend MicroStation, open the command shell, start Microsoft Internet Explorer and open AskInga.com !start winword d:\temp\MyNotes.doc Will suspend MicroStation, open the command shell, start MS Word and open MyNotes.doc. bang d:\mystuff\MyBatch.bat Will open the command shell and run the batch file. Like above, MicroStation will be halted until the command shell is closed. In older versions of MicroStation, you may have to load ntbang first with this keyin: mdl load ntbang With thanks to Bentley's Gino Cortesi for posting this tidbit on the v8.general newsgroup.

 

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