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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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Created by
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Fri, Jun 20 2008 8:59 AM
Last revision by
Inga Morozoff
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