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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://communities.bentley.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>Fly with Barmenus - Part 2</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/1173/fly-with-barmenus-part-2</link><description>Articles previously found in the &amp;quot;AskInga&amp;quot; Community.</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>Fly with Barmenus - Part 2</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/1173/fly-with-barmenus-part-2</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 14:49:10 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:46a7d653-8e49-43c3-ba5f-cbd77071c902</guid><dc:creator>Inga Morozoff</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/1173/fly-with-barmenus-part-2#comments</comments><description>Current Revision posted to [Archived] AskInga Wiki by Inga Morozoff on 6/14/2010 2:49:10 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="/Communities/Other_Communities/AskInga/default.aspx"&gt;&lt;img height="76" width="230" src="/askIngaPics/askingalogo.gif" alt="AskInga logo" border="0" title="AskInga" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Original Article Date:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; March 30, 2001&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;In Sean&amp;#39;s &lt;a href="/Communities/Other_Communities/AskInga/w/AskInga/fly-with-barmenus-_2D00_-part-1.aspx"&gt;Fly with Barmenus - Part 1&lt;/a&gt; he introduced some very basic concepts regarding barmenus. Let&amp;#39;s now take a look at building a loop! &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="border-bottom:#cccccc 1pt solid;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Now that we can take off and land without crashing, lets take a look at our first trick....a &amp;quot;loop&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Multiple Directories&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When building barmenus, we can set up multiple items for each sub-menu. For example, we could have a &lt;em&gt;CIVIL&lt;/em&gt; menu item which contains two sub-menus: &lt;em&gt;Levels 1-31&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Levels 32-63&lt;/em&gt;. And each of these sub-menus would then contain the individual commands to execute. This is where we start to see the power of using barmenus - being able to easily access each discipline quickly when drawing production is paramount.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To begin with, let&amp;#39;s take a look at a completed &lt;a href="/askingapics/60_seans_mdf.mdf"&gt;MDF&lt;/a&gt; file and as with with our &lt;a href="/askingapics/59_seans_civil.mdf"&gt;first MDF file&lt;/a&gt;, notice the structure and syntax to define each of the menu items (&lt;em&gt;CIVIL&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Levels 1-31&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Levels 32-63&lt;/em&gt;). Be advised that if the brackets ( &lt;strong&gt;{ }&lt;/strong&gt; )are placed incorrectly within the file, then barmenu.ma will not recognize and load the file.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At this stage of building our barmenus, this is not so much of a problem. However, imagine looking for the syntax errors in a much larger file. That would be a nightmare!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When the above MDF file is loaded, we should see the following barmenu: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table cellpadding="6" border="0" style="width:100%;"&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align="top" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/60Pic1.jpg" align="left" border="0" alt="" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Now we&amp;#39;re cooking with gas. As you can see this is pretty straight forward. The key to creating this type of structure in a barmenu is the following syntax in the MDF file: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table cellpadding="6" border="0" style="width:100%;"&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align="top" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/60Pic2.jpg" align="left" border="0" alt="" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Note the syntax required where the menu changes to a new directory. This is priority #1 when creating barmenus. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Something Interesting&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;OK class, let&amp;#39;s see who&amp;#39;s awake. Did you notice the new title of the barmenu? That&amp;#39;s right, it&amp;#39;s &lt;strong&gt;ForwardThinking&lt;/strong&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a nice little touch that makes our barmenu a look a little more professional. To do this, we use the standard programming tools delivered with MicroStation. The mdl we will be using is called &lt;strong&gt;builder.ma&lt;/strong&gt; and is installed when you select the &lt;strong&gt;MDE Programming Tools&lt;/strong&gt; during your installation of MicroStation. If you can&amp;#39;t find this file, then simply load the Programming Tools before continuing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To start, pick &lt;em&gt;Utilities &amp;gt; MDL Applications&lt;/em&gt; and load &lt;strong&gt;builder.ma&lt;/strong&gt;. You should see the following dialog box: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table cellpadding="6" border="0" style="width:100%;"&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align="top" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/60Pic3.jpg" align="left" border="0" alt="" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Now click on the &lt;em&gt;Load...&lt;/em&gt; button and another dialog box will appear: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table cellpadding="6" border="0" style="width:100%;"&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align="top" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/60Pic4.jpg" align="left" border="0" alt="" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click on &lt;em&gt;Select...&lt;/em&gt; and find &lt;strong&gt;barmenu&lt;/strong&gt; and click &lt;em&gt;OK&lt;/em&gt;. (I recommend that you keep it in &lt;em&gt;Bentley\Program\MicroStation\mdlsys\required &lt;/em&gt;.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now that it&amp;#39;s in the &amp;quot;Load Dialog&amp;quot; box, click on &lt;em&gt;OK&lt;/em&gt; there as well. We should now have the following on screen: &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table cellpadding="6" border="0" style="width:100%;"&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align="top" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/60Pic5.jpg" align="left" border="0" alt="" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The next bit is relatively easy. Simply double-click on the &amp;lsquo;Barmenu&amp;#39; title and change the title to suit your needs. When done cick on &lt;em&gt;OK&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Save&lt;/em&gt; and exit all dialogs. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table cellpadding="6" border="0" style="width:100%;"&gt;
&lt;tbody&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;
&lt;td align="top" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/60Pic6.jpg" align="left" border="0" alt="" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Well, there you go...your first &lt;strong&gt;loop-de-loop&lt;/strong&gt;. Not too shabby eh?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stay tuned for further flight instructions. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;AskInga Article #60 &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: Askinga, Automation, Programming, Article&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>Fly with Barmenus - Part 2</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/1173/fly-with-barmenus-part-2/revision/7</link><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:53:27 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:46a7d653-8e49-43c3-ba5f-cbd77071c902</guid><dc:creator>Hannah Blye</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/1173/fly-with-barmenus-part-2#comments</comments><description>Revision 7 posted to [Archived] AskInga Wiki by Hannah Blye on 6/20/2008 5:53:27 PM&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="/Communities/Other_Communities/AskInga/default.aspx"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/askingalogo.gif" border="0" alt="AskInga logo" title="AskInga" width="230" height="76" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Original Article Date:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; March 30, 2001&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
In Sean's &lt;a href="/Communities/Other_Communities/AskInga/w/AskInga/fly-with-barmenus-_2D00_-part-1.aspx"&gt;Fly with Barmenus - Part 1&lt;/a&gt; he introduced some very basic concepts regarding barmenus. Let's now take a look at building a loop! 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="border-bottom: #cccccc 1pt solid"&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Now that we can take off and land without crashing, lets take a look at our first trick....a &amp;quot;loop&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Multiple Directories&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
When building barmenus, we can set up multiple items for each sub-menu. For example, we could have a &lt;em&gt;CIVIL&lt;/em&gt; menu item which contains two sub-menus: &lt;em&gt;Levels 1-31&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Levels 32-63&lt;/em&gt;. And each of these sub-menus would then contain the individual commands to execute. This is where we start to see the power of using barmenus - being able to easily access each discipline quickly when drawing production is paramount.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
To begin with, let's take a look at a completed &lt;a href="/askingapics/60_seans_mdf.mdf"&gt;MDF&lt;/a&gt; file and as with with our &lt;a href="/askingapics/59_seans_civil.mdf"&gt;first MDF file&lt;/a&gt;, notice the structure and syntax to define each of the menu items (&lt;em&gt;CIVIL&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Levels 1-31&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Levels 32-63&lt;/em&gt;). Be advised that if the brackets ( &lt;strong&gt;{ }&lt;/strong&gt; )are placed incorrectly within the file, then barmenu.ma will not recognize and load the file.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
At this stage of building our barmenus, this is not so much of a problem. However, imagine looking for the syntax errors in a much larger file. That would be a nightmare!!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
When the above MDF file is loaded, we should see the following barmenu: 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="6" width="100%"&gt;
	&lt;tbody&gt;
		&lt;tr&gt;
			&lt;td align="top" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/60Pic1.jpg" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
		&lt;/tr&gt;
	&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Now we're cooking with gas. As you can see this is pretty straight forward. The key to creating this type of structure in a barmenu is the following syntax in the MDF file: 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="6" width="100%"&gt;
	&lt;tbody&gt;
		&lt;tr&gt;
			&lt;td align="top" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/60Pic2.jpg" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
		&lt;/tr&gt;
	&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Note the syntax required where the menu changes to a new directory. This is priority #1 when creating barmenus. 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Something Interesting&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
OK class, let's see who's awake. Did you notice the new title of the barmenu? That's right, it's &lt;strong&gt;ForwardThinking&lt;/strong&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This is a nice little touch that makes our barmenu a look a little more professional. To do this, we use the standard programming tools delivered with MicroStation. The mdl we will be using is called &lt;strong&gt;builder.ma&lt;/strong&gt; and is installed when you select the &lt;strong&gt;MDE Programming Tools&lt;/strong&gt; during your installation of MicroStation. If you can't find this file, then simply load the Programming Tools before continuing.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
To start, pick &lt;em&gt;Utilities &amp;gt; MDL Applications&lt;/em&gt; and load &lt;strong&gt;builder.ma&lt;/strong&gt;. You should see the following dialog box: 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="6" width="100%"&gt;
	&lt;tbody&gt;
		&lt;tr&gt;
			&lt;td align="top" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/60Pic3.jpg" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
		&lt;/tr&gt;
	&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Now click on the &lt;em&gt;Load...&lt;/em&gt; button and another dialog box will appear: 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="6" width="100%"&gt;
	&lt;tbody&gt;
		&lt;tr&gt;
			&lt;td align="top" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/60Pic4.jpg" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
		&lt;/tr&gt;
	&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Click on &lt;em&gt;Select...&lt;/em&gt; and find &lt;strong&gt;barmenu&lt;/strong&gt; and click &lt;em&gt;OK&lt;/em&gt;. (I recommend that you keep it in &lt;em&gt;Bentley\Program\MicroStation\mdlsys\required &lt;/em&gt;.)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Now that it's in the &amp;quot;Load Dialog&amp;quot; box, click on &lt;em&gt;OK&lt;/em&gt; there as well. We should now have the following on screen: 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="6" width="100%"&gt;
	&lt;tbody&gt;
		&lt;tr&gt;
			&lt;td align="top" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/60Pic5.jpg" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
		&lt;/tr&gt;
	&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
The next bit is relatively easy. Simply double-click on the &amp;lsquo;Barmenu' title and change the title to suit your needs. When done cick on &lt;em&gt;OK&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Save&lt;/em&gt; and exit all dialogs. 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="6" width="100%"&gt;
	&lt;tbody&gt;
		&lt;tr&gt;
			&lt;td align="top" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/60Pic6.jpg" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
		&lt;/tr&gt;
	&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Well, there you go...your first &lt;strong&gt;loop-de-loop&lt;/strong&gt;. Not too shabby eh?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Stay tuned for further flight instructions. 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
AskInga Article #60 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: Article, Askinga, Automation, Programming&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>Fly with Barmenus - Part 2</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/1173/fly-with-barmenus-part-2/revision/6</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 18:44:34 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:46a7d653-8e49-43c3-ba5f-cbd77071c902</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/1173/fly-with-barmenus-part-2#comments</comments><description>Revision 6 posted to [Archived] AskInga Wiki by Anonymous on 5/30/2008 6:44:34 PM&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
In Sean's &lt;a href="http://community.be.org/Wiki/view.aspx/Fly_with_Barmenus_-_Part_1"&gt;first article&lt;/a&gt; he introduced some very basic concepts regarding barmenus. Let's now take a look at building a loop! 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="border-bottom: #cccccc 1pt solid"&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Now that we can take off and land without crashing, lets take a look at our first trick....a &amp;quot;loop&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Multiple Directories&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
When building barmenus, we can set up multiple items for each sub-menu. For example, we could have a &lt;em&gt;CIVIL&lt;/em&gt; menu item which contains two sub-menus: &lt;em&gt;Levels 1-31&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Levels 32-63&lt;/em&gt;. And each of these sub-menus would then contain the individual commands to execute. This is where we start to see the power of using barmenus - being able to easily access each discipline quickly when drawing production is paramount.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
To begin with, let's take a look at a completed &lt;a href="/askingapics/60_seans_mdf.mdf"&gt;MDF&lt;/a&gt; file and as with with our &lt;a href="/askingapics/59_seans_civil.mdf"&gt;first MDF file&lt;/a&gt;, notice the structure and syntax to define each of the menu items (&lt;em&gt;CIVIL&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Levels 1-31&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Levels 32-63&lt;/em&gt;). Be advised that if the brackets ( &lt;strong&gt;{ }&lt;/strong&gt; )are placed incorrectly within the file, then barmenu.ma will not recognize and load the file.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
At this stage of building our barmenus, this is not so much of a problem. However, imagine looking for the syntax errors in a much larger file. That would be a nightmare!!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
When the above MDF file is loaded, we should see the following barmenu: 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="6" width="100%"&gt;
	&lt;tbody&gt;
		&lt;tr&gt;
			&lt;td align="top" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/60Pic1.jpg" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
		&lt;/tr&gt;
	&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Now we're cooking with gas. As you can see this is pretty straight forward. The key to creating this type of structure in a barmenu is the following syntax in the MDF file: 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="6" width="100%"&gt;
	&lt;tbody&gt;
		&lt;tr&gt;
			&lt;td align="top" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/60Pic2.jpg" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
		&lt;/tr&gt;
	&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Note the syntax required where the menu changes to a new directory. This is priority #1 when creating barmenus. 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Something Interesting&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
OK class, let's see who's awake. Did you notice the new title of the barmenu? That's right, it's &lt;strong&gt;ForwardThinking&lt;/strong&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This is a nice little touch that makes our barmenu a look a little more professional. To do this, we use the standard programming tools delivered with MicroStation. The mdl we will be using is called &lt;strong&gt;builder.ma&lt;/strong&gt; and is installed when you select the &lt;strong&gt;MDE Programming Tools&lt;/strong&gt; during your installation of MicroStation. If you can't find this file, then simply load the Programming Tools before continuing.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
To start, pick &lt;em&gt;Utilities &amp;gt; MDL Applications&lt;/em&gt; and load &lt;strong&gt;builder.ma&lt;/strong&gt;. You should see the following dialog box: 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="6" width="100%"&gt;
	&lt;tbody&gt;
		&lt;tr&gt;
			&lt;td align="top" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/60Pic3.jpg" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
		&lt;/tr&gt;
	&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Now click on the &lt;em&gt;Load...&lt;/em&gt; button and another dialog box will appear: 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="6" width="100%"&gt;
	&lt;tbody&gt;
		&lt;tr&gt;
			&lt;td align="top" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/60Pic4.jpg" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
		&lt;/tr&gt;
	&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Click on &lt;em&gt;Select...&lt;/em&gt; and find &lt;strong&gt;barmenu&lt;/strong&gt; and click &lt;em&gt;OK&lt;/em&gt;. (I recommend that you keep it in &lt;em&gt;Bentley\Program\MicroStation\mdlsys\required &lt;/em&gt;.)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Now that it's in the &amp;quot;Load Dialog&amp;quot; box, click on &lt;em&gt;OK&lt;/em&gt; there as well. We should now have the following on screen: 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="6" width="100%"&gt;
	&lt;tbody&gt;
		&lt;tr&gt;
			&lt;td align="top" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/60Pic5.jpg" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
		&lt;/tr&gt;
	&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
The next bit is relatively easy. Simply double-click on the &amp;lsquo;Barmenu' title and change the title to suit your needs. When done cick on &lt;em&gt;OK&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Save&lt;/em&gt; and exit all dialogs. 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="6" width="100%"&gt;
	&lt;tbody&gt;
		&lt;tr&gt;
			&lt;td align="top" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/60Pic6.jpg" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
		&lt;/tr&gt;
	&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Well, there you go...your first &lt;strong&gt;loop-de-loop&lt;/strong&gt;. Not too shabby eh?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Stay tuned for further flight instructions. 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Ask Inga Article #60 
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</description></item><item><title>Fly with Barmenus - Part 2</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/1173/fly-with-barmenus-part-2/revision/5</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 18:43:03 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:46a7d653-8e49-43c3-ba5f-cbd77071c902</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/1173/fly-with-barmenus-part-2#comments</comments><description>Revision 5 posted to [Archived] AskInga Wiki by Anonymous on 5/30/2008 6:43:03 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/askingalogo.gif" border="0" alt="Ask Inga logo' title=" width="230" height="76" /&gt; 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
In Sean's &lt;a href="http://community.be.org/Wiki/view.aspx/Fly%20with%20Barmenus%20-%20Part%201"&gt;first article&lt;/a&gt; he introduced some very basic concepts regarding barmenus. Let's now take a look at building a loop! 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="border-bottom: #cccccc 1pt solid"&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Now that we can take off and land without crashing, lets take a look at our first trick....a &amp;quot;loop&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Multiple Directories&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
When building barmenus, we can set up multiple items for each sub-menu. For example, we could have a &lt;em&gt;CIVIL&lt;/em&gt; menu item which contains two sub-menus: &lt;em&gt;Levels 1-31&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Levels 32-63&lt;/em&gt;. And each of these sub-menus would then contain the individual commands to execute. This is where we start to see the power of using barmenus - being able to easily access each discipline quickly when drawing production is paramount.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
To begin with, let's take a look at a completed &lt;a href="/askingapics/60_seans_mdf.mdf"&gt;MDF&lt;/a&gt; file and as with with our &lt;a href="/askingapics/59_seans_civil.mdf"&gt;first MDF file&lt;/a&gt;, notice the structure and syntax to define each of the menu items (&lt;em&gt;CIVIL&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Levels 1-31&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Levels 32-63&lt;/em&gt;). Be advised that if the brackets ( &lt;strong&gt;{ }&lt;/strong&gt; )are placed incorrectly within the file, then barmenu.ma will not recognize and load the file.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
At this stage of building our barmenus, this is not so much of a problem. However, imagine looking for the syntax errors in a much larger file. That would be a nightmare!!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
When the above MDF file is loaded, we should see the following barmenu: 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="6" width="100%"&gt;
	&lt;tbody&gt;
		&lt;tr&gt;
			&lt;td align="top" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/60Pic1.jpg" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
		&lt;/tr&gt;
	&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Now we're cooking with gas. As you can see this is pretty straight forward. The key to creating this type of structure in a barmenu is the following syntax in the MDF file: 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="6" width="100%"&gt;
	&lt;tbody&gt;
		&lt;tr&gt;
			&lt;td align="top" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/60Pic2.jpg" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
		&lt;/tr&gt;
	&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Note the syntax required where the menu changes to a new directory. This is priority #1 when creating barmenus. 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Something Interesting&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
OK class, let's see who's awake. Did you notice the new title of the barmenu? That's right, it's &lt;strong&gt;ForwardThinking&lt;/strong&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This is a nice little touch that makes our barmenu a look a little more professional. To do this, we use the standard programming tools delivered with MicroStation. The mdl we will be using is called &lt;strong&gt;builder.ma&lt;/strong&gt; and is installed when you select the &lt;strong&gt;MDE Programming Tools&lt;/strong&gt; during your installation of MicroStation. If you can't find this file, then simply load the Programming Tools before continuing.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
To start, pick &lt;em&gt;Utilities &amp;gt; MDL Applications&lt;/em&gt; and load &lt;strong&gt;builder.ma&lt;/strong&gt;. You should see the following dialog box: 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="6" width="100%"&gt;
	&lt;tbody&gt;
		&lt;tr&gt;
			&lt;td align="top" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/60Pic3.jpg" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
		&lt;/tr&gt;
	&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Now click on the &lt;em&gt;Load...&lt;/em&gt; button and another dialog box will appear: 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="6" width="100%"&gt;
	&lt;tbody&gt;
		&lt;tr&gt;
			&lt;td align="top" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/60Pic4.jpg" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
		&lt;/tr&gt;
	&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Click on &lt;em&gt;Select...&lt;/em&gt; and find &lt;strong&gt;barmenu&lt;/strong&gt; and click &lt;em&gt;OK&lt;/em&gt;. (I recommend that you keep it in &lt;em&gt;Bentley\Program\MicroStation\mdlsys\required &lt;/em&gt;.)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Now that it's in the &amp;quot;Load Dialog&amp;quot; box, click on &lt;em&gt;OK&lt;/em&gt; there as well. We should now have the following on screen: 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="6" width="100%"&gt;
	&lt;tbody&gt;
		&lt;tr&gt;
			&lt;td align="top" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/60Pic5.jpg" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
		&lt;/tr&gt;
	&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
The next bit is relatively easy. Simply double-click on the &amp;lsquo;Barmenu' title and change the title to suit your needs. When done cick on &lt;em&gt;OK&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Save&lt;/em&gt; and exit all dialogs. 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="6" width="100%"&gt;
	&lt;tbody&gt;
		&lt;tr&gt;
			&lt;td align="top" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/60Pic6.jpg" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
		&lt;/tr&gt;
	&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Well, there you go...your first &lt;strong&gt;loop-de-loop&lt;/strong&gt;. Not too shabby eh?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Stay tuned for further flight instructions. 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Ask Inga Article #60 
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</description></item><item><title>Fly with Barmenus - Part 2</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/1173/fly-with-barmenus-part-2/revision/4</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 18:34:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:46a7d653-8e49-43c3-ba5f-cbd77071c902</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/1173/fly-with-barmenus-part-2#comments</comments><description>Revision 4 posted to [Archived] AskInga Wiki by Anonymous on 5/30/2008 6:34:00 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/askingalogo.gif" border="0" alt="Ask Inga logo' title=" width="230" height="76" /&gt; 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
In Sean's &lt;a href="http://community.be.org/Wiki/view.aspx/[[Fly%20with%20Barmenus%20-%20Part%201]]"&gt;first article&lt;/a&gt; he introduced some very basic concepts regarding barmenus. Let's now take a look at building a loop! 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="border-bottom: #cccccc 1pt solid"&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Now that we can take off and land without crashing, lets take a look at our first trick....a &amp;quot;loop&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Multiple Directories&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
When building barmenus, we can set up multiple items for each sub-menu. For example, we could have a &lt;em&gt;CIVIL&lt;/em&gt; menu item which contains two sub-menus: &lt;em&gt;Levels 1-31&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Levels 32-63&lt;/em&gt;. And each of these sub-menus would then contain the individual commands to execute. This is where we start to see the power of using barmenus - being able to easily access each discipline quickly when drawing production is paramount.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
To begin with, let's take a look at a completed &lt;a href="/askingapics/60_seans_mdf.mdf"&gt;MDF&lt;/a&gt; file and as with with our &lt;a href="/askingapics/59_seans_civil.mdf"&gt;first MDF file&lt;/a&gt;, notice the structure and syntax to define each of the menu items (&lt;em&gt;CIVIL&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Levels 1-31&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Levels 32-63&lt;/em&gt;). Be advised that if the brackets ( &lt;strong&gt;{ }&lt;/strong&gt; )are placed incorrectly within the file, then barmenu.ma will not recognize and load the file.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
At this stage of building our barmenus, this is not so much of a problem. However, imagine looking for the syntax errors in a much larger file. That would be a nightmare!!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
When the above MDF file is loaded, we should see the following barmenu: 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="6" width="100%"&gt;
	&lt;tbody&gt;
		&lt;tr&gt;
			&lt;td align="top" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/60Pic1.jpg" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
		&lt;/tr&gt;
	&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Now we're cooking with gas. As you can see this is pretty straight forward. The key to creating this type of structure in a barmenu is the following syntax in the MDF file: 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="6" width="100%"&gt;
	&lt;tbody&gt;
		&lt;tr&gt;
			&lt;td align="top" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/60Pic2.jpg" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
		&lt;/tr&gt;
	&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Note the syntax required where the menu changes to a new directory. This is priority #1 when creating barmenus. 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Something Interesting&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
OK class, let's see who's awake. Did you notice the new title of the barmenu? That's right, it's &lt;strong&gt;ForwardThinking&lt;/strong&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This is a nice little touch that makes our barmenu a look a little more professional. To do this, we use the standard programming tools delivered with MicroStation. The mdl we will be using is called &lt;strong&gt;builder.ma&lt;/strong&gt; and is installed when you select the &lt;strong&gt;MDE Programming Tools&lt;/strong&gt; during your installation of MicroStation. If you can't find this file, then simply load the Programming Tools before continuing.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
To start, pick &lt;em&gt;Utilities &amp;gt; MDL Applications&lt;/em&gt; and load &lt;strong&gt;builder.ma&lt;/strong&gt;. You should see the following dialog box: 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="6" width="100%"&gt;
	&lt;tbody&gt;
		&lt;tr&gt;
			&lt;td align="top" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/60Pic3.jpg" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
		&lt;/tr&gt;
	&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Now click on the &lt;em&gt;Load...&lt;/em&gt; button and another dialog box will appear: 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="6" width="100%"&gt;
	&lt;tbody&gt;
		&lt;tr&gt;
			&lt;td align="top" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/60Pic4.jpg" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
		&lt;/tr&gt;
	&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Click on &lt;em&gt;Select...&lt;/em&gt; and find &lt;strong&gt;barmenu&lt;/strong&gt; and click &lt;em&gt;OK&lt;/em&gt;. (I recommend that you keep it in &lt;em&gt;Bentley\Program\MicroStation\mdlsys\required &lt;/em&gt;.)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Now that it's in the &amp;quot;Load Dialog&amp;quot; box, click on &lt;em&gt;OK&lt;/em&gt; there as well. We should now have the following on screen: 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="6" width="100%"&gt;
	&lt;tbody&gt;
		&lt;tr&gt;
			&lt;td align="top" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/60Pic5.jpg" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
		&lt;/tr&gt;
	&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
The next bit is relatively easy. Simply double-click on the &amp;lsquo;Barmenu' title and change the title to suit your needs. When done cick on &lt;em&gt;OK&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Save&lt;/em&gt; and exit all dialogs. 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="6" width="100%"&gt;
	&lt;tbody&gt;
		&lt;tr&gt;
			&lt;td align="top" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/60Pic6.jpg" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
		&lt;/tr&gt;
	&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Well, there you go...your first &lt;strong&gt;loop-de-loop&lt;/strong&gt;. Not too shabby eh?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Stay tuned for further flight instructions. 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Ask Inga Article #60 
&lt;/p&gt;
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</description></item><item><title>Fly with Barmenus - Part 2</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/1173/fly-with-barmenus-part-2/revision/3</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 18:32:55 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:46a7d653-8e49-43c3-ba5f-cbd77071c902</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/1173/fly-with-barmenus-part-2#comments</comments><description>Revision 3 posted to [Archived] AskInga Wiki by Anonymous on 5/30/2008 6:32:55 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/askingalogo.gif" border="0" alt="Ask Inga logo' title=" width="230" height="76" /&gt; 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
In Sean's &lt;a href="[[Fly with Barmenus - Part 1]]"&gt;first article&lt;/a&gt; he introduced some very basic concepts regarding barmenus. Let's now take a look at building a loop! 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="border-bottom: #cccccc 1pt solid"&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Now that we can take off and land without crashing, lets take a look at our first trick....a &amp;quot;loop&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Multiple Directories&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
When building barmenus, we can set up multiple items for each sub-menu. For example, we could have a &lt;em&gt;CIVIL&lt;/em&gt; menu item which contains two sub-menus: &lt;em&gt;Levels 1-31&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Levels 32-63&lt;/em&gt;. And each of these sub-menus would then contain the individual commands to execute. This is where we start to see the power of using barmenus - being able to easily access each discipline quickly when drawing production is paramount.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
To begin with, let's take a look at a completed &lt;a href="/askingapics/60_seans_mdf.mdf"&gt;MDF&lt;/a&gt; file and as with with our &lt;a href="/askingapics/59_seans_civil.mdf"&gt;first MDF file&lt;/a&gt;, notice the structure and syntax to define each of the menu items (&lt;em&gt;CIVIL&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Levels 1-31&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Levels 32-63&lt;/em&gt;). Be advised that if the brackets ( &lt;strong&gt;{ }&lt;/strong&gt; )are placed incorrectly within the file, then barmenu.ma will not recognize and load the file.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
At this stage of building our barmenus, this is not so much of a problem. However, imagine looking for the syntax errors in a much larger file. That would be a nightmare!!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
When the above MDF file is loaded, we should see the following barmenu: 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="6" width="100%"&gt;
	&lt;tbody&gt;
		&lt;tr&gt;
			&lt;td align="top" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/60Pic1.jpg" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
		&lt;/tr&gt;
	&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Now we're cooking with gas. As you can see this is pretty straight forward. The key to creating this type of structure in a barmenu is the following syntax in the MDF file: 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="6" width="100%"&gt;
	&lt;tbody&gt;
		&lt;tr&gt;
			&lt;td align="top" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/60Pic2.jpg" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
		&lt;/tr&gt;
	&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Note the syntax required where the menu changes to a new directory. This is priority #1 when creating barmenus. 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Something Interesting&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
OK class, let's see who's awake. Did you notice the new title of the barmenu? That's right, it's &lt;strong&gt;ForwardThinking&lt;/strong&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This is a nice little touch that makes our barmenu a look a little more professional. To do this, we use the standard programming tools delivered with MicroStation. The mdl we will be using is called &lt;strong&gt;builder.ma&lt;/strong&gt; and is installed when you select the &lt;strong&gt;MDE Programming Tools&lt;/strong&gt; during your installation of MicroStation. If you can't find this file, then simply load the Programming Tools before continuing.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
To start, pick &lt;em&gt;Utilities &amp;gt; MDL Applications&lt;/em&gt; and load &lt;strong&gt;builder.ma&lt;/strong&gt;. You should see the following dialog box: 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="6" width="100%"&gt;
	&lt;tbody&gt;
		&lt;tr&gt;
			&lt;td align="top" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/60Pic3.jpg" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
		&lt;/tr&gt;
	&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Now click on the &lt;em&gt;Load...&lt;/em&gt; button and another dialog box will appear: 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="6" width="100%"&gt;
	&lt;tbody&gt;
		&lt;tr&gt;
			&lt;td align="top" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/60Pic4.jpg" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
		&lt;/tr&gt;
	&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Click on &lt;em&gt;Select...&lt;/em&gt; and find &lt;strong&gt;barmenu&lt;/strong&gt; and click &lt;em&gt;OK&lt;/em&gt;. (I recommend that you keep it in &lt;em&gt;Bentley\Program\MicroStation\mdlsys\required &lt;/em&gt;.)&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Now that it's in the &amp;quot;Load Dialog&amp;quot; box, click on &lt;em&gt;OK&lt;/em&gt; there as well. We should now have the following on screen: 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="6" width="100%"&gt;
	&lt;tbody&gt;
		&lt;tr&gt;
			&lt;td align="top" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/60Pic5.jpg" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
		&lt;/tr&gt;
	&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
The next bit is relatively easy. Simply double-click on the &amp;lsquo;Barmenu' title and change the title to suit your needs. When done cick on &lt;em&gt;OK&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Save&lt;/em&gt; and exit all dialogs. 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="6" width="100%"&gt;
	&lt;tbody&gt;
		&lt;tr&gt;
			&lt;td align="top" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/60Pic6.jpg" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
		&lt;/tr&gt;
	&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Well, there you go...your first &lt;strong&gt;loop-de-loop&lt;/strong&gt;. Not too shabby eh?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Stay tuned for further flight instructions. 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Ask Inga Article #60 
&lt;/p&gt;
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</description></item><item><title>Fly with Barmenus - Part 2</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/1173/fly-with-barmenus-part-2/revision/2</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 15:03:35 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:46a7d653-8e49-43c3-ba5f-cbd77071c902</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/1173/fly-with-barmenus-part-2#comments</comments><description>Revision 2 posted to [Archived] AskInga Wiki by Anonymous on 5/29/2008 3:03:35 PM&lt;br /&gt;
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In Sean's &lt;a href="/article.asp?ArticleID=59"&gt;first article&lt;/a&gt; he introduced some very basic concepts regarding barmenus. Let's now take a look at building a loop! 
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Now that we can take off and land without crashing, lets take a look at our first trick....a &amp;quot;loop&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Multiple Directories&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
When building barmenus, we can set up multiple items for each sub-menu. For example, we could have a &lt;em&gt;CIVIL&lt;/em&gt; menu item which contains two sub-menus: &lt;em&gt;Levels 1-31&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Levels 32-63&lt;/em&gt;. And each of these sub-menus would then contain the individual commands to execute. This is where we start to see the power of using barmenus - being able to easily access each discipline quickly when drawing production is paramount.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
To begin with, let's take a look at a completed &lt;a href="/askingapics/60_seans_mdf.mdf"&gt;MDF&lt;/a&gt; file and as with with our &lt;a href="/askingapics/59_seans_civil.mdf"&gt;first MDF file&lt;/a&gt;, notice the structure and syntax to define each of the menu items (&lt;em&gt;CIVIL&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Levels 1-31&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Levels 32-63&lt;/em&gt;). Be advised that if the brackets ( &lt;strong&gt;{ }&lt;/strong&gt; )are placed incorrectly within the file, then barmenu.ma will not recognize and load the file.&lt;br /&gt;
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At this stage of building our barmenus, this is not so much of a problem. However, imagine looking for the syntax errors in a much larger file. That would be a nightmare!!&lt;br /&gt;
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When the above MDF file is loaded, we should see the following barmenu: 
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			&lt;td align="top" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/60Pic1.jpg" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
		&lt;/tr&gt;
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Now we're cooking with gas. As you can see this is pretty straight forward. The key to creating this type of structure in a barmenu is the following syntax in the MDF file: 
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Note the syntax required where the menu changes to a new directory. This is priority #1 when creating barmenus. 
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&lt;strong&gt;Something Interesting&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
OK class, let's see who's awake. Did you notice the new title of the barmenu? That's right, it's &lt;strong&gt;ForwardThinking&lt;/strong&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This is a nice little touch that makes our barmenu a look a little more professional. To do this, we use the standard programming tools delivered with MicroStation. The mdl we will be using is called &lt;strong&gt;builder.ma&lt;/strong&gt; and is installed when you select the &lt;strong&gt;MDE Programming Tools&lt;/strong&gt; during your installation of MicroStation. If you can't find this file, then simply load the Programming Tools before continuing.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
To start, pick &lt;em&gt;Utilities &amp;gt; MDL Applications&lt;/em&gt; and load &lt;strong&gt;builder.ma&lt;/strong&gt;. You should see the following dialog box: 
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			&lt;td align="top" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/60Pic3.jpg" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
		&lt;/tr&gt;
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Now click on the &lt;em&gt;Load...&lt;/em&gt; button and another dialog box will appear: 
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	&lt;tbody&gt;
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			&lt;td align="top" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/60Pic4.jpg" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
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Click on &lt;em&gt;Select...&lt;/em&gt; and find &lt;strong&gt;barmenu&lt;/strong&gt; and click &lt;em&gt;OK&lt;/em&gt;. (I recommend that you keep it in &lt;em&gt;Bentley\Program\MicroStation\mdlsys\required &lt;/em&gt;.)&lt;br /&gt;
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Now that it's in the &amp;quot;Load Dialog&amp;quot; box, click on &lt;em&gt;OK&lt;/em&gt; there as well. We should now have the following on screen: 
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	&lt;tbody&gt;
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			&lt;td align="top" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/60Pic5.jpg" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
		&lt;/tr&gt;
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The next bit is relatively easy. Simply double-click on the &amp;lsquo;Barmenu' title and change the title to suit your needs. When done cick on &lt;em&gt;OK&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Save&lt;/em&gt; and exit all dialogs. 
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			&lt;td align="top" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/60Pic6.jpg" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
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Well, there you go...your first &lt;strong&gt;loop-de-loop&lt;/strong&gt;. Not too shabby eh?&lt;br /&gt;
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Stay tuned for further flight instructions. 
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</description></item><item><title>Fly with Barmenus - Part 2</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/1173/fly-with-barmenus-part-2/revision/1</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 14:42:53 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:46a7d653-8e49-43c3-ba5f-cbd77071c902</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/1173/fly-with-barmenus-part-2#comments</comments><description>Revision 1 posted to [Archived] AskInga Wiki by Anonymous on 5/29/2008 2:42:53 PM&lt;br /&gt;
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In Sean's &lt;a href="/article.asp?ArticleID=59"&gt;first article&lt;/a&gt; he introduced some very basic concepts regarding barmenus. Let's now take a look at building a loop!
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="border-bottom: #cccccc 1pt solid"&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Now that we can take off and land without crashing, lets take a look at our first trick....a &amp;quot;loop&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Multiple Directories&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
When building barmenus, we can set up multiple items for each sub-menu. For example, we could have a &lt;em&gt;CIVIL&lt;/em&gt; menu item which contains two sub-menus: &lt;em&gt;Levels 1-31&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Levels 32-63&lt;/em&gt;. And each of these sub-menus would then contain the individual commands to execute. This is where we start to see the power of using barmenus - being able to easily access each discipline quickly when drawing production is paramount.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
To begin with, let's take a look at a completed &lt;a href="/askingapics/60_seans_mdf.mdf"&gt;MDF&lt;/a&gt; file and as with with our &lt;a href="/askingapics/59_seans_civil.mdf"&gt;first MDF file&lt;/a&gt;, notice the structure and syntax to define each of the menu items (&lt;em&gt;CIVIL&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Levels 1-31&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Levels 32-63&lt;/em&gt;). Be advised that if the brackets ( &lt;strong&gt;{ }&lt;/strong&gt; )are placed incorrectly within the file, then barmenu.ma will not recognize and load the file.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
At this stage of building our barmenus, this is not so much of a problem. However, imagine looking for the syntax errors in a much larger file. That would be a nightmare!!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
When the above MDF file is loaded, we should see the following barmenu:
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&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="6" width="100%"&gt;
	&lt;tbody&gt;
		&lt;tr&gt;
			&lt;td align="top" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/60Pic1.jpg" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
		&lt;/tr&gt;
	&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Now we're cooking with gas. As you can see this is pretty straight forward. The key to creating this type of structure in a barmenu is the following syntax in the MDF file:
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="6" width="100%"&gt;
	&lt;tbody&gt;
		&lt;tr&gt;
			&lt;td align="top" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/60Pic2.jpg" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
		&lt;/tr&gt;
	&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Note the syntax required where the menu changes to a new directory. This is priority #1 when creating barmenus.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Something Interesting&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
OK class, let's see who's awake. Did you notice the new title of the barmenu? That's right, it's &lt;strong&gt;ForwardThinking&lt;/strong&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This is a nice little touch that makes our barmenu a look a little more professional. To do this, we use the standard programming tools delivered with MicroStation. The mdl we will be using is called &lt;strong&gt;builder.ma&lt;/strong&gt; and is installed when you select the &lt;strong&gt;MDE Programming Tools&lt;/strong&gt; during your installation of MicroStation. If you can't find this file, then simply load the Programming Tools before continuing.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
To start, pick &lt;em&gt;Utilities &amp;gt; MDL Applications&lt;/em&gt; and load &lt;strong&gt;builder.ma&lt;/strong&gt;. You should see the following dialog box:
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&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="6" width="100%"&gt;
	&lt;tbody&gt;
		&lt;tr&gt;
			&lt;td align="top" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/60Pic3.jpg" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
		&lt;/tr&gt;
	&lt;/tbody&gt;
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Now click on the &lt;em&gt;Load...&lt;/em&gt; button and another dialog box will appear:
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&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="6" width="100%"&gt;
	&lt;tbody&gt;
		&lt;tr&gt;
			&lt;td align="top" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/60Pic4.jpg" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
		&lt;/tr&gt;
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Click on &lt;em&gt;Select...&lt;/em&gt; and find &lt;strong&gt;barmenu&lt;/strong&gt; and click &lt;em&gt;OK&lt;/em&gt;. (I recommend that you keep it in &lt;em&gt;Bentley\Program\MicroStation\mdlsys\required &lt;/em&gt;.)&lt;br /&gt;
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Now that it's in the &amp;quot;Load Dialog&amp;quot; box, click on &lt;em&gt;OK&lt;/em&gt; there as well. We should now have the following on screen:
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	&lt;tbody&gt;
		&lt;tr&gt;
			&lt;td align="top" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/60Pic5.jpg" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
		&lt;/tr&gt;
	&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
The next bit is relatively easy. Simply double-click on the &amp;lsquo;Barmenu' title and change the title to suit your needs. When done cick on &lt;em&gt;OK&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Save&lt;/em&gt; and exit all dialogs.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="6" width="100%"&gt;
	&lt;tbody&gt;
		&lt;tr&gt;
			&lt;td align="top" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/60Pic6.jpg" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
		&lt;/tr&gt;
	&lt;/tbody&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;
Well, there you go...your first &lt;strong&gt;loop-de-loop&lt;/strong&gt;. Not too shabby eh?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Stay tuned for further flight instructions.
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