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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>Exchange references with this macro</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/1216/exchange-references-with-this-macro</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>Exchange references with this macro</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/1216/exchange-references-with-this-macro</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 14:11:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:a612aab0-551a-4386-a209-38b37b5bb15a</guid><dc:creator>Inga Morozoff</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/1216/exchange-references-with-this-macro#comments</comments><description>Current Revision posted to [Archived] AskInga Wiki by Inga Morozoff on 6/14/2010 2:11:31 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;With thanks to &lt;em&gt;Jason Johnson&lt;/em&gt; for sharing this application that streamlines the process of editing references. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="border-bottom:#cccccc 1pt solid;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Download &lt;a href="/askingapics/317.zip"&gt;317.zip&lt;/a&gt; and extract &lt;em&gt;reference_exchange.mvba&lt;/em&gt; from the zip file.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Place the mvba in the folder pointed to by &lt;em&gt;MS_VBASEARCHDIRECTORIES&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Configure MS_VBAAUTOLOADPROJECTS to automatically load the mvba project upon startup.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once loaded, two keyins will be available to streamline the process of editing references:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;vba run [reference_exchange]reference.reference&lt;/em&gt; will prompt you to select a reference to edit. Simply select an element in the desired reference and accept at which point the selected file will be opened for editing. This is the same as selecting &lt;em&gt;Exchange&lt;/em&gt; from the reference dialog.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;vba run [reference_exchange]reference.lastfile&lt;/em&gt; will close the reference and open your previous file. This is the same as issuing an &lt;em&gt;ALT + F, 2&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It&amp;#39;s suggested to place these keyins on either a pair of function keys or custom buttons for quick and easy access. &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;This VBA macro creates the following file: &lt;em&gt;c:\temp\Administratorfilehistory.txt&lt;/em&gt; that contains a running history of the files opened during the design session. This file history can be accessed via a picklist by using bonus macro run with this keyin: &lt;em&gt;vba run [reference_exchange]Load_list.filehistory&lt;/em&gt;. Note that this macro will still generate a file history list even if MS_FILEHISTORY is set to zero. &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;This application has been tested on MicroStation V8 08.05.02.55 and MicroStation V8 XM Edition 08.09.04.51 and appears to run fine. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This program is supplied as is. This program does not come with support. AskInga, Bentley Systems Inc., and the author of the program assumes no liability for damages direct, indirect, or consequential, which may result from the use of this program. Use this program at your own risk. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;AskInga Article #317 &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: Askinga, Reference Files, Article&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>VBA to exchange references</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/1216/exchange-references-with-this-macro/revision/4</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:52:41 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:a612aab0-551a-4386-a209-38b37b5bb15a</guid><dc:creator>Inga Morozoff</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/1216/exchange-references-with-this-macro#comments</comments><description>Revision 4 posted to [Archived] AskInga Wiki by Inga Morozoff on 6/10/2010 3:52:41 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;With thanks to &lt;em&gt;Jason Johnson&lt;/em&gt; for sharing this application that streamlines the process of editing references. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="border-bottom:#cccccc 1pt solid;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Download &lt;a href="/askingapics/317.zip"&gt;317.zip&lt;/a&gt; and extract &lt;em&gt;reference_exchange.mvba&lt;/em&gt; from the zip file.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Place the mvba in the folder pointed to by &lt;em&gt;MS_VBASEARCHDIRECTORIES&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Configure MS_VBAAUTOLOADPROJECTS to automatically load the mvba project upon startup.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once loaded, two keyins will be available to streamline the process of editing references:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;vba run [reference_exchange]reference.reference&lt;/em&gt; will prompt you to select a reference to edit. Simply select an element in the desired reference and accept at which point the selected file will be opened for editing. This is the same as selecting &lt;em&gt;Exchange&lt;/em&gt; from the reference dialog.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;vba run [reference_exchange]reference.lastfile&lt;/em&gt; will close the reference and open your previous file. This is the same as issuing an &lt;em&gt;ALT + F, 2&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It&amp;#39;s suggested to place these keyins on either a pair of function keys or custom buttons for quick and easy access. &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td align="top" valign="top"&gt;&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/317Pic1.jpg" align="left" border="0" alt="" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This VBA macro creates the following file: &lt;em&gt;c:\temp\Administratorfilehistory.txt&lt;/em&gt; that contains a running history of the files opened during the design session. This file history can be accessed via a picklist by using bonus macro run with this keyin: &lt;em&gt;vba run [reference_exchange]Load_list.filehistory&lt;/em&gt;. Note that this macro will still generate a file history list even if MS_FILEHISTORY is set to zero. &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This application has been tested on MicroStation V8 08.05.02.55 and MicroStation V8 XM Edition 08.09.04.51 and appears to run fine. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This program is supplied as is. This program does not come with support. AskInga, Bentley Systems Inc., and the author of the program assumes no liability for damages direct, indirect, or consequential, which may result from the use of this program. Use this program at your own risk. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;AskInga Article #317 &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: Article, Askinga, Reference Files&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>VBA to exchange references</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/1216/exchange-references-with-this-macro/revision/3</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:55:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:a612aab0-551a-4386-a209-38b37b5bb15a</guid><dc:creator>Hannah Blye</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/1216/exchange-references-with-this-macro#comments</comments><description>Revision 3 posted to [Archived] AskInga Wiki by Hannah Blye on 6/23/2008 2:55:45 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&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;
With thanks to &lt;em&gt;Jason Johnson&lt;/em&gt; for sharing this application that streamlines the process of editing references. 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="border-bottom: #cccccc 1pt solid"&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Download &lt;a href="/askingapics/317.zip"&gt;317.zip&lt;/a&gt; and extract &lt;em&gt;reference_exchange.mvba&lt;/em&gt; from the zip file.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Place the mvba in the folder pointed to by &lt;em&gt;MS_VBASEARCHDIRECTORIES&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Configure MS_VBAAUTOLOADPROJECTS to automatically load the mvba project upon startup.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Once loaded, two keyins will be available to streamline the process of editing references:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;vba run [reference_exchange]reference.reference&lt;/em&gt; will prompt you to select a reference to edit. Simply select an element in the desired reference and accept at which point the selected file will be opened for editing. This is the same as selecting &lt;em&gt;Exchange&lt;/em&gt; from the reference dialog.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;vba run [reference_exchange]reference.lastfile&lt;/em&gt; will close the reference and open your previous file. This is the same as issuing an &lt;em&gt;ALT + F, 2&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
It's suggested to place these keyins on either a pair of function keys or custom buttons for quick and easy access. 
&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/317Pic1.jpg" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
		&lt;/tr&gt;
	&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
This VBA macro creates the following file: &lt;em&gt;c:\temp\Administratorfilehistory.txt&lt;/em&gt; that contains a running history of the files opened during the design session. This file history can be accessed via a picklist by using bonus macro run with this keyin: &lt;em&gt;vba run [reference_exchange]Load_list.filehistory&lt;/em&gt;. Note that this macro will still generate a file history list even if MS_FILEHISTORY is set to zero. 
&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/317Pic2.jpg" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
		&lt;/tr&gt;
	&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
This application has been tested on MicroStation V8 08.05.02.55 and MicroStation V8 XM Edition 08.09.04.51 and appears to run fine. 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
This program is supplied as is. This program does not come with support. AskInga, Bentley Systems Inc., and the author of the program assumes no liability for damages direct, indirect, or consequential, which may result from the use of this program. Use this program at your own risk. 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
AskInga Article #317 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: Article, Askinga, Reference Files&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>VBA to exchange references</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/1216/exchange-references-with-this-macro/revision/2</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 20:17:53 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:a612aab0-551a-4386-a209-38b37b5bb15a</guid><dc:creator>Hannah Blye</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/1216/exchange-references-with-this-macro#comments</comments><description>Revision 2 posted to [Archived] AskInga Wiki by Hannah Blye on 5/19/2008 8:17:53 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;img src="/askIngaPics/askingalogo.gif" border="0" alt="Ask Inga logo" title="Ask?Inga" width="230" height="76" /&gt; 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
With thanks to &lt;em&gt;Jason Johnson&lt;/em&gt; for sharing this application that streamlines the process of editing references. 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="border-bottom: #cccccc 1pt solid"&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Download &lt;a href="/askingapics/317.zip"&gt;317.zip&lt;/a&gt; and extract &lt;em&gt;reference_exchange.mvba&lt;/em&gt; from the zip file.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Place the mvba in the folder pointed to by &lt;em&gt;MS_VBASEARCHDIRECTORIES&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Configure MS_VBAAUTOLOADPROJECTS to automatically load the mvba project upon startup.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Once loaded, two keyins will be available to streamline the process of editing references:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;vba run [reference_exchange]reference.reference&lt;/em&gt; will prompt you to select a reference to edit. Simply select an element in the desired reference and accept at which point the selected file will be opened for editing. This is the same as selecting &lt;em&gt;Exchange&lt;/em&gt; from the reference dialog.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;vba run [reference_exchange]reference.lastfile&lt;/em&gt; will close the reference and open your previous file. This is the same as issuing an &lt;em&gt;ALT + F, 2&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
It's suggested to place these keyins on either a pair of function keys or custom buttons for quick and easy access. 
&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/317Pic1.jpg" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
		&lt;/tr&gt;
	&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
This VBA macro creates the following file: &lt;em&gt;c:\temp\Administratorfilehistory.txt&lt;/em&gt; that contains a running history of the files opened during the design session. This file history can be accessed via a picklist by using bonus macro run with this keyin: &lt;em&gt;vba run [reference_exchange]Load_list.filehistory&lt;/em&gt;. Note that this macro will still generate a file history list even if MS_FILEHISTORY is set to zero. 
&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/317Pic2.jpg" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
		&lt;/tr&gt;
	&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
This application has been tested on MicroStation V8 08.05.02.55 and MicroStation V8 XM Edition 08.09.04.51 and appears to run fine. 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
This program is supplied as is. This program does not come with support. AskInga, Bentley Systems Inc., and the author of the program assumes no liability for damages direct, indirect, or consequential, which may result from the use of this program. Use this program at your own risk. 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
AskInga Article #317
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: &lt;tags&gt;&lt;/tags&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>VBA to exchange references</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/1216/exchange-references-with-this-macro/revision/1</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 20:16:08 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:a612aab0-551a-4386-a209-38b37b5bb15a</guid><dc:creator>Hannah Blye</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/1216/exchange-references-with-this-macro#comments</comments><description>Revision 1 posted to [Archived] AskInga Wiki by Hannah Blye on 5/19/2008 8:16:08 PM&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
With thanks to &lt;em&gt;Jason Johnson&lt;/em&gt; for sharing this application that streamlines the process of editing references.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="border-bottom: #cccccc 1pt solid"&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
Download &lt;a href="http://www.askinga.com/askingapics/317.zip"&gt;317.zip&lt;/a&gt; and extract &lt;em&gt;reference_exchange.mvba&lt;/em&gt; from the zip file.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Place the mvba in the folder pointed to by &lt;em&gt;MS_VBASEARCHDIRECTORIES&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Configure MS_VBAAUTOLOADPROJECTS to automatically load the mvba project upon startup.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Once loaded, two keyins will be available to streamline the process of editing references:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;vba run [reference_exchange]reference.reference&lt;/em&gt; will prompt you to select a reference to edit. Simply select an element in the desired reference and accept at which point the selected file will be opened for editing. This is the same as selecting &lt;em&gt;Exchange&lt;/em&gt; from the reference dialog.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;vba run [reference_exchange]reference.lastfile&lt;/em&gt; will close the reference and open your previous file. This is the same as issuing an &lt;em&gt;ALT + F, 2&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
It's suggested to place these keyins on either a pair of function keys or custom buttons for quick and easy access.
&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/317Pic1.jpg" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
		&lt;/tr&gt;
	&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
This VBA macro creates the following file: &lt;em&gt;c:\temp\Administratorfilehistory.txt&lt;/em&gt; that contains a running history of the files opened during the design session. This file history can be accessed via a picklist by using bonus macro run with this keyin: &lt;em&gt;vba run [reference_exchange]Load_list.filehistory&lt;/em&gt;. Note that this macro will still generate a file history list even if MS_FILEHISTORY is set to zero.
&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/317Pic2.jpg" border="0" align="left" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
		&lt;/tr&gt;
	&lt;/tbody&gt;
&lt;/table&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
This application has been tested on MicroStation V8 08.05.02.55 and MicroStation V8 XM Edition 08.09.04.51 and appears to run fine. 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
This program is supplied as is. This program does not come with support. AskInga, Bentley Systems Inc., and the author of the program assumes no liability for damages direct, indirect, or consequential, which may result from the use of this program. Use this program at your own risk.
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

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