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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Original Article Date:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;September&amp;nbsp;2002&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Updates:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;December 2003, July&amp;nbsp;2006, January 2007, October 2010&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Using WinOpen to change MicroStation&amp;#39;s dialogs&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="border-bottom:#cccccc 1pt solid;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The &lt;em&gt;WinOpen&lt;/em&gt; utility will allow you to locate, open and save files&amp;nbsp;using dialogs that follow the Microsoft Windows conventions for look and feel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This utility was introduced in&amp;nbsp;MicroStation V8 2004 Edition and can be toggled by going to&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Workspace &amp;gt; Preferences &amp;gt; Look and Feel&lt;/em&gt; and turning on&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Use Windows File Open Dialogs&lt;/em&gt;.&amp;nbsp; In all newer versions of MicroStation, this setting is turned on by default.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer-Wikis-Components-Files/00-00-00-00-04/2262.v8i-winopen.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the event that you want to use the MicroStation Manager, press &lt;em&gt;SHIFT + ESC&lt;/em&gt; when the Windows dialog is open. (Yes, this works in V8i too!) &amp;nbsp;Note that this key in combo is one-way only in that it will take you from the Windows dialog to the MicroStation Manager dialog, but not vice versa.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; To get back to the Windows dialog, close MicroStation and restart.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer-Wikis-Components-Files/00-00-00-00-04/5141.v8i-mm.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Duane Marshall&lt;/em&gt; offers this handy keyin to switch to the Windows dialogs:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;mdl keyin calculat calculator userPrefsP-&amp;gt;extFlags.useWinopen=1&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Phil Chouinard&lt;/em&gt; offers this keyin if your want to toggle between the MicroStation and Windows dialogs:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;mdl keyin calculat calculator userPrefsP-&amp;gt;extFlags.useWinopen=!userPrefsP-&amp;gt;extFlags.useWinopen&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For versions of MicroStation pre-dating the 2004 Edition,&amp;nbsp;navigate to &lt;em&gt;...\Bentley\Program\MicroStation\mdlsys\asneeded\&lt;/em&gt; and copy the &lt;em&gt;winopen.dll&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;winopen.ma&lt;/em&gt; to &lt;em&gt;...\Bentley\Program\MicroStation\mdlsys\required\&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The next time MicroStation is started, it will use &lt;em&gt;WinOpen&lt;/em&gt; for the &lt;em&gt;File&lt;/em&gt; based dialogs including the &lt;em&gt;MicroStation Manager&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For earlier versions of MicroStation you can download &lt;em&gt;WinOpen/J&lt;/em&gt; from the &amp;quot;Enhancements and Updates&amp;quot; area of SELECT downloads.&lt;/p&gt;
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</description></item><item><title>Using WinOpen to change MicroStation's dialogs</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/391/using-winopen-to-change-microstation-s-dialogs/revision/5</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 17:32:15 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:d5fa7d95-e027-4b3a-82a7-e967af7084ab</guid><dc:creator>Inga Morozoff</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/391/using-winopen-to-change-microstation-s-dialogs#comments</comments><description>Revision 5 posted to [Archived] AskInga Wiki by Inga Morozoff on 10/18/2010 5:32:15 PM&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Original Article Date:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;September&amp;nbsp;2002&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Updates:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;December 2003, July&amp;nbsp;2006, January 2007, October 2010&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Using WinOpen to change MicroStation&amp;#39;s dialogs&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="border-bottom:#cccccc 1pt solid;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The &lt;em&gt;WinOpen&lt;/em&gt; utility will allow you to locate, open and save files&amp;nbsp;using dialogs that follow the Microsoft Windows conventions for look and feel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This utility was introduced in&amp;nbsp;MicroStation V8 2004 Edition and can be toggled by going to&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Workpace &amp;gt; Preferences &amp;gt; Look and Feel&lt;/em&gt; and turning on&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Use Windows File Open Dialogs&lt;/em&gt;.&amp;nbsp; In all newer versions of MicroStation, this setting is turned on by default.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer-Wikis-Components-Files/00-00-00-00-04/2262.v8i-winopen.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the event that you want to use the MicroStation Manager, press &lt;em&gt;SHIFT + ESC&lt;/em&gt; when the Windows dialog is open. Note that this keyin combo is one-way only in that it will take you from the Windows dialog to theMicroStation managerdialog, but not vice versa.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; To get back to the Windows dialog, close MicroStation and restart.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer-Wikis-Components-Files/00-00-00-00-04/5141.v8i-mm.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Duane Marshall&lt;/em&gt; offers this handy keyin to switch to the Windows dialogs:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;mdl keyin calculat calculator userPrefsP-&amp;gt;extFlags.useWinopen=1&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Phil Chouinard&lt;/em&gt; offers this keyin if your want to toggle between the MicroStation and Windows dialogs:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;mdl keyin calculat calculator userPrefsP-&amp;gt;extFlags.useWinopen=!userPrefsP-&amp;gt;extFlags.useWinopen&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For versions of MicroStation pre-dating the 2004 Edition,&amp;nbsp;navigate to &lt;em&gt;...\Bentley\Program\MicroStation\mdlsys\asneeded\&lt;/em&gt; and copy the &lt;em&gt;winopen.dll&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;winopen.ma&lt;/em&gt; to &lt;em&gt;...\Bentley\Program\MicroStation\mdlsys\required\&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The next time MicroStation is started, it will use &lt;em&gt;WinOpen&lt;/em&gt; for the &lt;em&gt;File&lt;/em&gt; based dialogs including the &lt;em&gt;MicroStation Manager&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For earlier versions of MicroStation you can download &lt;em&gt;WinOpen/J&lt;/em&gt; from the &amp;quot;Enhancements and Updates&amp;quot; area of SELECT downloads.&lt;/p&gt;
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</description></item><item><title>Using WinOpen to change MicroStation's dialogs</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/391/using-winopen-to-change-microstation-s-dialogs/revision/4</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:52:43 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:d5fa7d95-e027-4b3a-82a7-e967af7084ab</guid><dc:creator>Jordan Stierly</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/391/using-winopen-to-change-microstation-s-dialogs#comments</comments><description>Revision 4 posted to [Archived] AskInga Wiki by Jordan Stierly on 6/11/2010 2:52:43 PM&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Original Article Date:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;Sep 2, 2002&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;
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&lt;p&gt;
MicroStation V8 is delivered with a utility called &lt;em&gt;WinOpen&lt;/em&gt; that replaces most &lt;em&gt;File&lt;/em&gt; dialogs including &lt;em&gt;New&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Open&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Save As&lt;/em&gt; with the standard &lt;em&gt;Windows&lt;/em&gt; dialogs that you&amp;#39;re so accustomed to.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;2003-12-01&lt;/em&gt; Updated for MicroStation V8.5.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;2006-07-06&lt;/em&gt; Updated to include a couple of keyins (Thanks Duane and Phil!).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;2007-01-02&lt;/em&gt; Updated for clarity. 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="border-bottom:#cccccc 1pt solid;"&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;
The new &lt;em&gt;WinOpen&lt;/em&gt; utility will allow you to locate, open and save files within MicroStation using dialogs that follow the Microsoft Windows conventions for look and feel.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
For MicroStation V8.5, go to &lt;em&gt;Workpace &amp;gt; Preferences &amp;gt; Look and Feel&lt;/em&gt; and simply turn on &lt;em&gt;Use Windows File Open Dialogs&lt;/em&gt;. That&amp;#39;s it. That&amp;#39;s all.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Duane Marshall&lt;/em&gt; offers this handy keyin to switch to the Windows dialogs:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;mdl keyin calculat calculator userPrefsP-&amp;gt;extFlags.useWinopen=1&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
And &lt;em&gt;Phil Chouinard&lt;/em&gt; offers this keyin if your want to toggle between the MicroStation and Windows dialogs:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;mdl keyin calculat calculator userPrefsP-&amp;gt;extFlags.useWinopen=!userPrefsP-&amp;gt;extFlags.useWinopen&lt;/em&gt; 
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What&amp;#39;s cool about &lt;em&gt;WinOpen&lt;/em&gt; is that you can always go back to the MicroStation dialog by simply pressing &lt;em&gt;SHIFT + ESC&lt;/em&gt; when the Windows dialog is open. Note that this keyin combo is one-way only in that it will take you from the Windows dialog to the MDL dialog, but not vice versa. To get back to the Windows dialog, you&amp;#39;ll need to close it and then simply re-open it. Of course this will only work if the Workspace preferences toggle mentioned above is enabled. 
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&lt;td valign="top" align="top"&gt;&lt;img align="left" border="0" src="/askIngaPics/121Pic2.jpg" alt="" /&gt; &lt;/td&gt;
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For pre-V8.5, follow these instructions:&lt;br /&gt;
Navigate to &lt;em&gt;...\Bentley\Program\MicroStation\mdlsys\asneeded\&lt;/em&gt; and copy the &lt;em&gt;winopen.dll&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;winopen.ma&lt;/em&gt; to &lt;em&gt;...\Bentley\Program\MicroStation\mdlsys\required\&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The next time MicroStation is started, it will use &lt;em&gt;WinOpen&lt;/em&gt; for the &lt;em&gt;File&lt;/em&gt; based dialogs including the &lt;em&gt;MicroStation Manager&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
For earlier versions of MicroStation you can download &lt;em&gt;WinOpen/J&lt;/em&gt; from the &amp;quot;Enhancements and Updates&amp;quot; area of &lt;a href="http://selectservices.bentley.com/downloads/web/index.htm"&gt;http://selectservices.bentley.com/downloads/web/index.htm&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;
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&lt;div style="font-size: 90%;"&gt;Tags: Askinga, Interface Look and Feel&lt;/div&gt;
</description></item><item><title>Using WinOpen to change MicroStation's dialogs</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/391/using-winopen-to-change-microstation-s-dialogs/revision/3</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:54:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:d5fa7d95-e027-4b3a-82a7-e967af7084ab</guid><dc:creator>Hannah Blye</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/391/using-winopen-to-change-microstation-s-dialogs#comments</comments><description>Revision 3 posted to [Archived] AskInga Wiki by Hannah Blye on 6/11/2008 4:54:17 PM&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;Original Article Date:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;em&gt;Sep 2, 2002&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;
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&lt;p&gt;
MicroStation V8 is delivered with a utility called &lt;em&gt;WinOpen&lt;/em&gt; that replaces most &lt;em&gt;File&lt;/em&gt; dialogs including &lt;em&gt;New&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Open&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Save As&lt;/em&gt; with the standard &lt;em&gt;Windows&lt;/em&gt; dialogs that you're so accustomed to.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;2003-12-01&lt;/em&gt; Updated for MicroStation V8.5.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;2006-07-06&lt;/em&gt; Updated to include a couple of keyins (Thanks Duane and Phil!).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;2007-01-02&lt;/em&gt; Updated for clarity. 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="border-bottom: #cccccc 1pt solid"&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
The new &lt;em&gt;WinOpen&lt;/em&gt; utility will allow you to locate, open and save files within MicroStation using dialogs that follow the Microsoft Windows conventions for look and feel.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
For MicroStation V8.5, go to &lt;em&gt;Workpace &amp;gt; Preferences &amp;gt; Look and Feel&lt;/em&gt; and simply turn on &lt;em&gt;Use Windows File Open Dialogs&lt;/em&gt;. That's it. That's all.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Duane Marshall&lt;/em&gt; offers this handy keyin to switch to the Windows dialogs:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;mdl keyin calculat calculator userPrefsP-&amp;gt;extFlags.useWinopen=1&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
And &lt;em&gt;Phil Chouinard&lt;/em&gt; offers this keyin if your want to toggle between the MicroStation and Windows dialogs:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;mdl keyin calculat calculator userPrefsP-&amp;gt;extFlags.useWinopen=!userPrefsP-&amp;gt;extFlags.useWinopen&lt;/em&gt; 
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What's cool about &lt;em&gt;WinOpen&lt;/em&gt; is that you can always go back to the MicroStation dialog by simply pressing &lt;em&gt;SHIFT + ESC&lt;/em&gt; when the Windows dialog is open. Note that this keyin combo is one-way only in that it will take you from the Windows dialog to the MDL dialog, but not vice versa. To get back to the Windows dialog, you'll need to close it and then simply re-open it. Of course this will only work if the Workspace preferences toggle mentioned above is enabled. 
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	&lt;/tbody&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;
For pre-V8.5, follow these instructions:&lt;br /&gt;
Navigate to &lt;em&gt;...\Bentley\Program\MicroStation\mdlsys\asneeded\&lt;/em&gt; and copy the &lt;em&gt;winopen.dll&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;winopen.ma&lt;/em&gt; to &lt;em&gt;...\Bentley\Program\MicroStation\mdlsys\required\&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The next time MicroStation is started, it will use &lt;em&gt;WinOpen&lt;/em&gt; for the &lt;em&gt;File&lt;/em&gt; based dialogs including the &lt;em&gt;MicroStation Manager&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
For earlier versions of MicroStation you can download &lt;em&gt;WinOpen/J&lt;/em&gt; from the &amp;quot;Enhancements and Updates&amp;quot; area of &lt;a href="http://selectservices.bentley.com/downloads/web/index.htm"&gt;http://selectservices.bentley.com/downloads/web/index.htm&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/a&gt;
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</description></item><item><title>Using WinOpen to change MicroStation's dialogs</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/391/using-winopen-to-change-microstation-s-dialogs/revision/2</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:11:55 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:d5fa7d95-e027-4b3a-82a7-e967af7084ab</guid><dc:creator>Hannah Blye</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/391/using-winopen-to-change-microstation-s-dialogs#comments</comments><description>Revision 2 posted to [Archived] AskInga Wiki by Hannah Blye on 6/11/2008 3:11:55 PM&lt;br /&gt;
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MicroStation V8 is delivered with a utility called &lt;em&gt;WinOpen&lt;/em&gt; that replaces most &lt;em&gt;File&lt;/em&gt; dialogs including &lt;em&gt;New&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Open&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Save As&lt;/em&gt; with the standard &lt;em&gt;Windows&lt;/em&gt; dialogs that you're so accustomed to.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;2002-09-02&lt;/em&gt; Original posting date.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;2003-12-01&lt;/em&gt; Updated for MicroStation V8.5.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;2006-07-06&lt;/em&gt; Updated to include a couple of keyins (Thanks Duane and Phil!).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;2007-01-02&lt;/em&gt; Updated for clarity. 
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="border-bottom: #cccccc 1pt solid"&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
The new &lt;em&gt;WinOpen&lt;/em&gt; utility will allow you to locate, open and save files within MicroStation using dialogs that follow the Microsoft Windows conventions for look and feel.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
For MicroStation V8.5, go to &lt;em&gt;Workpace &amp;gt; Preferences &amp;gt; Look and Feel&lt;/em&gt; and simply turn on &lt;em&gt;Use Windows File Open Dialogs&lt;/em&gt;. That's it. That's all.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;Duane Marshall&lt;/em&gt; offers this handy keyin to switch to the Windows dialogs:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;mdl keyin calculat calculator userPrefsP-&amp;gt;extFlags.useWinopen=1&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
And &lt;em&gt;Phil Chouinard&lt;/em&gt; offers this keyin if your want to toggle between the MicroStation and Windows dialogs:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;mdl keyin calculat calculator userPrefsP-&amp;gt;extFlags.useWinopen=!userPrefsP-&amp;gt;extFlags.useWinopen&lt;/em&gt; 
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What's cool about &lt;em&gt;WinOpen&lt;/em&gt; is that you can always go back to the MicroStation dialog by simply pressing &lt;em&gt;SHIFT + ESC&lt;/em&gt; when the Windows dialog is open. Note that this keyin combo is one-way only in that it will take you from the Windows dialog to the MDL dialog, but not vice versa. To get back to the Windows dialog, you'll need to close it and then simply re-open it. Of course this will only work if the Workspace preferences toggle mentioned above is enabled. 
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For pre-V8.5, follow these instructions:&lt;br /&gt;
Navigate to &lt;em&gt;...\Bentley\Program\MicroStation\mdlsys\asneeded\&lt;/em&gt; and copy the &lt;em&gt;winopen.dll&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;winopen.ma&lt;/em&gt; to &lt;em&gt;...\Bentley\Program\MicroStation\mdlsys\required\&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The next time MicroStation is started, it will use &lt;em&gt;WinOpen&lt;/em&gt; for the &lt;em&gt;File&lt;/em&gt; based dialogs including the &lt;em&gt;MicroStation Manager&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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For earlier versions of MicroStation you can download &lt;em&gt;WinOpen/J&lt;/em&gt; from the &amp;quot;Enhancements and Updates&amp;quot; area of &lt;a href="http://selectservices.bentley.com/downloads/web/index.htm"&gt;http://selectservices.bentley.com/downloads/web/index.htm&lt;br /&gt;
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</description></item><item><title>Using WinOpen to change MicroStation's dialogs</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/391/using-winopen-to-change-microstation-s-dialogs/revision/1</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 12:44:43 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:d5fa7d95-e027-4b3a-82a7-e967af7084ab</guid><dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/askinga/391/using-winopen-to-change-microstation-s-dialogs#comments</comments><description>Revision 1 posted to [Archived] AskInga Wiki by Anonymous on 5/30/2008 12:44:43 PM&lt;br /&gt;
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MicroStation V8 is delivered with a utility called &lt;em&gt;WinOpen&lt;/em&gt; that replaces most &lt;em&gt;File&lt;/em&gt; dialogs including &lt;em&gt;New&lt;/em&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Open&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;Save As&lt;/em&gt; with the standard &lt;em&gt;Windows&lt;/em&gt; dialogs that you're so accustomed to.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;2002-09-02&lt;/em&gt; Original posting date.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;2003-12-01&lt;/em&gt; Updated for MicroStation V8.5.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;2006-07-06&lt;/em&gt; Updated to include a couple of keyins (Thanks Duane and Phil!).&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;2007-01-02&lt;/em&gt; Updated for clarity.
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The new &lt;em&gt;WinOpen&lt;/em&gt; utility will allow you to locate, open and save files within MicroStation using dialogs that follow the Microsoft Windows conventions for look and feel.&lt;br /&gt;
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For MicroStation V8.5, go to &lt;em&gt;Workpace &amp;gt; Preferences &amp;gt; Look and Feel&lt;/em&gt; and simply turn on &lt;em&gt;Use Windows File Open Dialogs&lt;/em&gt;. That's it. That's all.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;em&gt;Duane Marshall&lt;/em&gt; offers this handy keyin to switch to the Windows dialogs:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;mdl keyin calculat calculator userPrefsP-&amp;gt;extFlags.useWinopen=1&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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And &lt;em&gt;Phil Chouinard&lt;/em&gt; offers this keyin if your want to toggle between the MicroStation and Windows dialogs:&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;em&gt;mdl keyin calculat calculator userPrefsP-&amp;gt;extFlags.useWinopen=!userPrefsP-&amp;gt;extFlags.useWinopen&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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What's cool about &lt;em&gt;WinOpen&lt;/em&gt; is that you can always go back to the MicroStation dialog by simply pressing &lt;em&gt;SHIFT + ESC&lt;/em&gt; when the Windows dialog is open. Note that this keyin combo is one-way only in that it will take you from the Windows dialog to the MDL dialog, but not vice versa. To get back to the Windows dialog, you'll need to close it and then simply re-open it. Of course this will only work if the Workspace preferences toggle mentioned above is enabled. 
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For pre-V8.5, follow these instructions:&lt;br /&gt;
Navigate to &lt;em&gt;...\Bentley\Program\MicroStation\mdlsys\asneeded\&lt;/em&gt; and copy the &lt;em&gt;winopen.dll&lt;/em&gt; and &lt;em&gt;winopen.ma&lt;/em&gt; to &lt;em&gt;...\Bentley\Program\MicroStation\mdlsys\required\&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The next time MicroStation is started, it will use &lt;em&gt;WinOpen&lt;/em&gt; for the &lt;em&gt;File&lt;/em&gt; based dialogs including the &lt;em&gt;MicroStation Manager&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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For earlier versions of MicroStation you can download &lt;em&gt;WinOpen/J&lt;/em&gt; from the &amp;quot;Enhancements and Updates&amp;quot; area of &lt;a href="http://selectservices.bentley.com/downloads/web/index.htm"&gt;http://selectservices.bentley.com/downloads/web/index.htm&lt;br /&gt;
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