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&lt;td&gt;Bentley Technical Support Group&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;h1&gt;Problem&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;What are these &amp;quot;Default.mvba&amp;quot; files?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;Microstation keeps on creating a &amp;quot;Default.mvba&amp;quot; file within different&lt;br /&gt;project folders on our server.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Does anyone know what causes this file creation And what can I do, so&lt;br /&gt;Microstation doesn&amp;#39;t generate this unwanted file automatically?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Solution&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Default MicroStation VBA projects.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The *.mvba extension is for MicroStation VBA projects.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;These files are created in folder defined in MS_VBANEWPROJECTDIRECTORY, whenever the VBA&lt;br /&gt;Project Manager or Visual Basic Editor is opened without another VBA project loaded.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Variables MS_VBAAUTOLOADPROJECTS and MS_VBASEARCHDIRECTORIES control&lt;br /&gt;which projects are loaded. These can be set up to always load one&lt;br /&gt;specific &amp;quot;dummy&amp;quot; project to avoid the creation of new Default.mvba&lt;br /&gt;files, e.g.:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MS_VBAAUTOLOADPROJECTS = D:/Some Path/Some Folder/Dummy.mvba&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Or&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MS_VBAAUTOLOADPROJECTS = Dummy&lt;br /&gt;MS_VBASEARCHDIRECTORIES &amp;gt; D:/Some Path/Some Folder/&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In both cases, Dummy.mvba must exist. An alternative for&lt;br /&gt;MS_VBAAUTOLOADPROJECTS is to use MS_VBAREQUIREDPROJECTS. Projects listed&lt;br /&gt;in that variable can not be removed from the list in the VBA Project&lt;br /&gt;Manager.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another solution is to define MS_VBANEWPROJECTDIRECTORY to always point&lt;br /&gt;to the same location. That way only one Default.mvba will be created.&lt;br /&gt;Note that if MS_VBANEWPROJECTDIRECTORY is not defined the Default.mvba&lt;br /&gt;will be created in the Workspace\system\vba folder! And if the folder&lt;br /&gt;that MS_VBANEWPROJECTDIRECTORY points to does not exist, it will be&lt;br /&gt;created.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;See Also&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="/Wiki/view.aspx/Getting_Started_with_Visual_Basic"&gt;http://communities.bentley.com/Wiki/view.aspx/Getting_Started_with_Visual_Basic&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

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</description></item><item><title>What are these "Default.mvba" files?</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/microstation__wiki/14543/what-are-these-default-mvba-files/revision/2</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2014 11:27:44 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:1f8a8797-096f-4a8d-b5a5-85cc2724e4ee</guid><dc:creator>Maria Garcia</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/microstation__wiki/14543/what-are-these-default-mvba-files#comments</comments><description>Revision 2 posted to MicroStation Wiki by Maria Garcia on 6/5/2014 11:27:44 AM&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;h1&gt;Problem&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;What are these &amp;quot;Default.mvba&amp;quot; files?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;Microstation keeps on creating a &amp;quot;Default.mvba&amp;quot; file within different&lt;br /&gt;project folders on our server.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Does anyone know what causes this file creation And what can I do, so&lt;br /&gt;Microstation doesn&amp;#39;t generate this unwanted file automatically?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Solution&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Default MicroStation VBA projects.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The *.mvba extension is for MicroStation VBA projects.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;These files are created in folder defined in MS_VBANEWPROJECTDIRECTORY, whenever the VBA&lt;br /&gt;Project Manager or Visual Basic Editor is opened without another VBA project loaded.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Variables MS_VBAAUTOLOADPROJECTS and MS_VBASEARCHDIRECTORIES control&lt;br /&gt;which projects are loaded. These can be set up to always load one&lt;br /&gt;specific &amp;quot;dummy&amp;quot; project to avoid the creation of new Default.mvba&lt;br /&gt;files, e.g.:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MS_VBAAUTOLOADPROJECTS = D:/Some Path/Some Folder/Dummy.mvba&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Or&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MS_VBAAUTOLOADPROJECTS = Dummy&lt;br /&gt;MS_VBASEARCHDIRECTORIES &amp;gt; D:/Some Path/Some Folder/&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In both cases, Dummy.mvba must exist. An alternative for&lt;br /&gt;MS_VBAAUTOLOADPROJECTS is to use MS_VBAREQUIREDPROJECTS. Projects listed&lt;br /&gt;in that variable can not be removed from the list in the VBA Project&lt;br /&gt;Manager.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another solution is to define MS_VBANEWPROJECTDIRECTORY to always point&lt;br /&gt;to the same location. That way only one Default.mvba will be created.&lt;br /&gt;Note that if MS_VBANEWPROJECTDIRECTORY is not defined the Default.mvba&lt;br /&gt;will be created in the Workspace\system\vba folder! And if the folder&lt;br /&gt;that MS_VBANEWPROJECTDIRECTORY points to does not exist, it will be&lt;br /&gt;created.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;See Also&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="/Wiki/view.aspx/Getting_Started_with_Visual_Basic"&gt;http://communities.bentley.com/Wiki/view.aspx/Getting_Started_with_Visual_Basic&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

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</description></item><item><title>What are these "Default.mvba" files?</title><link>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/microstation__wiki/14543/what-are-these-default-mvba-files/revision/1</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2014 11:21:25 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6dad98f5-dbc9-4c4d-a9ba-e9da8dc6aa8e:1f8a8797-096f-4a8d-b5a5-85cc2724e4ee</guid><dc:creator>Elisabeth Pry</dc:creator><comments>https://communities.bentley.com/products/microstation/w/microstation__wiki/14543/what-are-these-default-mvba-files#comments</comments><description>Revision 1 posted to MicroStation Wiki by Elisabeth Pry on 6/5/2014 11:21:25 AM&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;h1&gt;Problem&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;What are these &amp;quot;Default.mvba&amp;quot; files?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;Microstation keeps on creating a &amp;quot;Default.mvba&amp;quot; file within different&lt;br /&gt;project folders on our server.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Does anyone know what causes this file creation And what can I do, so&lt;br /&gt;Microstation doesn&amp;#39;t generate this unwanted file automatically?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Solution&lt;/h1&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Default MicroStation VBA projects.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The *.mvba extension is for MicroStation VBA projects. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;These files are created in folder defined in MS_VBANEWPROJECTDIRECTORY, whenever the VBA&lt;br /&gt;Project Manager or Visual Basic Editor is opened without another VBA project loaded.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Variables MS_VBAAUTOLOADPROJECTS and MS_VBASEARCHDIRECTORIES control&lt;br /&gt;which projects are loaded. These can be set up to always load one&lt;br /&gt;specific &amp;quot;dummy&amp;quot; project to avoid the creation of new Default.mvba&lt;br /&gt;files, e.g.:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MS_VBAAUTOLOADPROJECTS = D:/Some Path/Some Folder/Dummy.mvba&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Or&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MS_VBAAUTOLOADPROJECTS = Dummy&lt;br /&gt;MS_VBASEARCHDIRECTORIES &amp;gt; D:/Some Path/Some Folder/&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In both cases, Dummy.mvba must exist. An alternative for&lt;br /&gt;MS_VBAAUTOLOADPROJECTS is to use MS_VBAREQUIREDPROJECTS. Projects listed&lt;br /&gt;in that variable can not be removed from the list in the VBA Project&lt;br /&gt;Manager.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another solution is to define MS_VBANEWPROJECTDIRECTORY to always point&lt;br /&gt;to the same location. That way only one Default.mvba will be created.&lt;br /&gt;Note that if MS_VBANEWPROJECTDIRECTORY is not defined the Default.mvba&lt;br /&gt;will be created in the Workspace\system\vba folder! And if the folder&lt;br /&gt;that MS_VBANEWPROJECTDIRECTORY points to does not exist, it will be&lt;br /&gt;created.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some information about MicroStation VBA in general and the configuration&lt;br /&gt;around it can be found on the Communities website:&lt;br /&gt;http://communities.bentley.com/Wiki/view.aspx/Getting_Started_with_Visua&lt;br /&gt;l_Basic.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;See Also&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;

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