Does Navigator support VBA? I have a LOT of custom code in Bentley Redline and I need to upgrade to a supported Bentley product.

Hi Brad,

Brad Burke said:

Does Navigator support VBA?

Yes ... no ... forget Navigator.

Brad Burke said:

and I need to upgrade to a supported Bentley product

To find "supported Bentley product" can be a bit challenging task today ;-)

There are more "Navigator products" and in fact it's not clear how long they will be supported.

Short overview of the current situation:

• Bentley Navigator V8 (formerly ProjectWise Navigator) has been on Power platform (MicroStation engine), so technically it's similar to Bentley Redline and MicroStation itself. This version supports MicroStation VBA, but V8 generation support ended already, V8i will end next year and only the latest V8i (SELECTseries 10) will be supported to 2021.
  Because there is no V8i (SELECTseries 10) version of Bentley Navigator, Bentley Navigator V8i can be treated as not supported (accordingly to this page the support will end in July 2020).
• Bentley Navigator CONNECT Edition is completely different product, not based on Power platform and not compatible with standard MicroStation technologies. As far as I know, no customization is supported.
  But even this product is discontinued and accordingly to this discussion, the current Update 10.2 (build number 10.02.01.124) is the last planned release.
• iTwin Design Review is the successor of Navigator product line, based on cloud and iModelJS technology. It's pretty new, so I am not sure about its customization. On the other hand, iModelJS is open source platform, so maybe when specific features or customization are required, custom client can be created. But it's just an idea.

For more information, I recommend to ask in

• Project Review forum for Navigator related topics,
• iTwin Services forum for the new Design Review service.

With regards,

  Jan