Hello Microstation Users and perhaps John Gooding,
In the past, 13 years ago, I was a Microstation user.
13 years ago I did make many mvba routines.
Today, I am thinking about making vba routines for AutoCAD, but I would like to get access to my mvba routines from 13 years ago.
I think that many of my functions could be reused from Microstation to AutoCAD.
My problem is that I don't have a Microstation license since 13 years, all of my mvba coding did become a black box for myself.
My question: How can I convert my mvba files to ascii ?
To be clear I am not interested to upload my mvba files here, to get ascii files....
My files are still copyright protected.
(For advise, perhaps I am doing something wrong, but almost every word that I type is giving a type error.
The website doesn't understand that I am Dutch typing English. Just terrible.)
With Regards,
Harry Stegeman (From the Netherlands)
It is definitely possible but as it can be used to bypass password protection better is to use Microstation.
You can get 7-day trial. Try to access softwaredownloads.bentley.com with you old profile.
Bob Rayner said:You might try saving it as a LISP
LISP is a programming language, whose origins, syntax and idioms are quite unlike VBA.
Bob Rayner said:LISP I believe is an Autodesk format
It's a mystery why AutoDESK thought that LISP would be a useful candidate to add programming capability to a CAD tool.
Bob Rayner said:open the [.mvba] file with a next level editor
.mvba
A .mvba file uses proprietary Microsoft encoding. The result of saving as text is gobbledegook.
Harry Stegeman said: How can I convert my mvba files to ascii ?
In the VBA IDE project manager, you can export each VBA module to a text file. Each text file contains readable VBA source code.
Harry Stegeman said:I am not interested to upload my mvba files here
Then you'll have to obtain a copy of MicroStation V8 or CONNECT, or take your .mvba files to a friendly MicroStation user who can let you work on their computer for a while.
Regards, Jon Summers LA Solutions
This thread might help.
But to answer the question, you can open the file with a next level editor like Notepad++ and simply save as a txt. But that does not work well. You might try saving it as a lisp, which I believe is an Autodesk format.
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