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  • How to debug Pure MDL?

    Hi MicroStation Programmers, I am supporting a Pure MDL application (compiled with mcomp, etc) in V8i. How can I debug it? What tool can I use? I tried to find a way to debug in the SDK programmer's guide, but didn't find too much beside the instruction…
  • [v8i MDL] api for import element templates via xml

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