MDL FAQ

Getting Started

• Access and Download SDKs > MicroStation SDK Download
• Frequent Product Links
  
  • MicroStation CONNECT SDK (Announcements, Downloads, Wiki, Migrating to CONNECT, Forum, Blogs, Medium, LEARN, YouTube)
• Current Releases (Recent Visual Studio releases required)
  
  • MicroStation SDK Home (Additional Info)
  • MicroStation CONNECT Edition SDK Introduction
  • MicroStation CONNECT SDK Setup and Overview
    • Download the SDK
    • Install the SDK
    • Developer Shell Overview
    • SDK Tips and Macros
  • MicroStation CONNECT SDK Developer Training
  • Step by step to learn MDL CE (See Tip above)
  • CONNECT APIs
    
    
• Older Releases (Visual Studio 2005 Professional required):
  • MicroStation V8 LEARN path
  • Step by step learning MDL V8i (Chinese language. Use Google Translate)
  • Step by Step learning MDL V8i Addins (Chinese language. Use Google Translate)

.NET Addins

Access/Permissions

• Running an AddIn from network locations

C++/CLI

• Writing Add-ins in C++/CLI
• .NET programming with C++/CLI (Walkthrough)
• [MSCE C++] How to add version information to C++/CLI-style DLL? (See Tip above)

Debugging

MicroStation CONNECT SDK source code can be readily debugged using Microsoft's Visual Studio Debugger.

• Become familiar with Microsoft Visual Studio Debugging Basics and Microsoft Symbol Technology
• Open a Visual Studio Project's Solution file (.sln)
  • TIP: For best results start devenv.exe directly from the MicroStation CONNECT Developer Shell
• Configure, Start or Attach to an application or process to Debug:
  • Configure Symbol (.pdb) and Source Files in Visual Studio
  • Start Debugging or Attach to a Running Process
  • TIP: For best results specify (Native or Managed) code project type to debug. See Also: Just My Code

RELATED: Debug V8 MDL Apps, Debug MicroStation VBA Apps, Search Paths

Dialogs

MicroStation CONNECT Dialog Box and Item sizes

MicroStation CONNECT switched to using a more modern Windows 10 default system font (From: "Microsoft Sans Serif", To: "Segoe UI"). Therefore any custom Dialog Boxes and Items sized using XC & YC macros will be respectively change their calculated sizes/proportions based on the default system font the respective MicroStation product line was compiled to use.

For additional dialog box migration and creation, please see these helpful MicroStationAPI.chm help topics:

• Migrating Dialogs
  • CONNECT Edition User Interface Porting and Enhancements
• Creating New Dialogs
  • Dialog Box Manager Overview
  • Migrating to Layout Manager

Elements

MicroStation classifies and organizes graphical (vector) and metadata information using a number of well-defined conventions. Please find information related to the most common concepts and methods available:

• MicroStation's element types

Security

Determine if your .NET Project requires running in a High Security mode. See: Security Configuration Variables

MS_SECURITY_LEVEL   : System         = NONE
MS_SECURITY_SPC     : System         = C:\ProgramData\Bentley\CONNECT Edition\Configuration\Organization\SPC\*.cer

Search Paths

Related: Configuration > Application Config File

Virtualized Environments