Preference setting is not saving

It's not mentioned in the MicroStation docs, but since MicroStation Update 13 there is a variable that controls this: _USTN_TEXTFIELD_BACKGROUND_PREFS

The description of how it works is in the wiki:

Changing the Text Field background preferences - MicroStation Wiki - MicroStation - Bentley Communities

This variable overrides what you have in your user setting. I suspect you have a managed workspace and whoever maintains the workspace has it set to 0 which forces both checkboxes to OFF.

You can confirm this by using the key-in Show Configuration and then searching the text file that is opened for the variable. If the variable is not in that file then this isn't the problem.

If this is the problem you'll have to contact whoever maintains the managed workspace. They can remove the current setting which will allow each user's preference to apply, change the setting to your preference (assuming they think it's appropriate for everybody), or %undef the variable for just you.

The reason it works when you open the file outside of ProjectWise is there is no managed workspace and that variable isn't defined by default.

It's not mentioned in the MicroStation docs, but since MicroStation Update 13 there is a variable that controls this: _USTN_TEXTFIELD_BACKGROUND_PREFS

The description of how it works is in the wiki:

Changing the Text Field background preferences - MicroStation Wiki - MicroStation - Bentley Communities

This variable overrides what you have in your user setting. I suspect you have a managed workspace and whoever maintains the workspace has it set to 0 which forces both checkboxes to OFF.

You can confirm this by using the key-in Show Configuration and then searching the text file that is opened for the variable. If the variable is not in that file then this isn't the problem.

If this is the problem you'll have to contact whoever maintains the managed workspace. They can remove the current setting which will allow each user's preference to apply, change the setting to your preference (assuming they think it's appropriate for everybody), or %undef the variable for just you.

The reason it works when you open the file outside of ProjectWise is there is no managed workspace and that variable isn't defined by default.