Variable to open specific version of OpenRoads per project?

Question

With the ability to have multiple version of OpenRoads Designer installed is there any way in ProjectWise to specify which version of ORD is opened? There will be instances where we have older projecs that will not be upgraded to a newer version of OpenRoads. Currently, ProjectWise seems to select the newest version of ORD when you open a file. Is there a way to prevent users from opening a file with a newer release of ORD. I know that a dialog opens stating that the file will be updated if you click OK. 
 I was hoping that an Applicaion configuration block could be used but I do not know what variable would be used to select a particular version

Microstation CONNECT 10.17.00.209 
 ORD CONNECT 2021 R1 10.10.1.3 
 Microstation v8i SS 10 08.11.09.919 
 Power InRoads v8i 08.11.09.615 
 ORD CONNECT 2021 R1 10.10.1.3 
 ProjectWise 10.0.3.453

Kevin van Haaren · Accepted Answer

Not in a configuration block. You can create application definitions that specify a specific version, then assign that application definition to a file. The trick is to use the version specific Program Class Name in the open action. 
 Here's the definition i use for OpenRoads 10.11 
 
 When that application is assigned to a file and the user double-clicks the file, ORD 10.11 will be opened automatically. If they right-click and select Open With..., or the default application is not installed, Any installed application that has a matching Open action will be listed in the Open With... dialog and they can pick one of those apps. (The Open With... dialog will also show an option for whatever application is assigned to the file extension this file has. For dgn that'll probably be whatever the last Bentley application that was installed) 
 By default you can only set one application to be assigned to files with a specific file extension per datasource and it's annoying to manually assign the application for all files i a project, but if the files are created from a seed file inside the microstation products it will retain the application of the seed file, so you can assign those properly it will help for a project. Additionally users can set which application is assigned to a particular extension when the file is created by going to Tools > Associations > File Extensions... Note this doesn't affect what application is used when the file is opened, just what application is assigned to a new file created in PW. 
 Basically we create a generic "Microstation" application that has all the versions listed for all products and we make that the default for .dgn. Then we create version specific application definitions. When we setup a workspace we make sure the seed files are properly assigne to the correct application for that workspace, then if user's ask we show them how to change their association for the .dgn extension to what they want. 
 Here are all the version specific Program Class Names I have:

Application 
 Version 
 Version PCN

MicroStation 
 All V8i 
 Bentley.MicroStation.Application.{B1E9E1E2-213C-47e5-BDD0-6A528DAE0244}

MicroStation 
 All Connect 
 Bentley.MicroStation.Application.{39949BF5-7E21-4A7B-A640-6E7199B7D588}

OpenBridge Modeler 
 V8i SS3 
 Bentley.OpenBridgeModeler.Application.{8AF1BE9F-A6FD-470D-8ED0-0758ACC9592C}

OpenBridge Modeler 
 10.8/10.9 
 Bentley.OpenBridgeModeler.Application.{81969A98-EDF7-4B21-9D23-7A15482E543F}

OpenBridge Modeler 
 10.10.00 
 Bentley.OpenBridgeModeler.Application.{5C3DC36B-828F-3D8D-AB76-B1510491B515}

OpenBridge Modeler 
 10.10.20 
 Bentley.OpenBridgeModeler.Application.{59AFC35E-CC0C-3943-9947-DFBA383D9A97}

OpenBridge Modeler 
 10.11 
 Bentley.OpenBridgeModeler.Application.{69A810CF-865E-39AD-A727-BAD768EFF32C}

OpenBridge Modeler 
 10.12 
 Bentley.OpenBridgeModeler.Application.{B2BAF2DC-F2FB-3A63-A5FE-18BECD5260AF}

OpenRail Designer 
 10.8/10.9 
 Bentley.OpenRailDesigner.Application.{718972C7-007F-4F72-8AD5-5B0B750E2493}

OpenRail Designer 
 10.10 
 Bentley.OpenRailDesigner.Application.{217410A6-1CD3-383A-A300-1A63A1CF5925}

OpenRail Designer 
 10.11 
 Bentley.OpenRailDesigner.Application.{E4DBA4A0-5F0B-31C8-8206-BB7EC9495183}

OpenRail Designer 
 10.12 
 Bentley.OpenRailDesigner.Application.{1049CC57-E951-3C6B-A4AD-FB24B9FF1D90}

OpenRoads Designer 
 10.8/10.9 
 Bentley.OpenRoadsDesigner.Application.{D11A86DD-FF26-4139-9C79-C1ABB4C8B5BF}

OpenRoads Designer 
 10.10 
 Bentley.OpenRoadsDesigner.Application.{359F376F-B120-3DD3-BC30-56D5687B766D}

OpenRoads Designer 
 10.11 
 Bentley.OpenRoadsDesigner.Application.{B0DCB521-5CE0-3CB5-AD8A-477E98D9B913}

OpenRoads Designer 
 10.12 
 Bentley.OpenRoadsDesigner.Application.{0A1BD8D1-4A49-3D5C-9824-0BC589BE1DEA}

OpenSite Designer 
 10.8/10.9 
 Bentley.OpenSiteDesigner.Application.{7EA0E81E-B260-4808-8921-5C6824F6E48F}

OpenSite Designer 
 10.10 
 Bentley.OpenSiteDesigner.Application.{6C9E6F02-C9CE-3439-BE38-BE20FB1B3795}

OpenSite Designer 
 10.11 
 Bentley.OpenSiteDesigner.Application.{F2103407-E1A1-352E-B57D-469212FB8D8D}

OpenSite Designer 
 10.12 
 Bentley.OpenSiteDesigner.Application.{0FEEB2DB-1678-3DA0-9539-89A662D41850}

Power GEOPAK 
 V8i SS2 
 Bentley.PowerGEOPAK.Application.{9B761AD8-C9AB-40F1-BA77-C24AE5B72D18}

Power GEOPAK 
 V8i SS10 
 Bentley.PowerGEOPAK.Application.{C6AAA004-FECD-4f5f-8E45-BBDED70BD222}

Power InRoads 
 V8i SS2 
 Bentley.PowerInRoads.Application.{593F2B8E-BDEE-490c-B4C3-B48BC356DB91}

Power InRoads 
 V8i SS10 
 Bentley.PowerInRoads.Application.{6AADD2ED-E230-47b9-928D-2AC9518B8A8C}

Power Rail Track 
 V8i SS2 
 Bentley.PowerRailTrack.Application.{C495A45E-6B0A-411b-AA3B-E327C56D95E4}

Power Rail Track 
 V8i SS10 
 Bentley.PowerRailTrack.Application.{6F40A634-F96C-4092-AD64-1E8AF69F47D4}

Variable to open specific version of OpenRoads per project?

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