GEOPAK vs. Print Organizer

Hi Brad,

 If Derricke's workaround below did not work for you, then I don't see any problem with editing the CFG files as outlined in my post below.  All the edits do is tell the CFG files not to load if the non-graphics session of MicroStation is launching.

Thanks,
Kevin

Hi Kevin:

I tried Derricke's work around and it didn't work.

I'll try yours and see what happens.

Thanks

Brad

Hi Kevin/Derricke:

I tried both of your work-arounds and neither of them work.  I'm still getting the foolowing when i try to use Print Organizer:

Exception encountered inside [WorkerMicroStationProxy.LoadDesignFile]
The communication object, System.ServiceModel.Channels.ServiceChannel, cannot be used for communication because it is in the Faulted state.

Not sure what i'm doing wrong, but the work-arounds don't want to work for me.

Any other ideas???

Thanks

Brad

Hi Brad,

If these workarounds did not fix your problem, then you are seeing a different issue than the one identified in this thread. 

I suggest you report this issue to Technical Support to see if they can help you out.  You can start a service ticket at the following location: http://appsnet.bentley.com/srmanager/addcall.aspx

Thanks,
Kevin

derricke.gray:

I wanted to make everyone aware of an issue that has arisen with MicroStation V8i Print Organizer. When Print Organizer is initiated, it kicks off a non-graphics session of MicroStation in the background. This in turn loads any other applications that would normally start with MicroStation such as GEOPAK, InRoads or even customized user applications. When this happens, there seems to be a conflict that is causing problems with Print Organizer. This can exhibit as a crash or an exception error. Other times you may not see a problem at all as it can be intermittent.

This problem is being researched and will be addressed in a SELECT Update. For now, here is a workaround.

Edit the ‘printserver.cfg' file located in the C:\Program Files\BentleyV8i\MicroStation\config\system\ folder (or wherever you have MicroStation installed) and add the following 2 lines:

%lock MS_INITAPPS
%lock MS_DGNAPPS

Make sure you add them exactly as shown in the sample file below.

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# $Source: /msj-root/msj/mstn/config/system/printserver.cfg,v $
# $RCSfile: printserver.cfg,v $
# $Revision: 1.4 $
# $Date: 2008/09/05 11:15:50 $
#
# $Copyright: (c) 2008 Bentley Systems, Incorporated. All rights reserved. $
#
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
%if defined (MSPrintServer)

MS_INITAPPS > PrintServer.ma
%lock MS_INITAPPS
MS_DGNAPPS > MCMTBLDR
MS_DGNAPPS > MPTOOLS
MS_DGNAPPS > FIELDHANDLER
%lock MS_DGNAPPS
%endif

This will prohibit any additional DGN applications from being loaded with Print Organizer and will take care of the issue.

Derricke

Has this been addressed in a SELECT update yet?