I'm needing to search for certain element types in the active drawing. I see the sample code for cell libraries that uses the mdlScan_xxx routines. But I can't find an equivalent in the C++ API. Is there something newer / better / shinier than mdlScan_xxx…
I'm running a TCP server that communicates with another program in a second thread (boost). I'm trying to open a new design file from that thread by using the next command but it fails with an access violation. Opening files works from the main thread…
C++ Namespaces
Unknown said:
error C3861 : 'DrawLineString3d': Identifier not found.
Examine the MicroStationAPI documentation carefully. Note that DrawLineString3d lives in namespace Bentley::Ustn::IDrawGeom .
To use an object in a namespace…
C++ does not require you to use Visual Studio
Marcos:
I will keep using the original MicroStation tools for years to come, apart of Visual Studio ...
For many reasons it's worthwhile moving to C++ for MicroStation application development…
C++ Precompiled Headers
The notes in MicroStationAPI.h include the following suggestion:
If you have more than one source file linked into a single .dll, you should definitely use precompiled header files.
How do we tell C++ to use…