HTML Author dialog box

Used to create HTML files that can be viewed via any Web browser. HTML files can be created from a Cell Library, Design File Saved View, MicroStation BASIC Macros, or a Design File Snapshot. Opens when Utilities > HTML Author is chosen.

HTML Author dialog box

Cell Library

Selecting Cell Library and clicking OK opens the Select Cell Library to Open dialog box. After you select a cell library, the HTML Cell Page dialog box opens, which is used to create an HTML file from a Cell Library.

Design File Saved Views

Selecting Design File Saved View and clicking OK opens the Select Design File dialog box. After you select a design file, the Design File Walkthrough dialog box opens, which is used to create an HTML file from a saved view of a design file.

Basic Macros

Selecting Basic Macros and clicking OK opens the Select Basic Macro Directory dialog box. After you select a basic macro, the Basic Macro HTML Page dialog box opens, which is used to create an HTML file that references a directory of MicroStation BASIC macros.

Design File Snapshot

Selecting Design File Snapshot and clicking OK opens the Select Design File dialog box. After you select a design file, the Create HTML File dialog box opens, which is used to create an HTML file with a view-only picture of the selected design file. Here you can set up the location, title, and relative URL paths for the HTML page.

Design File Snapshot actually creates several files. First, a JPEG image is created for each view on the selected screen. The image is named with the first 6 characters of the design filename followed by the view number (starting with 0) and a .jpg extension. (Example: kitchen.dgn, view 1 → kitche0.jpg, cd10.dgn, view 2 → cd101.jpg). The image is generated at the same size as the view on your screen.

Next, each image is included, with a link to the design file and view, on an HTML page named after the JPEG file (Example: kitche0.jpg will be in the file kitche0.htm).

The final output is an HTML file (named after the design file by default) with the “view” HTML files each contained in its own frame. The position and size of the frames approximate the position and size of the views on the screen when the snapshot was taken.

OK

Opens a file selection dialog box, depending on which option you select.

Cancel

Closes the dialog box.