Configuration dialog box

Used to edit, define, save, and delete configuration variables. Opens when Workspace > Configuration is chosen.

Category

Lists the logical categories into which configuration variables are grouped. Selecting a category causes the appropriate controls to be displayed to the right of the list box.

Configuration Variables list box

Lists the short logical names and levels of all configuration variables in the selected Category. Above the list box is a brief description of the function of the category.

To modify a configuration variable definition, you must first select the configuration variable. When a configuration variable definition has been defined or modified at the user level, the list box row is colored for emphasis.

MicroStation needs information about your system's configuration in order to work properly. To get this information, every time you start MicroStation, it processes the configuration variable files. For information about this process, see Configuration Variables.

Select

Opens a dialog box that is used to assign a file, directory, or path to the selected configuration variable, depending on the configuration variable's type. For example, if the selected configuration variable specifies a directory, the dialog box is used to select a directory. In general, the controls are analogous to those in the Open dialog box, which opens when Open is chosen from the MicroStation window's File menu.

Select dialog box

Edit

Opens the Edit Configuration Variable dialog box, which is used to directly edit the value, expressed as a text string, of the selected configuration variable.

This method of modifying path, directory, and filename configuration variable definitions is recommended only for experienced MicroStation users because it requires familiarity with the syntax of definitions and knowledge of variable types. (It is the only way to modify keyword and Boolean definitions.) .

For information about the syntax of definitions, see Configuration Variable File Syntax

Delete

Removes the selected configuration variable from the user configuration variable file. This button is dimmed unless the selected variable is defined at the user level.

Expansion

Shows the expansion of the selected configuration variable with the actual specifications for directories, paths, and files.

Description

Shows a brief description of the selected configuration variable. The description includes the name of the selected configuration variable (for example, MS_DEF).

Applications To Load

(Design Applications category) Lists MDL applications that will be loaded whenever a design file is opened.

Available Applications

(Design Applications category) Lists MDL applications that can be loaded whenever a design file is opened.

Add

(Design Applications category) Adds the MDL application selected in the Available Applications list box to the Applications to Load list.

Remove

(Design Applications category) Removes the MDL application selected in the Applications to Load list box from the list.

New…

Opens the New Configuration Variable dialog box, which is used to name and define a new configuration variable.

OK

Closes the dialog box. If any configuration variables were modified but not saved, an alert box opens that asks if you want to save changes in the configuration variable file whose name was displayed in the title bar or just for the remainder of the current session.

Cancel

Closes the dialog box without providing an opportunity to save unsaved changes to configuration variable definitions.

File menu > Save

Saves changes in the configuration variable file whose name is displayed in the title bar.

File menu > Save As…

Opens the Save User Configuration File dialog box, which is used to save changes in a new user configuration variable file.

Its controls are analogous to those in the Save As dialog box (File menu > Save As).

File menu > Exit

Choosing this menu item has the same effect as clicking the OK button.

Key-in: MDL LOAD CFGVARS