innovocad disappears?
Hello people, do you know if the company Innovocad, developer of the tool "Visual Studio Tools for MicroStation" has closed or disappeared?Your website does not work, nor does your licensing page...
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Running MicroStation V8I Select series 3This is what I get after running the VBA Recorded Macro. I did add a few lines to see if it would solve problem. Manually when changing Text Styles if you double...
View Article[CONNECT C++] ColumnDefinitionNode::GetFormattingOptions (bool createIfNotFound)
ECN::IECInstancePtr formatOptions { columnNode->GetFormattingOptions (true) };Once I've modified formatOptions, how do I pass those data back to my columnNode? I don't see a...
View Article[MVBA V8i]How to revise textstyle for textnode
Hello All,I know textnode is a container of multiple text element. I'd like to revise the textstyle of the whole textnode, same as revise it in the Information window. So I used PropertyHandler to...
View Article[CONNECT] Item Type Foreign Key
I have two Item Type definitions: Area Features and Doors. I can tag an office, for example, as an Area Feature; and I can tag a door cell as a Door. Here's an illustration...Now I want to relate one...
View Article[CONNECT C++] Relationships
The MicroStationAPI document says this about Relationships: A relationship handler major ID must be a value allocated from the XAttributeHandlerMajorIDs value space. Edit msdefs.h to allocate an...
View Article[V8i VBA] Open Excel Workbook from ProjectWise Location
Hello,How would I go about defining the location of an excel file in ProjectWise so I can open it from MicroStation in VBA? I currently have a userform that has a text box that users enter the excel...
View ArticleIs it possible to disable MS command prompt/message/etc in MVBA V8i SS3
Hello All,There are many CadInputQueue.SendCommand in my codes, when I run it, there will be many prompt/message show at the bottom of MicorStation. I'd like to know if it is possible to disable such...
View ArticleCorrect structure for vba run Project module macro
Mirostation V8i series 3I read Some information Jon had put up but I am not getting the name or the module or something correctI have a file named Fillet.mvba in module 1 are the macros trying to run...
View Article[CE update 11 MDL] mdlSolid_closestPointOnBody, primitive solid and smart solid
Hello,My system is windows 7, vs 2015 and CE update 11My quastion is about mdlSolid_closestPointOnBodyWhen body is primitive solid output distance is correct.However, if body is smart solid, output...
View Article[CONNECT C++] ColumnDefinitionNode::GetFormattingOptions Needs Fixing
ColumnDefinitionNode::GetFormattingOptions is brokenThere's currently no way to apply formatting to a Report column programmatically. It's not possible to get the column formatting options. [quote]Paul...
View ArticleSkip Invalid Font
HiI have a little VBA macro created in MicroStation V8i SS4.The macro is checking different attributes in a designfile, among these the font name.Only font allowed in my test is 'Arial'.This have been...
View ArticlePlaced dimension disappears
I place a new dimension with the following sequence:Pick up dimension linear commandselect start of dimension: give data point on corner of first objectselect dim endpt: give data pt on cnr 2nd...
View ArticleButton Assignment window fails to respond to Ok and Cancel - PowerDraft v8i...
After setting Tentative to the centre button (wheel press) and closing the smaller window,the Button Assignment window will not close. Presses of ok and cancel are ignored.When another window is...
View ArticleUnwanted file open dialog appears after closing a file
After closing a file, a file open dialog appears, which must be cancelled.Why do I get an unwanted file open dialog, I haven't asked for?Can it be prevented?thanks for any helpJimPowerDraft v8i SS3 8...
View ArticleModify Working Unit Settings via VBA or Key-in
MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries 3)I have to change Format on a number of .dgn file from MU:SU:PU to Std MU and the Accuracy to 0.1234 or 0.0000, I figure there is either a VBA command (not finding) ora...
View ArticleHow can i get a ClipVectorCP from ClipVectorPtr ?
is it safe to cast ? how ?( i could not find definition of ClipVectorCP in SDK )mdlClip_getRefBoundary(clipVectorPtr, modelRef, 0); if (mdlClip_element(&insideEdP, &outsideEdP, elemDP,...
View ArticleError in Perpendicular Lines to ComplexStringElement (or ChainableElement) macro
HiI'm working in Microstation V8i Version 08.11.09.608 on a Windows 7 machineI found the CrossingPerpendiculars macro by DanPaul at this location:...
View Article[CONNECT C++] Report: format column of element data
How does one create a Report column definition that formats an element property? For example, if I manually create a Report about text elements I can add the element origin. Then I right-click to...
View ArticleEdit text within a Textnode, within a cell using VBA.
I ran into a problem recently where I needed to edit text within various textnodes. Many of those text nodes were nested inside of cells. Searching the communities and the rest of the internet...
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