Hi Jon,
Thanks for the reply. PDS still runs on MS/J so I have to keep it compliant to MS/J...
Thanks for the tip. It's been a while since I have done any mdl and I skipped MS/J.
Only tweaked a few old mdls in V8/2004 really.
I just need to extract the reference file name independent of whether the reference file has been attached using variables, or browsing with it's file path stored.
That's the main problem/bug using the .ma compiled in MSSE with MS/J.
Even when I compile it for V8i it will still have to be for MS/J files in dgn7mode or perhaps converted to V8.
DesignReview/SmartPlantReview DGN/DRV models are highly unlikely to be native V8.
FYI
It uses Intergraph's version of PERL on NT or rather pink perl called PDSPERL.EXE to search DRV text label files for items matching a selected DRV attribute.
Then it hilites the matched PDS items in the relevant DGNs.
So a PDS/Microstation user can select a pipe line id and hilite all PDS graphics with a line id attribute that matches.
Back in '96/7 it was rather useful and it worked perfectly in MSSE.
Quite a few Oil & Gas companies used it but Bentley never added it to the mdlfreewareapps.
I was thinking of adding an About Me dialog showing my photo and link to my LinkedIn.
Do you know of any example mdls that do some thing like that?
I prefer the tinker/cut and paste method to long winded research/reading of help.
