MDL Applications

MDL applications are extensions to MicroStation. MDL stands for MicroStation Development Language — essentially the C language executed by MicroStation. Many parts of standard MicroStation are actually MDL applications.

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An MDL application can only be used in MicroStation. MicroStation can be (and almost always is) operated with more than one MDL application loaded at a time. MicroStation can manage multiple MDL applications simultaneously. In fact, there are no practical limitations placed on the number of MDL applications that can be loaded.

Some MDL applications insert their own submenus in the Applications menu in MicroStation's main menu bar. (The Applications menu only appears in the menu bar when an MDL application has inserted a submenu in it.)

For information about designing and programming MDL applications, see “MicroStation Development Tools” in MicroStation BASIC Help.