Uncategorized Configuration Variables
The following table lists the configuration variables that are uncategorized. Each configuration variable expects a valid value. An invalid value will not override a setting. You do not need to close and restart in order for the configuration variable change to take effect, unless noted.
Variable | Description |
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MSDIR | The root installation directory. |
MSLOCAL | Specifies the base directory path for where the required writable portions (that is, local for a network installation) are installed. |
MS_80TRUETYPESCALE | If set to 1, TrueType fonts using nonstandard TrueType definitions will display as they did prior to V8. |
MS_ALWAYSRELATIVEREFPATH | If set (to any value), always turns on the Save Relative Path check box and disables it so that it cannot be turned off. It will save relative paths whenever possible. |
MS_ANNOTATIONSCALEPROPAGATION | Controls the propagation of a model's
annotation scale.
If set to NEVER, the annotation scale will not be propagated, which is not recommended. If undefined or set to any other value, the annotation scale will be automatically propagated. We recommend that you use a single annotation scale for all annotations in a model. When you attach a model containing annotations to another model, the Use Active Annotation Scale setting allows you to automatically scale all reference annotations to the same scale as the master model. If your reference model has annotations of different scales, those annotations that do not match their model's annotation scale may face display, selecting, and printing problems. There may also be a performance slowdown. |
MS_ARCHIVE | Search path for archive files. |
MS_ARCHIVECLASS | Search path for archive class files. |
MS_AUTO_UPDATE_FIELDS | Controls the rules for updating fields in the active model. If set to ALWAYS, the fields are always kept up to date. If set to NEVER, the fields are never updated. If not set or set to FOLLOWMODELFLAG, the model's Auto-Update Fields property determines if fields are updated for that model. |
MS_BASICEXT_LOAD | List of MDL applications that implement extensions to the BASIC language (MS_BASIC_LOAD). |
MS_CMDTABLE_LOAD | List of MDL applications that will have their key-in tables auto-loaded. |
MS_CMDWINDRSC | Command Window resource file. Default is used if undefined. |
MS_CODESET | MDL application for handling multi-byte character sets. |
MS_CONFIGURATIONOPTS | Allows you to control the
creation or selection of WorkSpaces and
WorkSets from the respective drop-down
lists in the Work page. Following are the options for this configuration
variable:
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MS_DATA | Directory for data files created or used. |
MS_DBOLEDBDATEFORMAT | See Setting Up the Database Interface. |
MS_DEFCHARTRAN | Default character translation table. |
MS_DEFAULTSHEETRGB | Allows you to specify a different background color, which is used when you create the first sheet model. Expects an RGB triplet separated by commas. |
MS_DEFAULTDRAWINGRGB | Allows you to specify a different background color, which is used when you create the first drawing model. Expects an RGB triplet separated by commas. |
MS_DESIGNFILTER | Default file filter for the File Open, Open, and Save As dialogs. If MS_DESIGNFILTER is not defined, the default filter is "*.dgn". |
MS_DETAILINGSYMBOLSTYLE_REQUIREDSETTINGS | Allows you to customize the validation rules of detailing symbol styles. |
MS_DGNAPPS | List of all design file MDL applications. |
MS_DGNINDEXER_PORT | If set, the application uses this port to connect to the remote DGN Indexing servers. The default value is 4000. |
MS_DGNOUT | Directory containing DGN files created as a result of "on the fly" translation from other file formats. |
MS_DIMLEGACYPOINTORDER | If set to 1, the dimensioning tools use the legacy data point sequence for placing linear and angular dimensions (StartPoint – ExtensionPoint – EndPoint). |
MS_DISABLEWINDOWGHOSTING | If set to 1 or ON, disables the window ghosting mechanism in the Windows OS. Windows creates a ghost window for the application's windows when it determines that an application has been unresponsive for at least five seconds. Several features, such as Print/Plot and Image Save, may require a long span of continuous processing time, resulting in the activation of these ghost windows and the associated undesirable side effects in the user interface. Turning off the window ghosting for the process prevents these undesirable effects. |
MS_DISALLOWRELATIVEREFPATH | When set to 1, you cannot save a relative path for a reference. The Save Relative Path check box is removed from the Attach Reference dialog. |
MS_DRAWINGDIR | Specifies the default folder path that should open when you click the Browse Drawing File or Create New Drawing File icons in the Create Drawing dialog. |
MS_DWG_XREF_DEFAULTTREATASELEMENT_OFF | When this variable is not set, DWG’s xReference attachments are treated as elements, just as they are in AutoCAD. When it is set to 1, the attachments are not to be treated as elements. |
MS_ELEVPROP_AS_Z | Allows you to assign elevation attributes as Z
values during SHP, MIF/MID, or TAB file Import/Open/Attachment. This is
accomplished by setting the value to one or more property names that you used
to indicate elevation in your SHP, MIF/MID, or TAB files. For example, if you
have a SHP, MIF/MID, or TAB file that uses a property called
"ELEVATION" to contain elevation data, you
would set:
MS_ELEVPROP_AS_Z=ELEVATION If you have an additional SHP, MIF/MID, or TAB file that uses a property called "HEIGHT" to contain elevation data, you can use a vertical "|" delimiter to specify two elevation attributes as follows: MS_ELEVPROP_AS_Z=ELEVATION|HEIGHT |
MS_GUIHAND | Identifies auxiliary handlers. |
MS_HELPLOAD_APPLICATION | Determines which application help is based on. Current options are HTMLHelp (default), or StaticWeb. StaticWeb refers to static HTML pages on a website. |
MS_HELPLOAD_ CONTENTSPAGE | Defines the name of the HTML page containing the initial help contents for the product. The default name is index.html. |
MS_HELPLOAD_ HOSTEDHELP_TOPICPAGE | Used for internal implementation only. Do not modify. |
MS_HELPLOAD_ TOPICPAGE | Specifies the format specification for the name of an HTML page containing help for a specific topic. |
MS_HELPLOAD_ USEBROWSER | If set, display help as HTML pages in a browser rather than using a CHM file. |
MS_HELPPATH | Path to help resource files. |
MS_INITAPPS | List of initial start-up MDL applications. |
MS_INVALID_FIELD_INDICATOR_STRING | Sets the display string for text fields that evaluate to an empty string. If you want to display empty strings as white spaces, then define them within single or double quotes. For example, " " or ' '. If the variable is undefined or set to blank, the default display string will be ####. |
MS_LEVEL_DO_NOT_SYNCHRONIZE_ATTACHMENT_LEVELS_TO_DGNLIB | If set to 1, the reference attachment levels are not synchronized to the attached library. |
MS_MEASURE_AREA_UNIT2 | If set to 1, the unit of measurement in the Area or Volume fields is displayed as unit2. For example, m2 for Square meters and m3 for Cubic meters. If not set, it is displayed as Sq.unit or Cu.unit. For example, Sq.m for Square meters and Cu.m for Cubic meters. |
MS_NO_POSITION_MAPPING_HINTS | If set to 1, the keyboard navigational aids will not display when <Esc> is clicked. |
MS_NOTEAUTOUPDATE | Controls the list of settings that will be propagated to existing notes when a dimension style is saved. To propagate all settings, set to All. To control individual settings, list attributes in a comma-separated list. |
MS_OLDUSERLICENSE | File that contains old user license information. Required for when installing a product upgrade. |
MS_OLEDBMAXDATA | See Setting Up the Database Interface. |
MS_OPENDESIGNFILEFILTER | Initial file filter list for the File Open and Open dialogs. |
MS_OPENREFFILEFILTER | Initial file filter for the Attach Reference File dialog. |
MS_ORACLEPREFETCH | Specifies the number of rows pre-fetched from the database, maximum 65535. For example, if MS_ORACLEPREFETCH is set to 1000, there will be 1000 rows of data returned to the client and cached. If this configuration variable is not set, one row is pre-fetched. Setting MS_ORACLEPREFETCH can result in improved query performance over high latency networks, such as Wide Area Networks (WANs). |
MS_PATTERNORIENTATION_ROTATEWITHVIEW |
Pattern orientation mode. If set to 0- Pattern orientation of reference is fixed to a view. If set to 1- Pattern orientation rotates with reference and is independent of the view rotation. (default is 1) |
MS_PLOTBORDER_TIME_FORMAT | Changes the date and time format for printed outputs from Windows Regional Settings to another format. Set to v7.0 to use the v7.0 format. |
MS_REFCOLORTABLE | If defined and set to 1, always uses the reference's color table. If defined and set to any value other than 1, never uses the reference's color table. If not defined, uses the user preference to determine whether to use the reference's color table. |
MS_RIGHTLOGICKB | If set to 1, keyboard input is right to left. |
MS_RSRC | Main resource file. Typically set to "ustation.rsc." |
MS_SESSION_DEBUG | Used to start session debug prior to the loading of the database server. By setting this configuration variable, you can receive immediate debug information from the consumer DLL. MS_SESSION_DEBUG can be used with all the database servers. A value of 1 enables receipt of debug information from the database server and the corresponding DLL — ORACLE, ODBC, or OLEDB. A value of 0 enables receipt of debug information only from the DLL. |
MS_SHEETDIR | Specifies the default folder path that should open when you click the Browse Sheet File or Create New Sheet File icons in the Create Drawing dialog. |
MS_SIGNATURE_DISPLAY_UNVERIFIED | Controls how an unverified digital signature
is crossed out. Value is color weight style strikeout where:
color = a number, specifying the menu color identifier number weight = a number specifying the line weight of the annotation style = a number specifying the style strikeout = how to strike out the signature The default is a heavy solid red X over the signature. This is represented by 4 7 0 X To draw a heavy solid blue line through the signature, use the following: 1 7 0 —. |
MS_SIGNATURE_DELETE_REQUIRES_PRIVATE_KEY | If set, you may not delete a digital signature unless you possess the private key that was used to create the signature. The default is 0. |
MS_SIGNATURE_SHOW_FULL_NAME | If on, displays the full subject and issuer name from the signer's certificate in the Properties balloon for a digital signature element. |
MS_SMARTSOLID | Specifies the directory path for the SmartSolid subsystem. |
MS_SNAP_TANGENT_POINT_DEFAULT_MODE | The snap mode used to compute the location of
a perpendicular or tangent point snap. Applies only when perpendicular or
tangent point is the default snap mode. Possible values are:
b - bisector i - intersection k - keypoint m - midpoint m1 - multisnap1 m2 - multisnap2 m3 - multisnap3 The default is 'k' (keypoint). |
MS_STARTSCREEN_SHOWMODELPICKER | If set to 0 or False, hides the Model picker displayed in the recent files list in the Work Page as well as in the backstage ( | ). Hiding the picker, improves performance, particularly if you have large number of models in your recent files. By default, this configuration is undefined and the Model picker is not displayed.
MS_SYNCGROUP_APPS | Used for internal implementation only. Do not modify. |
MS_SYNCGROUP_RSCS | Used for internal implementation only. Do not modify. |
MS_TEXT_AUTOSTACKFRACTIONS_ALIGNMENT | Sets the alignment for stacked fractions, when
the Fractions advanced text style setting is on. Values are:
1 = Top 2 = Center (Normal for DWG files. The default if the configuration variable is not defined.) 3 = Bottom |
MS_TEXT_AUTOSTACKFRACTIONS_TYPE | Sets the type for stacked fractions, when the
Fractions advanced text style setting is on. Values are:
1 = Normal 2 = Diagonal (Normal for DWG files. The default if the configuration variable is not defined.) 3 = Normal Center |
MS_TEXT_STACKFRACTIONS_SCALE | The value is the percentage scale factor for stacked fractions. (70 is normal for DWG files, and is the default if this configuration variable is not defined.) |
MS_THUMBNAIL | Allows you to create thumbnail view from a
saved view.
If you have a saved view that you want to preview in the thumbnail view, set the name of that saved view as the value of this configuration variable. If you don't want to display any thumbnail view, then set the value of this configuration to " NONE ". However, if a thumbnail already exists in the DGN file, then that thumbnail is displayed as is and is never updated. If this variable is not set, then the thumbnail
preview is derived from the following:
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MS_USERLICENSE | File containing user license information. |
MS_USERPREF | User preference resource file. |
MS_USERPREF_APPS | Set by application configuration files to add user preferences to standard dialogs. |
MS_USE_DEFAULT_WORKSETFOLDER |
If set to 0, It will open the location of the previously opened file. If set to 1, It will open the default DGN folder created in the WorkSet. The default value is set to 0. |
MS_VISEDGES_OMIT_EDGES_BETWEEN_PLANAR_FACES | If set to 1, the interior edges between adjacent planar faces will be omitted even if the Remove Smooth Edges check box is off. This may be desirable for meshes imported from external formats that do not correctly display the interior edges between mesh faces. |
MS_VISEDGES_PRESERVE_UPDATE_SEQUENCE | If set to 1, when you export the visible edges, the references are displayed in the sequence set in the Update Sequence dialog. |
MS_VIEWATTRIBUTES_PLUGINASSEMBLIES | List of assemblies to search in for View Attributes dialog plug-in groups. |
MS_WORKSETMISMATCH_ALERT_EXCLUDE_VARS_ALLLEVELS | Files at the location pointed by this configuration variable will be excluded from WorkSet mismatch check. By default, this configuration variable points to the paths that contain files which are common across WorkSets. |
MS_WORKSETMISMATCH_ALERT_EXCLUDE_VARS_WORKSPACELEVEL | Files at the location pointed by this configuration variable will be excluded from WorkSet mismatch check. By default, this configuration variable points to the paths that contain files which are common across WorkSpaces. |
PZIP_OUT | Specifies default directory for creation of Packager files. |
ITEMTYPE_PICKLIST_EXCELPATH | If defined, you can specify Excel file to be used exclusively for Picklists. Add full path, folder path with *.xlsx, files with similar pattern (E.g: Files with the same, serial number like E:\PickList\Item List.xlsx OR E:\PickList\*.xlsx OR E:\PickList\Item*.xlsx). If not defined, the default configuration variable, ITEMTYPE_LOOKUP will be used for both Picklists and Lookup. If ITEMTYPE_PICKLIST_EXCELPATH or ITEMTYPE_LOOKUP is not defined, you will be prompted to set these configuration variables when trying to use Excel data for Picklists or Lookups. Refer:Item Types Dialog |
Framework Configuration Variables
Variable | Description |
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_USTN_COMMONAPPDATAPATH | Defines the full path to the file directory containing application data for all users. By default, this configuration variable points to the C:\ProgramData\Bentley\MicroStation\10.0.* folder. |
_USTN_CUSTOM_CONFIGURATION | Defines the path of your custom Configuration directory. |
_USTN_FIRSTDGNAPPS | Allows you to add applications that load on OpenCities Map startup. |
_USTN_HELPNAMESPACE | Used for internal implementation. Do not modify. |
_USTN_IRSTEMP | Used for internal implementation. Do not modify. |
_USTN_LOCALUSERAPPDATAPATH | Defines the full path to the directory containing application data for currently signed in user. By default, this configuration variable points to the C:\Users\<user_name>\AppData\Local\Bentley\MicroStation\10.0.* folder. |
_USTN_LOCALUSERTEMPPATH | Defines the full path to the temp directory containing application data for currently signed in user. By default, this configuration variable points to the C:\Users\<user_name>\AppData\Temp\Bentley\MicroStation\10.0.* folder. |
_USTN_MASTEMP | Used for internal implementation. Do not modify. |
_USTN_MASTEMP_EXTRACT | Used for internal implementation. Do not modify. |
_USTN_MASTEMP_PACKAGE | Used for internal implementation. Do not modify. |
_USTN_MASTEMP_ZIP | Used for internal implementation. Do not modify. |
_USTN_OUTDIRNAME | Defines the name for the design file output file. The default value is out. |
_USTN_PRODUCT_HELPFILENAME | Used for internal implementation. Do not modify. |
_USTN_USERAPPDATAPATH | Defines the full path to the roaming directory containing application data for currently signed in user. By default, this configuration variable points to the C:\Users\<user_name>\AppData\Roaming\Bentley\MicroStation\10.0.* folder. |
_USTN_WORKSETDGNSDIRNAME | Defines the name of the WorkSet design files folder. The default value is dgn. |
_USTN_WORKSETSTANDARDSDIRNAME | Defines the name of the WorkSet standards files folder. The default value is Standards. |